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Traffic — You Can All Join In
Album: Traffic
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6.8

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Total ratings: 747









Released: 1968
Length: 3:28
Plays (last 30 days): 2
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Here's a little song, you can all join in with
It's very simple and I hope it's new
Make your own words up if you want to
Any old words that you think will do, yeah
Yellow, blue, what'll I do?
Maybe I'll just sit here thinking
Black, white, stop the fight
Does one of these colours ever bother you?

Here's a little dance you can all join in with
It's very simple and I hope it's new
Make your own steps up if you want to
Any old steps that you think will do
Left, right, don't get uptight
Keep in line and you'll be alright
Clap hands, move around
Make sure no one puts you down

Here's a little world you can all join in with
It's very simple and I hope it's new
Make your own life up if you want to
Any old life that you think will do
Love, yeah, it's nothing new
There's someone much worse off than you are
Help me set them free
Just be what you want to be

Here's a little song you can all join in with
It's very simple and I hope it's new
Make your own words up if you want to
Any old words that you think will do
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Traffic were great. Based on this you'd never know. This is Country Joe and the Fish level hippydippy embarrasing shtick
Posted 5 days ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
This came on and I knew it was Traffic but my mental card catalog had it filed under Gorillaz. And then I listened to it and Feel Good Ink and realized the Gorillaz are to Traffic and Dave Mason what ELO was to the Beatles. Evolutions of good ideas. 
Posted 2 months ago by BWGunner    [ Reply ]
or is it manassas 
Posted 1 year ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Grateful Dead vibe....
Posted 1 year ago by TallCreative1    [ Reply ]
This is a fantastic tune… The wonderful Dave Mason
Posted 1 year ago by tm    [ Reply ]
 egeffy1 wrote:
I  love traffic! thanks for finding something not over played
 
Ironically it immediately follows "It's A Good Day To Fight The System", which is starting to feel like it's on daily.
Posted 1 year ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
ha...

i thought this was early poco, with richie furay  
Posted 2 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
amazing how much this sounds like csny
Posted 2 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 tony99 wrote:

This is awful ... tweeness defined.



twhat!?!
Posted 2 years ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
This takes me back to 1969 when I was 19 years old!
Posted 3 years ago by paulakeeler1950    [ Reply ]
 bdwhitepm wrote:
I'm surprised this made the greatest hits type album.  It is dead like, but I'm a fan of the dead so it's OK but Steve W. was a teen prodigy back then
 
This is actually a Dave Mason song.  Easy to tell which was a Mason song and a Winwood song back in those days.  Made the band more interesting. Traffic lost a lot when he moved on from them.  But it is what it is.
Posted 4 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
 NeilBlanchard wrote:
Going by the comment dates, there was a 12 year gap for this song on RP.

It's a little too similar to Grateful Dead for my taste.
 

I'm surprised this made the greatest hits type album.  It is dead like, but I'm a fan of the dead so it's OK but Steve W. was a teen prodigy back then
Posted 4 years ago by bdwhitepm    [ Reply ]
Going by the comment dates, there was a 12 year gap for this song on RP.

It's a little too similar to Grateful Dead for my taste.
Posted 4 years ago by NeilBlanchard    [ Reply ]
hey...is this Buffalo Springfield? 
Posted 4 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 Faithful_Fool wrote:
I just want to thank my passed brother Steve for turning me onto so much great music at such a young age. Thanks Steve! Thanks Bill & Rebecca !!! (nice set)
 Rest in peace Steve 

Posted 4 years ago by egeffy1    [ Reply ]
I  love traffic! thanks for finding something not over played
Posted 4 years ago by egeffy1    [ Reply ]
What a fun song from a great band. Still chill music in my mind.
Posted 5 years ago by dflee    [ Reply ]
Agree with Freebish's comment 14 years ago- play this song more often! 


The Buzzard of Tucson
Posted 5 years ago by tvhmdaz    [ Reply ]
Anything by Traffic is better than any of the s**t played on commercial radio these days
Posted 17 years ago by volvo245    [ Reply ]
I just want to thank my passed brother Steve for turning me onto so much great music at such a young age. Thanks Steve! Thanks Bill & Rebecca !!! (nice set)
Posted 17 years ago by Faithful_Fool    [ Reply ]
"I'm tellin' ya true..." Oh, my...yes!
Posted 17 years ago by BPenni    [ Reply ]
algrif wrote:
Now if this had come labelled as Grateful Dead, I bet the comments would have been a whole load different. (Sounds like a lot of their stuff when you think about it)
Posted 18 years ago by n4ku    [ Reply ]
Sounds like a "Concert Audience Participation" song.
Posted 18 years ago by artmarcia    [ Reply ]
ahhhh memories of first period English right after the morning wake and bake. My friend and I would sing this and laugh-guess that's why I failed. LOL
Posted 18 years ago by Al_Koholic    [ Reply ]
Now if this had come labelled as Grateful Dead, I bet the comments would have been a whole load different. (Sounds like a lot of their stuff when you think about it)
Posted 18 years ago by algrif    [ Reply ]
Oh hell, one doesn't have to be prolific all the time - it's just good old fashioned "feel good" music to bring on the weekend!!
Posted 18 years ago by effba    [ Reply ]
I love traffic, musical kind. but...not a favorite tune I must say.
Posted 18 years ago by drmike    [ Reply ]
Mugro wrote:
I am a big fan of Traffic, but this song sounds a little dated. Sorry. Ok, let the floggings commence....
No floggings from me. I love Traffic, but this is really a tossoff song. It's goofy and silly, but not good. I'll give it a 4, but it's at the bottom of the range for Traffic.
Posted 19 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
NOT impressed. Also, get off of Ringo's drum set!!!
Posted 19 years ago by foppy-knight    [ Reply ]
wherestheexit wrote:
...This is what happens when an artist is too lazy to come up with lyrics
Yup, someone should have told them to lay off the ganj :)
Posted 19 years ago by tony99    [ Reply ]
...This is what happens when an artist is too lazy to come up with lyrics
Posted 19 years ago by wherestheexit    [ Reply ]
Posted 19 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
This is awful ... tweeness defined.
Posted 19 years ago by tony99    [ Reply ]
Ok, Bill, now play us some Spencer Davis Group and make the world complete. :-) Decent tune.
Posted 19 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
Memories! One of the first songs I heard on FM radio (along with Fleetwood Mac's 'Oh, Well') when I was but a sprout. That was back when the FM side was two turntables and a hand-held mic in the transmitter shack. (Bill probably remembers those days, eh?)
Posted 19 years ago by 87C751    [ Reply ]
Not my favorite Traffic song, but hey, it's still Traffic and I'm feelin alright
Posted 19 years ago by meadowwoods    [ Reply ]
Love this song, I couldn't have imagined it would show up, even on RP where I am frequently surprised. We made a recruiting film for my fraternity in 1972 and lead in with this song, brings back many (hazy) memories.
Posted 19 years ago by RobRyan    [ Reply ]
Wow, Bill pulls yet another rabbit outa the hat!
Posted 19 years ago by sharkartist    [ Reply ]
I am a big fan of Traffic, but this song sounds a little dated. Sorry. Ok, let the floggings commence....
Posted 19 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
Why Traffic was it.
Posted 19 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Thanks
Posted 19 years ago by Freebish    [ Reply ]
Great song! I was gonna upload it and saw you already have it but it's never been played!? Play it man, play that song.
Posted 20 years ago by Freebish    [ Reply ]