| Poacher wrote: 69 years old. Wow. Wow, as in it's older than I am and never heard it until today... I'm also one of those who has always thought that B.B. King and Dr. John sang the definitive version—now I'm not so sure. Pretty damn good. If this is from a 40's recording I'm sure we must thank God at this time for remastering. (Edit: I'm not saying that God remastered this, just saying this may be the best 40's era reproduction that I've personally ever heard) |
| 69 years old. Wow.
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| Though virtually unknown, Louis is the true granddaddy of Rock & Roll.
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| JonnySteele wrote: I have Dinah Washington's version of this. Her rendition is much more sassy than Jordan's. I like it for that reason. What a great song! Yes — Dinah's version is the one I have too — for me on the Verve Remixed album (vol 1). This is nice too, though! |
| ummm?
Who won the war?
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Wow... this is beautiful... love it...
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| My father-in-law who was a really cool WWII Marine vet, used to todder around singing the chorus from this song. It was clearly a trip down memory lane in some way we could never access- I was happy for him regardless.
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| This is obviously an earlier version of the song, but BB King and Dr John's version is timeless. |
| Mugro wrote: I think it is a great song. I was poking fun of those among us that get bound up over things like this. I pride myself in being able to speak in legalese or gutter trash speak depending on the situation. Mugro: There are times when you can't get no satisfaction. I guess this is one. ;-) |
| Good to know that I am not the only male struggling with the female psyche.
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| aw fun with irregular verbs.  |
| This is how I like to remember this song...it is the first song my mother ever taught me and is one of the first I remember and I would say "I is" after she would sing the verse that asks {"is you is or is you aint my baby"
, goofy, but true, and I will always remember it that way...I cherish it.
betty
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| has anyone heard Renee Olstead's cover of this song ? she does a smashing job on Summertime as well.....great to see is you is in the mix - definitely a piece of paradise
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| serendipity_blue wrote: I can't help but associate this with the old Tom & Jerry cartoons. Which isn't necessarilly a bad thing.
My son (age 7) has a Tom and Jerry reel he watches again and again and again, and there is indeed a segment in which Tom (the cat) serenades another cat to the tune of this song. Great song, funny segment, and wonderful flashback.
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MugroJul 15, 2005 - 08:52 | ChardRemains wrote:
Sometimes the vernacular says what the grammarian cannot express...
Get over it. Or do you whine as grievously over e e cummings' lack of capital letters?
I think it is a great song. I was poking fun of those among us that get bound up over things like this. I pride myself in being able to speak in legalese or gutter trash speak depending on the situation. |
| I can't help but associate this with the old Tom & Jerry cartoons. Which isn't necessarilly a bad thing.
Nice enough song, even if the grammar is appalling.
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| Mugro wrote: This one will surely drive the English teachers among us NUTS!!
Sometimes the vernacular says what the grammarian cannot express...
Get over it. Or do you whine as grievously over e e cummings' lack of capital letters? |
| Mugro wrote: This one will surely drive the English teachers among us NUTS!! My ninety-three-year-old mother -- a stooped white woman from the upper Midwest of the U.S. -- can and does speak English just fine. I recollect the pointed inquiry, delivered whenever she was looking to get a straight answer out of a wishy-washy subject, say, a quibbling adult or a fibbing child: "is you is or is you ain't?" I never knew where such disjoint phraseology came from, until . . .
Louis Jordan lives on. |
| Not bad - not fantastic, but not bad!
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