calypsus_1
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ScottFromWyoming
(Powell, Wyo.) | | Posted: Jul 11, 2006 - 07:11 | |
Is this from the Nick Lowe side? I forget.
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LPCity
(Salt Lake City, Utah) | | Posted: Jun 26, 2006 - 15:11 | |
Hot Dog!
I'm seeing John Hiatt with the North Mississippi All-Stars tomorrow night. This just helps get the mood started early. Thanks RP!
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(former member)
(Shadow Valley Condos) | | Posted: Jun 26, 2006 - 15:11 | |
This was the album that really caught my attention. Some dynamite production (two people, one for each side) and some amazing songwriting.
Hiatt was near the end of his relationship with his wife (she would kill herself) and he was frustrated with his career ("he got all tangled up in liquor and drugs and tried to make a record like those Eng-a-lish mugs").
And the pain and desperation shows through. This tune, and a gorgeous handful of others from this album, are shining gems. I don't know if he'll ever top "You May Already Be a Winner."
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algrif
(Slightly west of Zero) | | Posted: Mar 16, 2006 - 08:56 | |
I give this a seven, cos it's a good song. But now I feel like getting out the EC / BBK disc.
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jzekeb
(Jackson, MS) | | Posted: Mar 01, 2006 - 14:36 | |
Who's he riding with?
Good, but then it got really repetitive.
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Kagin
| | Posted: Mar 01, 2006 - 14:34 | |
Didn't Eric Clapton do a cover of this with B.B. King? Most excellent....  |
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stinkycheese
(Boston!) | | Posted: Jan 16, 2006 - 15:00 | |
Roverfish wrote: VERY reminiscent of "Alone in the Dark" off Bring the Family, don't you think?
Quite likeable tune.
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maryte
(Austin, TX) | | Posted: Oct 06, 2005 - 11:39 | |
dango wrote:Garbage. No-groove, clunk-rock.
No groove? Pardon, but you must dance like a white guy with no a$$. This has groove in spades... |
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rah
| | Posted: Oct 06, 2005 - 11:39 | |
hate to say it, but i much prefer the Clapton/King version.
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GregK
(Maryland) | | Posted: Oct 06, 2005 - 11:38 | |
I like John Hiatt's later work but EC and BB do this song way better. John could have made this way more dirty and it might have more impact. Also a fat horn section could have taken this cut out of the ordinary, alas, no Tower of Power here.......
Still worthy but not memorable.
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Roverfish
(Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting, please drive through!) | | Posted: Jul 09, 2005 - 15:35 | |
VERY reminiscent of "Alone in the Dark" off Bring the Family, don't you think?
Quite likeable tune.
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(former member)
(Shadow Valley Condos) | | Posted: May 26, 2005 - 13:09 | |
More from the Riding With the King album:
She Loves the Jerk
You May Already Be a Winner.
This is where he hit his stride.
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Cyclehawk
(Athens GA) | | Posted: May 26, 2005 - 13:05 | |
Hiatt's one of those somewhat rare performers who really became a much better songwriter and performer further on in his career. That said, this older stuff certainly isn't bad, but doesn't hold up that well compared to anything from the Bring the Family/Slow Turning period and beyond.
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BoFiS
(Cranford, NJ) | | Posted: May 26, 2005 - 13:01 | |
no comments, how can I resist being the first...or secong...I feel like I'm Riding with the King whenever I've listening to RP...keep up the good work
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dango
| | Posted: May 26, 2005 - 13:01 | |
Garbage. No-groove, clunk-rock.
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