Comments on: SPENCER DAVIS GROUP - “Somebody Help Me” http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2005/06/spencer-davis-group-somebody-help-me/ Lollards in the high church of low culture Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:41:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: wichita lineman http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2005/06/spencer-davis-group-somebody-help-me/#comment-431882 wichita lineman Fri, 30 May 2008 20:47:49 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2005/06/spencer-davis-group-somebody-help-me/#comment-431882 Possibly the most forgettable number one of the whole decade. Apart from lacking everything that made Keep On Running such a standout and irresistible dancer, it also sounds like half the song's missing: verse/chorus/middle eight/chorus to fade... wossat? This would've struggled to make the Top 30 if it wasn't for the previous hit. Possibly the most forgettable number one of the whole decade. Apart from lacking everything that made Keep On Running such a standout and irresistible dancer, it also sounds like half the song’s missing: verse/chorus/middle eight/chorus to fade… wossat? This would’ve struggled to make the Top 30 if it wasn’t for the previous hit.

]]> By: Rosalind Mitchell http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2005/06/spencer-davis-group-somebody-help-me/#comment-22683 Rosalind Mitchell Mon, 25 Jul 2005 18:01:00 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2005/06/spencer-davis-group-somebody-help-me/#comment-22683 I just wanted to say in passing that I share your sorrow at the reason for the suspension of FreakyTrigger. <BR/><BR/>That's all I have to say, really. I just wanted to say in passing that I share your sorrow at the reason for the suspension of FreakyTrigger.

That’s all I have to say, really.

]]> By: Marcello http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2005/06/spencer-davis-group-somebody-help-me/#comment-22682 Marcello Sat, 18 Jun 2005 09:12:00 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2005/06/spencer-davis-group-somebody-help-me/#comment-22682 Certainly the scenario of "casting insecurely around for something else to do" was appropriate as far as the Winwood brothers were concerned; compare the rather bloodless "Somebody Help Me" with the apocalyptic "I'm A Man," a #9 hit ten months later, and a semi-posthumous one as Steve and Muff Winwood had by then both flown the coop - the increased vocal and percussive urgency, added to the distinctly more rooty performance and production (Jimmy Miller), indicates someone who's already halfway out the door, en route to Mr Fantasy, John Barleycorn, etc. etc. Certainly the scenario of “casting insecurely around for something else to do” was appropriate as far as the Winwood brothers were concerned; compare the rather bloodless “Somebody Help Me” with the apocalyptic “I’m A Man,” a #9 hit ten months later, and a semi-posthumous one as Steve and Muff Winwood had by then both flown the coop - the increased vocal and percussive urgency, added to the distinctly more rooty performance and production (Jimmy Miller), indicates someone who’s already halfway out the door, en route to Mr Fantasy, John Barleycorn, etc. etc.

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