jimj
(end of the universe) | | Posted: May 13, 2013 - 11:03 | |
One of the greatest blues songs of all time by one of the greatest blues players. Remember hearing this live at a Chicago Blues fest-great set.
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Lazarus
(Bethany) | | Posted: Mar 11, 2013 - 18:26 | |
We be dancing like bowlegged gypsy muleskinners... love it...
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flodinos
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gypsyman
(just passing through....) | | Posted: Jan 20, 2013 - 00:51 | |
AndyJ wrote:A "Classic" is one that holds value over decades... This is a True Classic Yessir. And the whole Viagra "hook" thing...  |
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JIan
(Phoenix, AZ, USA) | | Posted: Jan 02, 2013 - 13:31 | |
Sloggydog wrote:Sometimes it pays to check what company you are in before making comments like "You gotta love that Hooker don't you?"  |
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AndyJ
(Oregon) | | Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 16:41 | |
A "Classic" is one that holds value over decades... This is a True Classic
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rdo
(DC) | | Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 16:33 | |
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Sloggydog
(UK) | | Posted: Sep 04, 2012 - 08:47 | |
Sometimes it pays to check what company you are in before making comments like "You gotta love that Hooker don't you?"
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MsJudi
(Houston, TX) | | Posted: Aug 29, 2012 - 21:15 | |
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kcar
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Howhow howHow. Not the most gripping version, but he still got it done even in his old age. The guy wasn't flashy and not a great guitar player, but he was raw and very real. "I'm Bad Like Jesse James" is about the most chilling piece of blues I've ever heard—best version too. |
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skindy
(AwlbanNY) | | Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 20:37 | |
IrieTom wrote: This is what I think of every time I hear this song YES! Me too! Bless Ackroyd, Belushi and Landis for making this movie, and bringing so many of the blues masters to a wider audience. |
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PA1749
(Room 106) | | Posted: Apr 11, 2012 - 08:07 | |
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sirdroseph
(Yes) | | Posted: Jan 21, 2012 - 07:22 | |
Welllllll yeah!  8 |
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stevetheshoe
(wayfaraway) | | Posted: Dec 20, 2011 - 14:04 | |
Cynaera wrote:I've never liked Hooker's music. I must be sadly lacking somewhere, but when I hear his stuff, I just think of a dirty old man who's singing about what he can't get it up to do anymore. (Don't throw rocks - it's just my impression, and I'm pretty sure I'm wrong.) When this song started, I just said, "Heyheyheyhey! Wellwellwellwell! Howhowhowhow!" And then the "boomboomboomboom" started, and I kicked myself for missing that particular word. Love his music or hate it - he's a part of the blues. Just not really the part I can handle. It's me, not the music... Was I tactful enough to not offend anyone?  Too bad for you. I love all of his music, even the gritty dirty stuff recorded in Detroit in the late 40's and early 50's. He was definately a blues icon. Hope you don't feel the same way about Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. |
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Mugro
(My body is in Dubai, but my broken heart is in Red Sox Nation) | | Posted: Dec 06, 2011 - 08:55 | |
Cynaera wrote:I've never liked Hooker's music. I must be sadly lacking somewhere, but when I hear his stuff, I just think of a dirty old man who's singing about what he can't get it up to do anymore. (Don't throw rocks - it's just my impression, and I'm pretty sure I'm wrong.) When this song started, I just said, "Heyheyheyhey! Wellwellwellwell! Howhowhowhow!" And then the "boomboomboomboom" started, and I kicked myself for missing that particular word. Love his music or hate it - he's a part of the blues. Just not really the part I can handle. It's me, not the music... Was I tactful enough to not offend anyone? He wasn't so old when he started singing this song. And I bet he got plenty of "boom boom" in his time... Jes sayin'..... |
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aspicer
(Chicago, IL) | | Posted: Nov 24, 2011 - 06:41 | |
Awesome Image - thanks for sharing - Hook is a very old soul!
shawshank wrote: |
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Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC) | | Posted: Jul 21, 2011 - 07:11 | |
Cynaera wrote:I've never liked Hooker's music. I must be sadly lacking somewhere, but when I hear his stuff, I just think of a dirty old man who's singing about what he can't get it up to do anymore. (Don't throw rocks - it's just my impression, and I'm pretty sure I'm wrong.) When this song started, I just said, "Heyheyheyhey! Wellwellwellwell! Howhowhowhow!" And then the "boomboomboomboom" started, and I kicked myself for missing that particular word. Love his music or hate it - he's a part of the blues. Just not really the part I can handle. It's me, not the music... Was I tactful enough to not offend anyone? Well, everyone doesn't have to like everything. Personally, I've always liked Mr. Hooker's music, not just this up-tempo stuff, but also his slow, mournful tunes like "It Serve You Right To Suffer" or "Decoration Day". I saw him perform at The Bottom Line in NYC in 1982: fantastic show! He got up out of his chair to dance for a bit, saying: "I guess I got to dance; I am The Boogie Man, after all". |
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Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal) | | Posted: Jun 19, 2011 - 14:57 | |
pyxxel wrote:Yes you were. We pity you  Thank you for acknowledging my tact - I usually suck at it. Don't pity me - I can be pretty snarky, too. Ask anyone.  |
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Foot
(NorCal / Wine) | | Posted: Jun 19, 2011 - 14:51 | |
Keith Richards says 'thank you.'
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kingfish2004
(That GREAT country of Texas!) | | Posted: May 13, 2011 - 14:40 | |
What I plan to do to my girl friend ALL weekend long! YEAH BABY!!!
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helgigermany
(Germany) | | Posted: May 13, 2011 - 14:38 | |
Cynaera wrote:I've never liked Hooker's music. I must be sadly lacking somewhere, but when I hear his stuff, I just think of a dirty old man who's singing about what he can't get it up to do anymore. (Don't throw rocks - it's just my impression, and I'm pretty sure I'm wrong.) When this song started, I just said, "Heyheyheyhey! Wellwellwellwell! Howhowhowhow!" And then the "boomboomboomboom" started, and I kicked myself for missing that particular word. Love his music or hate it - he's a part of the blues. Just not really the part I can handle. It's me, not the music... Was I tactful enough to not offend anyone? I am with you! |
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IrieTom
(Brunswick, NY) | | Posted: Apr 17, 2011 - 10:33 | |
This is what I think of every time I hear this song |
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DD rabbi_phil
(beach) | | Posted: Mar 29, 2011 - 04:58 | |
Demons, we all got 'em. flaws? right out there for everyone to see. Still, this guys rocks the blues, always did. (if our artists had to pass a level 2 background check there wouldn't be much music would there?)
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GregX59
(Omaha, NE) | | Posted: Jan 13, 2011 - 08:17 | |
drtjdel wrote:Before he died I saw John Lee at his club in S.F., the Boom Boom Room. Comes out on stage with an absolute FOX on each arm and a big grin on his face. You DOG!!
John Hiatt says this exact thing in his song "Old Days" from the "Same Old Man" album (an EXCELLENT album): "On a bill with John Lee Hooker in a joint up in Washington, He came in with a gorgeous woman on each arm as I was singing my song, Walked 'em right up sat 'em on the edge of the stage as I went singing along, And that's called "Evenin' son, I'm the headliner!" |
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pyxxel
(Dublin, Ireland) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2010 - 09:01 | |
Cynaera wrote:Was I tactful enough to not offend anyone? Yes you were. We pity you |
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oenyaw
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The Firesign Theater does an impresion of Eric Burdon doing this song. Great stuff.
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ceviche
(Lima, Peru) | | Posted: Nov 05, 2010 - 12:30 | |
I saw him at the Cellar Door in DC in 1980. He was excellent.
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Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal) | | Posted: Sep 08, 2010 - 14:39 | |
I've never liked Hooker's music. I must be sadly lacking somewhere, but when I hear his stuff, I just think of a dirty old man who's singing about what he can't get it up to do anymore. (Don't throw rocks - it's just my impression, and I'm pretty sure I'm wrong.) When this song started, I just said, "Heyheyheyhey! Wellwellwellwell! Howhowhowhow!" And then the "boomboomboomboom" started, and I kicked myself for missing that particular word. Love his music or hate it - he's a part of the blues. Just not really the part I can handle. It's me, not the music... Was I tactful enough to not offend anyone? |
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gatorade
(Ocean Park, WA) | | Posted: Jul 19, 2010 - 00:44 | |
He can Boom Boom me anytime!
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Tippster
(Washington, DC) | | Posted: Jul 06, 2010 - 16:52 | |
Bat wrote:
Eric Clapton brought Muddy Waters along to open one of his tours shortly before the great McKinley Morganfield died. The tour was mid to late 70s.
I've got to say that it was a sad and painful thing to witness, Waters was just too old and was just (barely) going through the motions.
I moved to the SF Bay area in '82, which is where John Lee Hooker lived. Although I loved his music I never went to see him live because I couldn't get Muddy Waters out of my mind. I thought he had one foot in the grave in '82 but the tough old bastard lived for nearly 20 more years.
If you haven't please watch/listen to "The Last Waltz." Muddy Waters was amazing that night, that was 1976. I watche JLH tour with Big Head Todd in the mid-90's. He was rollin'. |
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