When I hear this song it puts me in a different place….a good place…a positive place…a nostalgic place. A real good feeling place. We will keep on pushing!!!!!!
@MAPR PR I grew up in a small town in Texas but in the summer I would go stay with my 3 girl cousins in Houston. We would listen to soul / r&b station KYOK. Whenever ‘We’re a winner’ would come back around on the rotation the whole vibe in the house would light up. You said it well, the song put me in a different place, a positive place.
A great inspiration. In my record collection for years. Curtis Mayfield your words have done so much for people of every race and creed. I owe you and the Impressions a lot. RIP.
FROM THE LEGENDARY MULTI-TALENTED AND UNFORGETTABLE GREAT MUSICAL GENIUS "CURTIS MAYFIELD" AND "THE IMPRESSIONS NOW THIS AMAZING AND VERY POSITIVE AND POWERFUL MESSAGE AND LYRICS.
I was 6 Years Old Living in Chicago in November 1967 when I 1st heard this Song on the #30 CTA on Chicago's South Side, the Bus was Crowded & Somebody was Playing a Transistor Radio Tuned to WVON 1450 (The Voice of the Negro) & this Song by the Impressions was Playing.
Coolio --- The Winner!!! Three Times Dope --- No Words!!! Ali Dee --- Who's Da Flava??? TLC --- This Is How It Should Be Done. Rhythm Technicians --- Hip Hop Don't Stop!!! Cali Casino --- ABC Ya!!! Gift Of Gab,Rashaan Ahmad,&Zumbi --- Rise!!! Black Milk & Guilty Simpson --- Sound The Alarm!!! Lemonade --- Big Weekend!!! Divine Beings --- Funky Ultamatum!!! The Winstons --- Amen,Brother!!! Curtis Mayfield --- Moving On Up!!!
Always loved that song even at a young age, I was on that one hard still love that song and know I’m a winner in Christ Jesus today and the days too come and you know this if you don’t know now you know Yesssss Hallelujah I’m gonna keep on pushing and mainly looking to the hills from where my help comes from Pastor P.
Thank you, Danny, this is really nicely put together. I was a teenager when all this was coming down, I remember the policemen putting their vicious dogs and fire hoses on the Black protesters, I remember when JFK, then Malcolm X, then MLK, then Bobby Kennedy were murdered. But all through it, Curtis Mayfield's music was beautiful and also like a moral backbone. It helped tie together the unraveling strings.
Wow what a songwriter Curtis was a genius too bad what happened to him he was paralyzed the stage from on him breaking his neck he lived for a few years after the accident then he passed I can't remember the year.
i've loved the impressions and curtis mayfield since i first bought the 45 of "it's alright" back in 1963. this should be the song playing every time our next president kamala harris enters the room....before it becomes "hail to the chief".
Anyone who says "he gave me $1200 so I'll vote for him again" take a good strong look in the mirror and consider others besides yourself. THERE IS A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING.
