Robin Trower - Little Bit Of Sympathy Lyrics

This song was written before the advent of the Internet, and the Dark Web -- "see and let yourself be mean."

The world has no sympathy for no good reason.

Blast from the past ! Great drug's an fast car's & fast women, great friends.

Another killer track from one of the greatest albums of the classic rock era! Those who blindly dismiss Robin Trower as merely "another Hendrix clone" are selling him short; Trower's whole vibe, sound and feel is truly unique, and you'd never mistake Jimi for Robin or vice versa.

I always been amazed about Robin`s, thick, swirly, bluesy, stratocaster lead-tones on this amazing track (..and also the rest of the album) .
This album is with no doubt among Robin`s best albums ever made. - A pure classic and a underated gem!!!

One of his best songs

Millenials.......get on the band wagon!......

Bloody brilliant...

"Thank you" to my older sisters, who let me go through their record collections to discover jewels like Trower, Floyd, ELP, Stevie Ray, etc. My musical horizons were expanded more than a tab of acid could achieve. lol Great music, all.

Trower is a rock star his music should still b on the classic rock radio stations

Great stuff then, as it is now.

One hell of an album !!!

The bands can't do this

I first bought this cassette from the bargain bin in the late eighties. Literally wore it out.

Saw them in concert they were awesome no music like that today

After Jimi died we held our breaths and waited...

From the age of 14 to 18, those four years seemed like forever. Sure, there was Alvin Lee, Clapton, Jeff Beck, Joe Walsh, (an embarrassment of riches actually) and of course we saw the rise of Zeppelin and lots of other great bands from Grand Funk to Yes but it was this album that recaptured the mystique we lost when we lost Jimi. I can remember going to a party at a strange house that Summer of '74 right after graduating from High School. Walking in, only the dimmest of lights on, Bridge Of Sighs, (on vinyl of course) playing through a pair of JBL speakers the size of Lazy Boy recliners powered by a huge Macintosh Power Amp/Pre Amp combo, (pretty esoteric stuff for a small town in Arizona.) I remember thinking, "Yeah man! This is the shit! This is what I want to do with my life, make music!" And so I did and still do. There's nothing like playing music to keep you young; I only act my age when I'm asleep.

Music lives forever. Seems like yesterday. It is now.

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The drumming.

Can Justin Bieber do this?

If you can't dance ta this, stay seated at the table... Your girl and I will show you how it's done!....putzilla,,,219!

I saw them at The Tower Theater in Upper Darby, PA. They were friggin awesome.

Get your Grand kids set them down and have them listen to this. My Great Grand son listen to this only once and he was hooked.
Share this with the Brothers.

One of the top 10 rock songs!

PURE GENIUS. 3 GUYS??? WOW

First listened to Bridge of Sighs in 1974 its 2018 !

One the greatest who can play a guitar with the greatest who ever played.

I had the pleasure of meeting Mr.Trower last year here in Dallas after a show at the House of Blues. He's a great guy and loves what he's doing. He autographed my Stratocaster and my Bridge of Sighs LP. They're both hanging in my studio never to be sold.

This whole record is beast! Power trio.

That shit was hitting on all cylinders.

I'm commenting on how awesome this guitar recording came out on this recording.... I have never heard such masterful tone and post production effect....u can't get this tone from an MXR VIBE PEDAL

tnibor believe it or not he uses 12 gauge strings , incredible the thicker the more tone!😉

One of the greatest albums ever in rock and roll!!

played AND STILL PLAY the hell outta this album & MACHINE HEAD/ DEEP PURPLE !!! *

great tune

As an extreme fan of the Jonas bros, when I heard this guy, my political stance changed direction....

I saw Robin in concert at a real small club in Dyer Indiana in 1983 called the Point East for $5.00. What a deal!!!. Robin was very approachable and talked to anyone that came up to him, a real star.

James Dewar !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Any ideas on the cover artwork, what is it?

As a mathematician it looks like work of topology based on the two dimensional Mobius strip, no inside or outside...

Twisted belly button.

I used to have this entire album memorized...haven't listened it in 30 years and when I hear the sings I still know all the notes and riffs ....listened to this in the mid 70's in high school...saw him in concert , he was really amazing ...saw him again in Tulsa a few years later ...

Trower takes the best of Hendrix and eccentuates it, except, you'll find him throwing a 1/2 diminished chord in from time to time, very britsh.

never got their credit due. Never sold out.you won't hear Trower music on a Toyota commercial.

But at 72 years old he's still melting faces at the back of the venue. Get out and see him next spring.

Just showing some younger people who Robin Trower is. Love this album and this may be my favorite song.

Vocalist has such a soulful voice!

Yeah, not bad for a white guy from Scotland 👍

One of THE best rock albums of all time! Bridge of Sighs, Too Rolling Stoned, Day of The Eagle, etc! Blow many a speakers in my car to Too Rolling Stoned!

I fully agree. Without question in my top ten bro..

Up and gone.

Whooo wee Jimi Ray Vaughan and Paul Rodgers, lovely voice here

VOCALISTA sensacional James o cara que atuou nos anos 70 Robin foi considerado o novo Hendrix pelas revistas e EU. ANDAVA COM O AO VIVO EM BAIXO DO BRAÇO MUITO BOA ÉPOCA

love this whole album haven't heard it in forever!

The light is strong and the man is weak
And the world walks in between
So rise above on the wings of love
See and let yourself be seen
See and let yourself be seen
So fill your cup and drink it on up
For tomorrow never comes
If you wield the rod, answer to your God
But me I'll be up and gone
I'll be up and gone, gone
I'll be up and a gone
If the sea was glass and the land all gone
Would you still be a friend to me
When my time has passed, is it to much to ask
For a little bit of sympathy
Just a little bit of sympathy lord
A little bit of sympathy
A little bit of sympathy lord yeah
Little bit of sympathy
Little bit of sympathy
A little bit of sympathy
A little bit of sympathy
A little bit of sympathy ~Robin Trower

MusicUCanSee thank you

Thank you

MusicUCanSee thanks

LOVE TROWER!!!!

You kids - your pretty funny. We've been trying to tell you for decades that this generation invented RocknRoll.
SmashMouthstyle

Love the subtle conga drums...

I Ride Back To 1979 When I Hear This Song, It Was The 1st Song I Listened To When I Smoked Pot For The Very 1st Time.
#memories
#yahoo

The live version is crazy!

well Natalie then i'm sure there's a lot more that u have not herd that is the greatest music ever .. 60's and 70's rock and fucking roll and i have an awesome collection of those wonderful era's

I can't believe I only heard this for the first time very recently. What a great song. Really cool groove, love the bass.

Person Natalie this album is GOLD 😍

Person Natalie check out some of my playlist

Welcome to the coolest of the 70s. We have much more to share.

Person Natalie my God girl

it's the great James Dewar rip

Robin made 8 tracks sound outstanding!

master of the strings

A smacked out treasure

James Dewar is one of a kind, just like Robin.

REG ISADORE TOO

Underrated

Another incredible musical feat by the incomparable Robin Trower.  

Rolling Stone is overrated- never liked it...    I tend to gravitate to the underrated - Trower, Blue Oyster Cult, Pat Travers, Michael Schenker.   It's like we know something others don't...

The only thing Rolling Stone ever got right was in their 10th anniversary edition when they said Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower" was the best Bob Dylan ever recorded. :P

Michael Kuhn you left out Montrose

Interestingly in 1973 Rolling Stone gave Trower's debut Twice Removed From Yesterday a sterling review.

With this brilliant debut album ex-Procol Harum guitarist Robin Trower transcends the realm of traditional rock music forms, staking out a musical turf than most musicians can't even comprehend, much less attempt to explore. Twice Removed from Yesterday exists on a level so far beyond the rest of most of today's rock that this writer finds it nearly impossible to speak of group and album in traditional critics' jargon.

Jimi Hendrix is the most discernible influence on Trower's style and performance. And if ever there was a guitarist who matches the mental scope of Hendrix' playing -- the other-worldly atmospheric wall -- it is Trower. And yet Twice Removed from Yesterday is much more different than a simple rerun with different personnel. For as he proved with Procol songs like "Whiskey Train," "Long Gone Geek" and "Song for a Dreamer," Trower is as incredible a guitarist in his own way as Jeff Beck, Albert King and Rusty Bogart are in theirs.


The album revolves around the sounds Trower wrenches from his axe, thick, luscious tones drenched with tremolo and sustain. But these effects aren't sheer electronic gimmickry; rather they enable Trower to realize a guitarist's dream, obtaining the maximum mileage from each note. The most telling compliment would have to be that his rhythm lines are every bit as impressive as his lead work. In fact on "Hannah" the entire solo is nothing more than a collage of rhythm variations, arranged in such a way as to fully convey the multiplicity of emotions described in the lyrics. Stunningly successful.
Robin Trower is also the name of the three-piece group (named, no doubt, in a fit of humility) which includes bassist Jim Dewar and drummer Reg Isadore. Dewer's a Scot, and every bit the profile of a tough, aggressive bass player. He also does the singing in a voice that's frighteningly reminiscent of Free's Paul Rodgers.

West Indian Isadore (brother of Manassas' Conrad) rounds out this truly international trio, supplying a solid brand of percussion with almost miserly efficiency. Producer Matthew Fisher's organ occasionally lurks in the background, never drawing excessive attention to itself but always there when needed to flesh out the group's sound.

But Trower is truly in a class by himself, so much so that it's now my most fervent wish to grow up to become half as good a guitarist as he. I'd be the Avis of the industry.

- Gordon Fletcher, Rolling Stone, 6/21/73.

Trower, at his best.....

That comment about the rolling stone magazine refers to the comment made by amstell13.

Rolling Stone Magazine does not know everything!

They know nothing.

You tell the truth

A bunch of wannabe Lou Reed fetishists if you ask me....

My First real concert…. Montross, Rush, Robin Trower. 11/20/1976 Philly Spectrum. I was 15

God, that must have been such a good concert.

Music the way it should be remembered.

@Ballsarama I couldn't agree more about the lack of recognition. I feel this song is superior to bridge of sighs and too rolling stoned, but not by a very wide margin!

One of the most under rated bands, guitarists, and vocalists. I wish Hendrix had be recorded as well.

KICK ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@Paige9900 great coment but his name is James Dewer

James Dewar, the one & only. RIP.

He used many different guitars one was the rarely seen aluminum neck TRAVIS BEAN kicks ass always!!!!

I think you should use more periods in your comment... and then... only then... will it make sense.

its james dewar r.i.p.

yep I use to think Robin sang

nope the late great james dewar