 Rickie Lee Jones (1979) [ larger cover art ] |
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There was a Joe
Leanin' on the back door
A couple Jills with their eyes on a couple bills
Their eyes was statin'
They was waitin'
To get their hands on some easy money
They flipped a dime
One said " well, I'll take heads this time"
One stepped up
One stepped back
One loosened her shoulder strap
She couldn't speak,
Her knees got weak
She could almost taste that easy money
There was this old black cat
Sittin' in a old black cadillac
The Joe smelled sweet
She curled up at her boyfriend's feet
She said "I got a plan
Listen, Sam, how'd ya like to make some easy money ? "
He say, "yes! oh yes!
Jus' tell me what you want me to do "
She said, "Baby, you can trust me
Baby, but you must be hidin' in my room
At a quarter to two"
Well, the cat told the boy
"Come up to the room and play with my toy"
But the Jill set the bait
And she wasn't gonna sit around and wait
But this guy was wise to all the lies
And he flies out the door
With the easy money
Because there ain't no man
Who got the money in his hand
Who got any of that bread
Bein' slow in the head
The easier it looks
The hotter it hooks
There ain't no such thing as easy money
We say, "yes! oh yes!"
Saturday night
There was a terrible, terrible fight
Between two dames who was losin' the same game
It wasn't clear,
But I hear somebody was lookin' for some easy money
| pamorama | Posted: Apr 24, 2013 - 13:00 Yes and from 1979! What a gal. Aud wrote: agree! |
| Aud (lost in lakecity) | Posted: Apr 14, 2013 - 00:54 unclehud wrote: Sultry? Amen. Delightful? Yessiree. Unique? Yep. agree! |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: Feb 20, 2013 - 15:02 Sounds like Jewel when drunk |
| iTuner | Posted: Dec 19, 2012 - 22:46 Annoying in 1979, annoying today. |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Jan 28, 2012 - 16:19 andigenu wrote: Rickie Lee Jones - Easy Money The Beatles - Baby You're a Rich Man Pink Floyd - Money The RP "Money" suite. Rickie Lee Jones - Easy Money Warren Zevon - Lawyers, Guns And Money The Psychedelic Furs - All That Money Wants The other one... |
| meinthecorner (Past the gravy, far beyond the golden fries) | Posted: Jan 07, 2012 - 11:47 Had the vinyl when it first came out. Instant heart-throb! Still love it, the whole album's strong,IMHO! |
| zenhead (Maine) | Posted: Oct 04, 2011 - 10:41 she's come a long way, gone thru a lot of changes, but she's always been brilliant. apparently, she was in the studio, and someone walked past and, hearing her sing, commented that he couldn't understand a word she was singing, but, man, it was some beautiful. |
| bigbobbybubba (San Francisco, CA) | Posted: May 31, 2011 - 14:38 Rickie is a perfectionist, saw her last weekend at SF Jazz. She didn't quite like what her band was doing to a number and made them play it from the start. Love her! |
| lexica (Oaktown, 510) | Posted: Mar 18, 2011 - 20:16 Gets a +1 boost for happy memories of listening to my mom's LP as a child...  |
| unclehud (300 feet above the planet) | Posted: Nov 23, 2010 - 15:05 Sultry? Amen. Delightful? Yessiree. Unique? Yep. |
| DigitalJer (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) | Posted: Nov 23, 2010 - 15:03 Such great memories. Thank you Bill, havent heard this album in decades. |
| ragshagbill | Posted: Oct 12, 2010 - 08:00 I like the song because I love Lowell George so much. I assumed she was covering it, but I just discovered she wrote it. He covered it. She's been around for a while I guess. |
| andigenu | Posted: Sep 21, 2010 - 06:00 Rickie Lee Jones - Easy Money The Beatles - Baby You're a Rich Man Pink Floyd - Money The RP "Money" suite. |
| lmic (Harmless Little Bunny) | Posted: Aug 09, 2010 - 17:31 pinklife wrote: Tom Waits reincarnated as a chick. Tom Waits's ex-, in this life. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Jul 21, 2010 - 21:03  Ricky Lee Jones by ~IElioI ©2007-2010 ~IElioI Ricky Lee Jones during the concert at the Abbabula Festival, Sassari, Sardinia Island. |
| vit | Posted: Jul 08, 2010 - 16:10 Cover makes me drool for a pack of cloves. |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Jun 06, 2010 - 19:41 PeorgieTirebiter wrote: Not really much of a song, but she does it right. I disagree - it's a story song that's delightfully wicked. The way the thing progresses from two women trying to rip off a guy to the guy flying out the door with their "easy money," and the subsequent cat fight... Oh, it's great. And I agree - she does it right. Always.  |
| pinklife (St. Augustine, FL) | Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 19:03 Tom Waits reincarnated as a chick. |
| Sloggydog (UK) | Posted: Oct 29, 2009 - 02:19 A sultry delight. |
| skyguy (CO) | Posted: Sep 06, 2009 - 10:34 no thanks,I'll eat it here. |
| coy (san antonio) | Posted: Aug 05, 2009 - 22:01 dBdwg wrote: gee is that your real voice or your cartoon voice? who's real ?? you real ?? |
| PeorgieTirebiter | Posted: Jun 24, 2009 - 16:13 Not really much of a song, but she does it right. |
| dBdwg | Posted: Jun 03, 2009 - 10:39 gee is that your real voice or your cartoon voice? |
| laroue (Tennessee) | Posted: Oct 14, 2008 - 20:19 d_prock wrote: This is one of those artists who simply must be seen live to appreciate. Studio album? Not so much. Live? Phenomenal. Very true. I saw her live in Denver during the PopPop tour, and she blew me away.  |
| d_prock | Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 14:35 This is one of those artists who simply must be seen live to appreciate. Studio album? Not so much. Live? Phenomenal. |
| wferrier (Johnson City, New York; Home of the Factory) | Posted: Jul 22, 2008 - 11:22 Grizzly_old_man wrote: Rikki Lee Jones does nothing for me either. My younger sister had some of her albums back when they were vinyl and played them a lot when we would be partying at her place.
I always wondered how a young, good looking white girl would try so hard to sound so much like an old black heroin whore. Of course I dont like blues much as a genre, aint what I call rockn roll. {to borrow a line from Dire Straights} BTW I guess you might say I am a potbellied boomer. Going bald too. Well, she is that, she wasn't trying. She has white skin, an an addict's soul. |
| prickelpit96 (Hannover, Germany) | Posted: Jun 26, 2008 - 01:36 garthwb wrote: Sexy sexy!
That fits most |
| sharkartist | Posted: Jun 20, 2008 - 22:41 Though I can appreciate the original, Lowell George did a much finer job. |
| garthwb (Emerald Isle) | Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 11:03 Sexy sexy! |
| cafortier (Northwest NJ) | Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 10:59 How cool to hear this on RP! Love Rickie's music.  |
| redtex (The Third Coast) | Posted: May 20, 2008 - 12:32 This is Coolsville. |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Apr 08, 2008 - 12:49 Candela wrote: Rickie Lee Jones - Easy Money
Big Daddy - Money For Nothing Pink Floyd - Money The O'Jays - For the Love of Money... ____________________ S'up Bill? 
 Rickie Lee Jones - Easy Money Kathleen Edwards - Money Talks (Live) Warren Zevon - Lawyers, Guns And Money The Psychedelic Furs - All That Money Wants Joni Mitchell - Love or Money The message is clear. At least RP doesn't do those annoying pledge drives like NPR, etc. |
| Grizzly_old_man (I'm in the state of confusion on the west coast of Illinois) | Posted: Mar 23, 2008 - 14:44 Rikki Lee Jones does nothing for me either. My younger sister had some of her albums back when they were vinyl and played them a lot when we would be partying at her place. I always wondered how a young, good looking white girl would try so hard to sound so much like an old black heroin whore. Of course I dont like blues much as a genre, aint what I call rockn roll. {to borrow a line from Dire Straights} BTW I guess you might say I am a potbellied boomer. Going bald too. |
| DigitalJer (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) | Posted: Feb 05, 2008 - 15:12 One of my favourite albums. I still have the vinyl. |
| sharkartist | Posted: Feb 05, 2008 - 14:25 LPCity wrote: Always thought Lowell George's version had way more swing and feeling. I was just coming in here to make the same comment. Bill, need me to send it to you?
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| On_The_Beach (Vancouver, Canada) | Posted: Jan 15, 2008 - 13:43 lee_sf wrote: I WANT to like Rickie Lee. I really do. But this ain't helpin'.
Maybe it's because I DO like Tom Waits... Her second album "Pirates" was her high-water mark, IMO. Check it out if you haven't. If you don't like it, then she's probably not your cuppa tea. |
| LPCity (Salt Lake City, Utah) | Posted: Jan 15, 2008 - 13:42 Always thought Lowell George's version had way more swing and feeling. |
| rockasaurus | Posted: Jan 15, 2008 - 13:39 Candela wrote: Rickie Lee Jones - Easy Money
Big Daddy - Money For Nothing Pink Floyd - Money The O'Jays - For the Love of Money... ____________________ S'up Bill?
Hmmm... methinks that the RP coffers are running dry? |
| Candela (Trondheim, Norway) | Posted: Dec 15, 2007 - 03:33 Rickie Lee Jones - Easy Money Big Daddy - Money For Nothing Pink Floyd - Money The O'Jays - For the Love of Money... ____________________ S'up Bill?
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| Odyzzeuz (Austin, Texas) | Posted: Dec 04, 2007 - 17:48 One word: Adenoids. |
| EleventhMan | Posted: Oct 18, 2007 - 10:48 Geed wrote: Love Rickie. Would someone please upload
Oh gawd YES!!!! 
and Company...  |
| Odyzzeuz (Austin, Texas) | Posted: Oct 18, 2007 - 10:47 Adenoids can obstruct the nasal airway enough to affect the voice without actually stopping nasal airflow altogether, according to Wikipedia. I'm just saying is all. |
| MagicalTrevor | Posted: Oct 18, 2007 - 10:47 Could just be me, but I first thought this was an early recording of Poe. Reminds me of Fingertips a lot. |
| lee_sf (2nd floor, corner) | Posted: Sep 11, 2007 - 23:00 I WANT to like Rickie Lee. I really do. But this ain't helpin'. Maybe it's because I DO like Tom Waits... |
| victoryluna (Cincinnati) | Posted: Aug 16, 2007 - 14:28 Alpine wrote: I won't say anything bad about this music and RLJ. I just don't like this style, her voice or anything about this. I know others love this. It's just not my cup of tea.
I love her and not Tom Waits. But I bet you like Tom Waits?!? |
| victoryluna (Cincinnati) | Posted: Aug 16, 2007 - 14:26 Now, how can  |
| Alpine (N39d39mW121d30m) | Posted: Jun 14, 2007 - 16:25 I won't say anything bad about this music and RLJ. I just don't like this style, her voice or anything about this. I know others love this. It's just not my cup of tea. |
| Bleyfusz | Posted: Jun 09, 2007 - 15:31 Cool. And what comes next: Easy Money from King Crimson's Lark Tongues in Aspic? |
| eastcoast | Posted: May 14, 2007 - 08:58 I love Lowell George's verison of this song...but this is particularily good. |
| pannaramma (not from around here) | Posted: May 09, 2007 - 06:06 jadedragon wrote: Rickie Lee Jones - Easy Money
Big Daddy - Money For Nothing Pink Floyd - Money The O'Jays - For the Love of Money Bill's subliminal message for this month? Subliminal my ass - SEND money to RP!Bill just got back from DC fighting for our music. |