teapot
(in orbit) | | Posted: Feb 06, 2009 - 11:33 | |
Not exactly Etta's finest moment.
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bitbanger
(Upper West Side) | | Posted: Jan 05, 2009 - 19:55 | |
poopypants wrote:"The only thing a colored can do for me is shine my shoes" - Elvis Presley
or steal their songs i guess :)
I guess if you say it often enough some people might start to believe it. After all, he was a southern white man who lived in the 50's. He must be a racist bigot. They are all like that down there, right? |
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ScopArch
(Berlin, Baby) | | Posted: Dec 05, 2008 - 05:59 | |
hiorgos wrote:
wow .. RP is hot today.. black sabbath
raconteurs
smiths
madrugada
doors
the cure.. very cool rockin stuff!
Woah Deja Vu! |
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Chi_Guy
(Chicago) | | Posted: Dec 05, 2008 - 05:56 | |
 My feelings...Exactly!
teapot wrote:I love Etta, but this is lousy.
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Otomi
(La orilla de la civilización) | | Posted: Nov 03, 2008 - 17:21 | |
First time. Real nice. As for Elvis...  Source: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/236/516301368_ddec2fe811.jpg?v=0 |
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manzanitafire
| | Posted: Nov 03, 2008 - 17:13 | |
Heard this yesterday, folks.
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Reverend_Soul
(London) | | Posted: Oct 03, 2008 - 03:50 | |
Let's not forget that it was written by the great team of Leiber and Stoller and Elvis' version was based on Freddie Bell and the Bellboys live performance of the song he saw them do in Vegas. Let's not have the tired old accusation of stealing, it makes as much sense as saying Etta stole it from Big Mama as well. Etta does a nice version but check out Junior Well's take on it.
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nigelr
(Coffs Harbour, Australia) | | Posted: Oct 03, 2008 - 03:03 | |
poopypants wrote:"The only thing a colored can do for me is shine my shoes" - Elvis Presley
or steal their songs i guess :)
That statement, sir, is a disgrace! |
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teapot
(in orbit) | | Posted: Sep 01, 2008 - 14:02 | |
I love Etta, but this is lousy.
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cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.) | | Posted: Jun 30, 2008 - 09:20 | |
jhorton wrote:This song is the audio equivalent of your mom catching you with your hot high-school girlfriend.
Blecccchhhhh!!!!
No. Your girlfriend catchin' you with HER hot Mom!
Ms. James puts the 'dawg' in the hound.
Still, it ain't Big Mama...
c. |
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Smoove_D
(Milwaukee) | | Posted: Jun 30, 2008 - 09:20 | |
Just not enough energy in this version. Sorry, Etta.
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andrewimft
(North Californie) | | Posted: May 29, 2008 - 22:42 | |
The_Enemy wrote:
Elvis NEVER said that. Nor have I ever heard that Elvis withheld royalties or credit from anyone so he can hardly be said to have stolen songs.
http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/presley1.asp
Matter of fact, by all accounts Elvis Presley was very respectful of African American musicians, socialized with them, and took his time out to help some of them get their careers going. From wikipedia:
Little Richard said of Presley: "He was an integrator. Elvis was a blessing. They wouldnt let black music through. He opened the door for black music."<5> B. B. King said he began to respect Presley after he did Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup material and that after he met him, he thought the singer really was something else and was someone whose music was growing all the time right up to his death.<6>
Up to the mid 1950s black artists had sold minuscule amounts of their recorded music relative to the national market potential. Black songwriters had mostly limited horizons and could only eke out a living. But after Presley purchased the music of African American Otis Blackwell and had his "Gladys Music" company hire talented black songwriter Claude Demetrius, the industry underwent a dramatic change. In the spring of 1957 Presley invited African American performer Ivory Joe Hunter to visit Graceland and the two spent the day together, singing "I Almost Lost My Mind" and other songs. Of Presley, Hunter commented, "He showed me every courtesy, and I think he's one of the greatest."<7> |
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hiorgos
(Matrix) | | Posted: May 29, 2008 - 22:34 | |
wow .. RP is hot today..
black sabbath
raconteurs
smiths
madrugada
doors
the cure..
very cool rockin stuff!
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The_Enemy
(The Sewer) | | Posted: Apr 28, 2008 - 10:28 | |
poopypants wrote:"The only thing a colored can do for me is shine my shoes" - Elvis Presley
or steal their songs i guess :)
Elvis NEVER said that. Nor have I ever heard that Elvis withheld royalties or credit from anyone so he can hardly be said to have stolen songs.
http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/presley1.asp |
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ScottyB
(In front of an LCD, unfortunately.) | | Posted: Apr 28, 2008 - 10:20 | |
I love Etta, but this is a bad version of an overdone song.
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More_Cowbell
(North of Chicago, IL, USA) | | Posted: Apr 28, 2008 - 10:20 | |
The original was Big Moma Thorton in 53. Etta does it justice!
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Ericac
(Lakeville, MN) | | Posted: Apr 28, 2008 - 10:16 | |
Educate me, is this before Elvis or after? Which ever, I like!
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K_Love
(Discombobulation Nation) | | Posted: Mar 27, 2008 - 22:24 | |
bleh, the barking was a little much.
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RockinBlueVoodoo
(Deep in the Blues) | | Posted: Feb 25, 2008 - 12:01 | |
poopypants wrote:"The only thing a colored can do for me is shine my shoes" - Elvis Presley
That's a rumor
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NeilBlanchard
(Greater Boston area, Massachusetts) | | Posted: Feb 25, 2008 - 10:24 | |
Hello,
andesitic wrote:Lets play Big Mama's original version...now that rocks!
Her original version is in the RP library:
(click here)
(And it was my upload!  )
Neil |
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poopypants
(Porkland, OR) | | Posted: Feb 25, 2008 - 10:15 | |
"The only thing a colored can do for me is shine my shoes" - Elvis Presley
or steal their songs i guess :)
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AphidA
| | Posted: Feb 25, 2008 - 10:15 | |
Love Etta James, but I think there is a rule whereby any song mentioning a "hound dog" always sucks.
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jhorton
| | Posted: Dec 24, 2007 - 13:20 | |
This song is the audio equivalent of your mom catching you with your hot high-school girlfriend.
Blecccchhhhh!!!!
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Drunkenlilacwine
(where the great planes begin) | | Posted: Oct 31, 2007 - 18:00 | |
That lady knows how to sing it! 10
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ppak
(3rd spherical clast - [Map Ref. 41°N 93°W]) | | Posted: Oct 31, 2007 - 17:28 | |
andesitic wrote:Lets play Big Mama's original version...now that rocks!
Big Mama is to rock and roll as Mary is to Jesus |
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andesitic
(6371 km from the center) | | Posted: Sep 21, 2007 - 09:10 | |
Lets play Big Mama's original version...now that rocks!
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ProfessorFrink
(10 seconds in the future) | | Posted: Jul 20, 2007 - 11:23 | |
This is an example of why I listen to RP: a little music history, a little musical education, a lot of cool new and old tunes that I'd have never heard otherwise. Could do without Etta's barking, though. I have tapes of my old girlfriends for that.
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GChevy410
(Seattle, WA) | | Posted: Jul 20, 2007 - 11:23 | |
Wow, I would have to agree with a few of the previously mentioned statements about this song. I have never heard anything like this from Etta, but I like it (but then again I like the stuff from her that I do know). Good to hear a woman really belting out the Blues.
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TCurren
(San Diego, California) | | Posted: Jul 20, 2007 - 11:21 | |
Platypus wrote:kinda annoying actually.
would much rather hear Jimi's BBC sessions version. that one rocks!!!
Told me you was high-class, but I can see through that...
Been toe tappen since Bob started singing. |
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netstv
(Martinez, CA) | | Posted: Jul 20, 2007 - 11:21 | |
Yeahhhh Babyyyy!!!! This calls for a banana!
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