# "The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 8, 2006, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-low-spark-of-high-heeled-boys/363577 "2006-07-08T00:04:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-low-spark-of-high-heeled-boys/363577/21 "2012-03-06T14:42:00Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > In five years, things change. 🙂 > > Doesn’t the radio go to Joe Cocker for “Feelin’ Alright?”? I’ve heard both. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-low-spark-of-high-heeled-boys/363577/22 "2012-03-06T15:39:10Z")
All I remember, back in the day, is the album cover. With the guy in purple pants with the awesome package! 😉 It was much-listed to by a couple of the more artsy and intelligent of my friends, considered high class, music-wise. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-low-spark-of-high-heeled-boys/363577/23 "2012-03-06T16:17:34Z")
I ran across these on Youtube and thought I’d share here. Traffic: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/x3M8Sk7X51k/hqdefault.jpg "Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3M8Sk7X51k) Jim Capaldi & Dave Mason (a great version I discovered just last year): [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm2Fi3HNykU) Enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-low-spark-of-high-heeled-boys/363577/24 "2012-03-07T07:47:19Z")
I hadn’t listened to them in years until I found the two CD Best of Traffic at Rasputins, with songs from the pre and post Dave Mason eras. Blew me away again. No time for a top 10, but Glad always makes me feel happy. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-low-spark-of-high-heeled-boys/363577/25 "2012-03-07T16:40:18Z")
And by the way, how come no one has yet mentioned “Rock and Roll Stew”? It’s one of the songs that has earned a permanent slot on my Party Mix. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-low-spark-of-high-heeled-boys/363577/26 "2012-03-07T18:40:24Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > …Glad always makes me feel happy. In my first encounter with a piano I tried it and realized that I could potentially play that instrument. Well, the right hand, at least. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-low-spark-of-high-heeled-boys/363577/27 "2012-03-07T18:51:31Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Glad always makes me feel happy. That one has always bugged me because it’s such a blatant nick of “The In-Crowd.” I recognized the tune they were borrowing from the first time I heard it; only later did I hear the [Ramsey Lewis version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3cZ6W12TUQ) that Traffic’s arrangement is clearly based on. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-low-spark-of-high-heeled-boys/363577/28 "2012-03-07T18:58:39Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Traffic may be old, but it’s not oldies. > > Harumph. > > I am not old, I am not old. They play Poison songs on my oldies station. We are both old. ---
**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-low-spark-of-high-heeled-boys/363577/29 "2012-03-08T21:19:16Z")
No love for ‘No Time to Live’? That is such a good Traffic tune and the cover version by Brian Auger & the Trinity is terrific. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-low-spark-of-high-heeled-boys/363577/30 "2012-03-12T13:23:53Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > In five years, things change. 🙂 > > Doesn’t the radio go to Joe Cocker for “Feelin’ Alright?”? I take it all back. The Traffic song I hear the most on the radio – by far – is “Dear Mr. Fantasy”. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-low-spark-of-high-heeled-boys/363577/31 "2012-03-12T16:11:50Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I know this is a zombie thread, but… > We must be listening to different radio stations, because the only Traffic song I hear on the radio is “Feelin’ Alright”. That’s odd, because I just heard “Feelin’ Alright” on Sirius and it made me think that I never ever hear it played. Maybe the Joe Cocker version, but never the original. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-low-spark-of-high-heeled-boys/363577.md?page=1)