 Bop Till You Drop (1979) [ larger cover art ] |
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(s. bailey)
(c#m) - (g#m7) - (g#7) - (f#7) - (e) - (b)
My father (c#m) told me, lying (g#m7) on his bed of (c#m) death,
Boy, he says, woman she's gonna make it, don't fool your (g#7) self
'cause she's got (c#m) something to make a man (f#7) lay that money, uh, right in her hand
And the very (e) thing that makes her (b) rich will make you (c#m) poor (f#7)
The very thing that makes her (g#7) rich will make you (c#m) poor
That's right!
Well, I put you behind the wheel of a deuce and a quarter, yes I did
Had you living like a rich man's daughter, yes I did, I sure did
While you were living high on the hog
You had me down here scuffling like a dog
Well, the very thing that makes you rich makes me poor
The very thing that makes you rich makes me poor
Don't you never ever make such a bad mistake
You know I'd rather climb into bed with a rattlesnake
Then to work hard every day bringing that woman all my pay
The very thing that makes you rich makes me poor,
Makes me so damn poor
The thing that makes her rich makes me poor
The very thing that makes you rich make me poor
Very thing that makes you rich makes me poor
Makes me so damned poor
Money won't change it, no no...
| maxmox (Broome, Western Australia) | Posted: Apr 18, 2013 - 20:35 ajlept wrote: I vote for the "better" only based on the content. A fine "LP." And that little cracker last year from Mr Wry: Mutt Romney Blues. What a gem. |
| ajlept (Athens, GA) | Posted: Apr 12, 2013 - 21:44 On_The_Beach wrote: 1979; this holds the distinction, for better or worse, of being the first digitally recorded album. I vote for the "better" only based on the content. A fine "LP." |
| hoppin_bob (vancouver BC) | Posted: Apr 02, 2013 - 21:26 There is this guitatar riff in the 2nd half of the song... been disturbing an easy mind for over 30 years... the bees they do buzz. |
| On_The_Beach (The Blue Planet) | Posted: Apr 02, 2013 - 20:52 1979; this holds the distinction, for better or worse, of being the first digitally recorded album. |
| maxmox (Broome, Western Australia) | Posted: Jan 14, 2013 - 16:42 run4more wrote: Seems like J.J. Cale and Ry Cooder should have gotten together at some point—maybe to do something like this. I can kinda hear it... Good call  |
| dew34 (Wisconsin-quite woodsy) | Posted: Jan 14, 2013 - 16:40 This song is the opposite of the Joan Osborne tune The Same Love That Made Me Laugh ..........Made me Cry |
| sajitjacob (Christchurch NZ) | Posted: Jan 14, 2013 - 16:39 ironic album cover? As ironic as this one?  |
| LPCity (Salt Lake City, Utah) | Posted: Jan 08, 2013 - 17:15 skyguy wrote: bobby king-terry evans Saw Terry Evans in concert this last spring when he passed through SLC. Such an awesome voice and one of the nicest guys I've had the pleasure to meet. I requested him to play "Jesus on the mainline" and he played it for his final number to get everyone dancing. |
| ziakut (Slightly North of Obvlivion) | Posted: Jan 08, 2013 - 17:08 cShaggy wrote: ..i heard an Eminence Front-y riff..?..coulda been The Who riffing Ry, tho.. Good ear. I think Cooder predates The Who's tune by at least three years. Man, this guy is so good. Nobody has this type of sneaky rhythm. |
| run4more (The cave) | Posted: Dec 29, 2012 - 16:52 Seems like J.J. Cale and Ry Cooder should have gotten together at some point—maybe to do something like this. I can kinda hear it... |
| cShaggy (..in the general vicinity..) | Posted: Nov 28, 2012 - 08:00 ziakut wrote: A sneaky groove this has. Oh, how I love this. Yep.
..i heard an Eminence Front-y riff..?..coulda been The Who riffing Ry, tho.. |
| ziakut (Right Here) | Posted: Oct 27, 2012 - 23:23 A sneaky groove this has. Oh, how I love this. Yep. |
| LPCity (Salt Lake City, Utah) | Posted: Oct 12, 2012 - 14:06 Love Ry and this whole album. Also feel lucky that I got to see Terry Evans (one of thebackground singers on this album and others) this past summer at a tiny club in Salt Lake. what a great voice and a real gentleman. |
| Bat (Austin) | Posted: Oct 12, 2012 - 14:06 gypsyman wrote: I love this song. Unfortunately, I am not a fan of the rest of the CD. Perhaps its my lack of exposure. Give the CD another chance. I really love it from first track to last. |
| victoryluna (stuck in Zincinnati) | Posted: Oct 06, 2012 - 13:45 Sublime. |
| dingusbother (Silver Spring, MD) | Posted: Sep 26, 2012 - 12:18 gypsyman wrote: I love this song. Unfortunately, I am not a fan of the rest of the CD. Perhaps its my lack of exposure. 'Down In Hollywood' is great fun. Spin that one up sometime! |
| skyguy (CO) | Posted: Sep 26, 2012 - 11:53 LaurieinTucson wrote: Are those the Blind Boys in the background? bobby king-terry evans |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Aug 10, 2012 - 13:05 skyguy wrote: I love Ry but can we get something else from his vast repertoire? Like something from the "Jazz" album? Or Chicken Skin Music. Yum. |
| gypsyman (just passing through....) | Posted: Jul 25, 2012 - 13:39 I love this song. Unfortunately, I am not a fan of the rest of the CD. Perhaps its my lack of exposure. |
| Misterfixit (Nashville) | Posted: Jun 08, 2012 - 09:21 Let them eat cake. |
| Darbuka88 (Northern Paradise) | Posted: Jun 02, 2012 - 06:23 skyguy wrote: I love Ry but can we get something else from his vast repertoire? Like something from the "Jazz" album? I second this. |
| skyguy (CO) | Posted: May 01, 2012 - 12:40 I love Ry but can we get something else from his vast repertoire? Like something from the "Jazz" album? |
| Dahlia_Gumbo (San Francisco) | Posted: May 01, 2012 - 12:40 Oh yeah, excellent one from excellent Ry. Love the CD he did with Ali Farka Toure. |
| kurtster (Back in Ohiya, for now ...) | Posted: Apr 05, 2012 - 21:34 This just came up on my PSD today ... |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Mar 30, 2012 - 19:36 Poacher wrote: I'd give my right arm to play guitar like this. No, wait. . . that won't work. Fred Riley:- Arf! I'd give me right arm to be ambidextrous :o) Oh you two...... |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Mar 05, 2012 - 04:54 Poacher wrote: I'd give my right arm to play guitar like this. No, wait. . . that won't work. Arf! I'd give me right arm to be ambidextrous :o) |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Feb 18, 2012 - 03:12 toterola wrote: Apparently Ry was on the Populist tip along time ago. Who knew? This song of his is one of the "unofficial anthems" of the Occupy Movement. Bless their toils and hearts.  Bump.........3rd Party is not possible ? BS |
| SteveInVa (right here for the time being) | Posted: Feb 02, 2012 - 12:37 Ry is a treasure. Along w/ fellow rising son, Taj!
Money won't change it oh no! |
| mike_chouinard | Posted: Jan 27, 2012 - 11:04 Still my vote for best slide player around. |
| toterola (Further) | Posted: Jan 01, 2012 - 18:04 Apparently Ry was on the Populist tip along time ago. Who knew? This song of his is one of the "unofficial anthems" of the Occupy Movement. Bless their toils and hearts. |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Jan 01, 2012 - 17:59 Theme song for the Occupy movement. |
| Philo (Manchester, England) | Posted: Dec 16, 2011 - 16:09 I remember borrowing this LP from the Library and taping it onto a C60 tape many, many years ago. Top tune. |
| LaurieinTucson (Tucson,AZ) | Posted: Oct 14, 2011 - 09:44 Are those the Blind Boys in the background? |
| handyrae (Zero Point Field) | Posted: Oct 14, 2011 - 09:43 Toes are a-tapping! |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Sep 28, 2011 - 16:06 If I didn't have eyes I'd say he was a fat black man with wrinkly skin. :-) |
| run4more (The cave) | Posted: Aug 18, 2011 - 13:58 Poacher wrote: I'd give my right arm to play guitar like this. No, wait. . . that won't work. Left arm. No...needed for fret work. Right foot... might need for pedal. Left foot... needed for counter-balance when using right-foot pedal. Any other extremities you could live without?  |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Aug 12, 2011 - 11:58 Wry Cooter? |
| Sleepytyme (When in doubt, twirl) | Posted: Aug 12, 2011 - 11:57 Poacher wrote: I'd give my right arm to play guitar like this. No, wait. . . that won't work.  |
| FeydBaron (Phoenix, AZ) | Posted: Jul 27, 2011 - 21:26 During the guitar intro, for a moment I was expecting Treetop Flyer. As nice as that would have been, this is better. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Feb 24, 2011 - 14:44 Ibrahim Ferrer - Dos Gardenias, Live |
| daedalus (Over your hill) | Posted: Feb 20, 2011 - 06:05 I have been listening to this album ever since the year it came out on digital, and it has never paled no matter how many plays. There aren't many others I can say the same about. It represented in my mind the very distillation of everything I always loved about his style, and still makes me stop what I'm doing every time. |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Feb 14, 2011 - 06:50 jptl wrote: A true motorhead that can play a mean guitar (not to be outstaged by the late great Danny Gatton -another fantastic guitar-playing motorhead). Or Jeff Beck. |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Feb 14, 2011 - 06:49 I'd give my right arm to play guitar like this. No, wait. . . that won't work. |
| bachbeet | Posted: Nov 11, 2010 - 18:23 I have several of his albums including this one. Good stuff! |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Nov 01, 2010 - 19:47 I heard it.....twice! 9 |
| shutter (You can't get here from there) | Posted: Sep 09, 2010 - 07:27 jptl wrote: there's a recording glitch on this track that I just noticed. I thought it was unique to the copy of my CD, but it must be in the master. It's a digital crack/hiss. Anyone else notice this? ...not that it takes anything away from this great track (by far the best on the album). To my ears that sound sticks out every time. It's actually on the vinyl (which I've had for, well, a long time). It's funny because I always thought I'd scratched my record and I'd hear it when I played cassettes I'd made from the album. Years later I heard it - maybe here - and heard the "scratch! Cracked me up! And, yeah, I always thought this was the best track, too. |
| nagsheadlocal (North Carolina, the new New Jersey) | Posted: Sep 09, 2010 - 07:18 jptl wrote: A true motorhead that can play a mean guitar (not to be outstaged by the late great Danny Gatton -another fantastic guitar-playing motorhead). And, of course, Jeff Beck, who's never hidden his love for heavy iron. |
| Mangusta (Streatham, London) | Posted: Aug 14, 2010 - 09:55 Outstanding! As fresh as a daisy after all these years. Joy. |
| k_trout (Dream State) | Posted: Jul 13, 2010 - 12:16 Dad, what is that man talking about? WHAT???????? - NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| frank-peter (Siegen / Germany) | Posted: Jul 07, 2010 - 10:01 Second buy! How nice must it be??? |