helenofjoy
(Lincoln, Nebraska) | | Posted: Nov 12, 2012 - 05:29 | |
I love to sing along - loud - with this song. It makes me feel great!!! |
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richlister
(Here, there, pretty much everywhere.) | | Posted: Nov 12, 2012 - 05:26 | |
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joelbb
| | Posted: Oct 11, 2012 - 21:01 | |
This is not anywhere near the mainstream of my tastes, but the lyrics are quite good. I've never met anyone from Memphis that wasn't totally happy with where they lived. It's good, tuney pop. If that puts you off, so be it. It's not surprising that this song was a big hit.
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coyote620
(Near the river, USA) | | Posted: Sep 10, 2012 - 07:27 | |
OneSpyGirl wrote:Didn't like it then, like it less now. Overwrought lyrics, simplistic piano triads that impress non-musicians. Cohn's voice has a good quality but not much range as least this song does nothing to demonstrate it. Songs don't get played because people don't like them. You just don't like it. What have you done? He wrote a song and put it out there. People liked it. It is as simple as that. |
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tulfan
(Still in SE MI) | | Posted: Sep 10, 2012 - 07:26 | |
avatar71 wrote:Not quite RP worthy...
Agreed...never could stomach this one... |
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avatar71
(Oakland, CA) | | Posted: Aug 09, 2012 - 23:04 | |
Nuance wrote:it is ass
Well put. |
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avatar71
(Oakland, CA) | | Posted: Aug 09, 2012 - 20:01 | |
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Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC) | | Posted: Aug 09, 2012 - 19:59 | |
Dave_Mack wrote:That line about "are you a Christian, child? — Ma'am, I am tonight" always cracks me up. Reminds me of Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
Teacher (Mr. Hand): Are you in my class?
Spicoli: I am today. He probably got that line from the film. Dreadful tune, by the way. |
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trissi
(allupinya) | | Posted: Jun 07, 2012 - 16:11 | |
romeotuma wrote:
I was born in Memphis, close to Graceland... love this song soooo much... sigh... Figures! Does everybody in your hotel room love this dreadful song? |
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Dave_Mack
(Ball of Confusion) | | Posted: Jun 07, 2012 - 16:05 | |
That line about "are you a Christian, child? — Ma'am, I am tonight" always cracks me up. Reminds me of Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
Teacher: Are you in my class?
Spicoli: I am today.
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On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet) | | Posted: May 07, 2012 - 00:01 | |
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Mar 04, 2012 - 12:34 | |
I was born in Memphis, close to Graceland... love this song soooo much... sigh... |
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Eros92450
(Loveland, Colorado) | | Posted: Mar 04, 2012 - 12:30 | |
Nothing to figure out or second guess with song. Simple....still sounds great!
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Larry_Rosenow
(Bend, OR) | | Posted: Mar 04, 2012 - 12:29 | |
Amazing song .... it takes me back to Memphis....and I have never been there! Fortunately, other radio stations have and still are playing this sweet, semi-get-down tune.
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clwguy
| | Posted: Feb 01, 2012 - 20:06 | |
ROFL!!
OneSpyGirl wrote:Didn't like it then, like it less now. Overwrought lyrics, simplistic piano triads that impress non-musicians. Cohn's voice has a good quality but not much range as least this song does nothing to demonstrate it. |
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Feb 01, 2012 - 20:04 | |
I love the reference in this song to my father... wonderful...
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Nadine
(Hamburg, Germany) | | Posted: Jan 01, 2012 - 01:41 | |
MacHazzer wrote:Does ANYONE like what Cher did to this song? nope. |
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Nadine
(Hamburg, Germany) | | Posted: Jan 01, 2012 - 01:39 | |
Loved it then. Love it now. Niiiiiiiiiiiiiice sing a long tune. :o)
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cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.) | | Posted: Nov 30, 2011 - 07:50 | |
Okay. Marc Cohn can do 'pop'. But he clearly loves the rhythm and soul of Memphis and New Orleans, even though he cannot (and shouldn't try to) duplicate the unique sounds of those locales. So he does the best he can to write songs about those places. No, he ain't Carl Perkins or Professor Longhair, that's obvious. But he loves the spirit of those places, where music is infused into every brick.
With that in mind, I like his songs about maybe the two greatest music cities in the U.S. No offense to Detroit, Minneapolis, SF Bay, Muscle Shoals, The Delta, Lubbock, or even Austin...
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OneSpyGirl
(Austin Texas) | | Posted: Nov 30, 2011 - 07:44 | |
Didn't like it then, like it less now. Overwrought lyrics, simplistic piano triads that impress non-musicians. Cohn's voice has a good quality but not much range as least this song does nothing to demonstrate it.
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Baby_M
(a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio) | | Posted: Nov 30, 2011 - 07:42 | |
So, does he feel the way he feels? If he did not feel the way he feels, then he would feel some other way, but then that would be the way he feels and he could not feel that way even though he did, and ILLOGICAL! ILLOGICAL! NORMAN CO-ORDINATE!
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Poacher
(Brighton, UK) | | Posted: Nov 30, 2011 - 07:41 | |
Always likes me a bit of Joe Cocker. . . . no wait. . . I just wanted Joe to be singing this. Oh well. . .
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jcjoh
| | Posted: Oct 29, 2011 - 17:17 | |
Artless lyrics & way too pop, especially for RP.
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dlunetta6
(Ennis, MT) | | Posted: Oct 29, 2011 - 17:04 | |
Arrrrrgggggg! "Really" The less you play this song the better
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bachbeet
| | Posted: Oct 29, 2011 - 17:00 | |
Never heard this one then. And, I hope to never hear it again.
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Dahlia_Gumbo
(San Francisco) | | Posted: Oct 29, 2011 - 16:58 | |
 Love that voice & piano. |
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Nuance
(Winnipeg) | | Posted: Oct 29, 2011 - 16:58 | |
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juanos
(Somewhere between the US and Guatemala) | | Posted: Sep 28, 2011 - 00:03 | |
This song is really nice... might not be the best composition, or lyrics might not be 100% accurate... I don't know... but it deserves a big 10 for the great memories it always brings back!  |
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WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | | Posted: Aug 27, 2011 - 14:27 | |
He lost me with the "Delta blues/blue suede shoes" rhyme.
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Aug 27, 2011 - 14:26 | |
I was born in Memphis, Tennessee... love this song...
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