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Ray Charles — I've Got a Woman
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Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Apr 28, 2013 - 23:08
 
4 10's in a row but you gotta go to work eventually

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Mar 28, 2013 - 21:34
 

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 

DD rabbi_phil
(beach)
Posted: Sep 21, 2012 - 14:12
 
 mrtuba9 wrote:
Now I know why I find Gold Digger so catchy...
 

u didn't think that guy had even 1 minute of original thought didja?

dragonlady
(Pasadena, CA)
Posted: May 02, 2012 - 12:25
 
Yea...cuz his woman knows her place is in da home.  {#Ass}

photolew
Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 15:50
 
Just bumped this up from an 8 to a 9........

mrtuba9
(most likely near Normal)
Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 11:01
 
Now I know why I find Gold Digger so catchy...

apd
(Toronto, On)
Posted: Sep 23, 2011 - 15:48
 
 Art_Carnage wrote:
Somewhere in my stacks of vinyl, I've got a near-complete set of the "Crusin'" series of albums. Each one was a recreation of a legendary radio DJ's show from a specific year, from 1955 to 1970. Along with the songs and DJ patter were requests, commercials, school lunch menus, and shout-outs to the kids crusin' the strip. That's where I first heard this song, on the 1955 disc, featuring "Jumpin'" George Oxford on KSAN, San Francisco. Great stuff.
 
that sounds fantastic - are they on cd?

mrdak
(Middle GA)
Posted: Aug 23, 2011 - 06:20
 
Go on widdit Ray! 

michaelgmitchell
(Canada)
Posted: Jun 05, 2011 - 14:38
 
Apparently, Ray had a FEW women way over town, huh? Bad boy.

Art_Carnage
(DeepintheheartofTexas)
Posted: Mar 02, 2011 - 22:11
 
Somewhere in my stacks of vinyl, I've got a near-complete set of the "Crusin'" series of albums. Each one was a recreation of a legendary radio DJ's show from a specific year, from 1955 to 1970. Along with the songs and DJ patter were requests, commercials, school lunch menus, and shout-outs to the kids crusin' the strip. That's where I first heard this song, on the 1955 disc, featuring "Jumpin'" George Oxford on KSAN, San Francisco. Great stuff.


ShloEmi
(Israel)
Posted: Feb 15, 2011 - 05:52
 
Sounds better every time {#Bananajam}

mapman
(East Coast USA)
Posted: Jan 30, 2011 - 14:22
 
{#Notworthy}

How many big names have covered this over the years?  Lots!
What can I add?


Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Dec 30, 2010 - 06:46
 
Godlike...? Maybe - certainly for jazz-fans over 80.

Not for me!

Class? Maybe!

For me just boring!

nalle
(Malmo, Sweden)
Posted: Dec 14, 2010 - 12:51
 
Outstanding and godlike, Ray rules.

nicolewe
Posted: Nov 28, 2010 - 14:26
 
I got a MAN way uptown that's good to me...his name's Ray Charles. WOh yeah.{#Nyah}{#Twisted}{#Cool}

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Oct 27, 2010 - 22:09
 
As not beeing a fan of RC, this one is very nice!


akousa
(North Coast, USA)
Posted: Jun 22, 2010 - 09:02
 
This song is to rhythm and blues what the Parthenon is to architecture.

sirdroseph
(Tokyo)
Posted: May 21, 2010 - 13:30
 
 ziggytrix wrote:

I know you're talking about Kanye.  Cuz High Contrast has a golden touch.

 

yes, Kanye.{#Yes}

Hairfarmer
(The birthplace of Rock & Roll, baby.)
Posted: Mar 19, 2010 - 06:05
 
 handwaver wrote:
Every blues cliché ever written is derivitive of songs like this.
 
fixed your typo.


Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: Mar 19, 2010 - 06:02
 
handwaver wrote:
Every blues cliché ever written
If something has to be part of the fabric of life to become cliché, this might be the Shroud of Turin.


handwaver
Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 13:18
 
Every blues cliché ever written

ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 13:18
 
 sirdroseph wrote:
He has a way of spoiling everything he touches!!{#Puke}
 
I know you're talking about Kanye.  Cuz High Contrast has a golden touch.


Marvins_Dog
(Woodland Park, Colorado)
Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 13:16
 
Thanks Bill. This helps get the taste of that Yoko Ono atrocity out of my mouth!

davedog
(Twin Cities, MN)
Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 13:15
 
Had to follow up my very negative comment on the previous song with a positive one. 

Love this!

sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia)
Posted: Dec 30, 2009 - 15:03
 
 ziggytrix wrote:
Hearing the High Contrast remix of the Kanye West song that heavily sampled this song on serious club speakers kinda spoiled the original for me.

(if you like drum and bass and you'll have some halfway decent bass on your speakers/headphones, give it a click)
 

He has a way of spoiling everything he touches!!{#Puke}

sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia)
Posted: Dec 30, 2009 - 15:02
 
Aw man, if you don't groove to this one....you're daid!!{#Lol}

ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Nov 13, 2009 - 10:16
 
Hearing the High Contrast remix of the Kanye West song that heavily sampled this song on serious club speakers kinda spoiled the original for me.

(if you like drum and bass and you'll have some halfway decent bass on your speakers/headphones, give it a click)

Painted_Turtle
(Land of Laughing Waters)
Posted: Nov 13, 2009 - 10:06
 
I wonder who was palying the SAX on this one?

Ando
(behind your couch)
Posted: Oct 12, 2009 - 22:13
 
Agreed (except I like the song). Wish more people could be this open & honest. Thanks Purple Princess.

 PurplePrincess wrote:
Just never liked Ray OR this song, but happy that those of you who feel differently enjoyed it. I like the diversity on RP.
 



(former member)
Posted: Sep 11, 2009 - 09:18
 
 denbear wrote:
Don't go to the opera, ever. Ballet, forget about it.

jagdriver wrote:
Tagish_girl
(desperatley seeking hammock)
Posted: Jun 14, 2007 - 11:43 < Reply >
hcaudill wrote:
No surprise here - catmaven is offended by this song's lyrics, and she even pulled out the old M-word. I guess anniebear hasn't noticed this song either, or she'd be lecturing us too.

You know, in addition to misogyny, there are songs on this station that feature drinking, drug use, fornication, stealing, lying, and murdering - they should be purged too. Let's rid this station of morally objectionable music! And when we're done, let's get started on the works of Shakespeare, which are full of "inexcusable" themes as well.

Hey cattgirl813, I have to agree with the above post. Warmongering, genocide, suicide are also in a lot of tunes. Sometimes having a little misogyny (or whatever)in a song just helps keep the awareness up, and the conversations going. No such thing as a perfect world. Love ya, anyway, sistah.

Well, I wonder what y'all would look like in an Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Polka-Dot Bikini.

(....ducking....)

 
 
Hey, you missed MASTURBATION - Ween, "Tried and True"


denbear
(Denver, Colorado)
Posted: Aug 10, 2009 - 21:15
 
Don't go to the opera, ever. Ballet, forget about it.

jagdriver wrote:
Tagish_girl
(desperatley seeking hammock)
Posted: Jun 14, 2007 - 11:43 < Reply >
hcaudill wrote:
No surprise here - catmaven is offended by this song's lyrics, and she even pulled out the old M-word. I guess anniebear hasn't noticed this song either, or she'd be lecturing us too.

You know, in addition to misogyny, there are songs on this station that feature drinking, drug use, fornication, stealing, lying, and murdering - they should be purged too. Let's rid this station of morally objectionable music! And when we're done, let's get started on the works of Shakespeare, which are full of "inexcusable" themes as well.

Hey cattgirl813, I have to agree with the above post. Warmongering, genocide, suicide are also in a lot of tunes. Sometimes having a little misogyny (or whatever)in a song just helps keep the awareness up, and the conversations going. No such thing as a perfect world. Love ya, anyway, sistah.

Well, I wonder what y'all would look like in an Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Polka-Dot Bikini.

(....ducking....)

 



(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jun 24, 2009 - 10:41
 


This song is soooo good for the ears...



HazzeSwede
(Vinyl Land)
Posted: May 23, 2009 - 16:37
 
             in ,,the beginning of the beginning,,,Mr.Ray Charles..  {#Bananapiano} 


jagdriver
(Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA)
Posted: Mar 05, 2009 - 15:13
 
Tagish_girl
(desperatley seeking hammock)
Posted: Jun 14, 2007 - 11:43 < Reply >
hcaudill wrote:
No surprise here - catmaven is offended by this song's lyrics, and she even pulled out the old M-word. I guess anniebear hasn't noticed this song either, or she'd be lecturing us too.

You know, in addition to misogyny, there are songs on this station that feature drinking, drug use, fornication, stealing, lying, and murdering - they should be purged too. Let's rid this station of morally objectionable music! And when we're done, let's get started on the works of Shakespeare, which are full of "inexcusable" themes as well.

Hey cattgirl813, I have to agree with the above post. Warmongering, genocide, suicide are also in a lot of tunes. Sometimes having a little misogyny (or whatever)in a song just helps keep the awareness up, and the conversations going. No such thing as a perfect world. Love ya, anyway, sistah.

Well, I wonder what y'all would look like in an Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Polka-Dot Bikini.

(....ducking....)


a_genuine_find
(Nieuw Amsterdam)
Posted: Mar 05, 2009 - 15:12
 
{#Notworthy}................................{#Notworthy}..............................{#Notworthy}...........................{#Notworthy}


Mugro
(Lane Village, Red Sox Nation)
Posted: Mar 05, 2009 - 15:10
 
10

Kerly
(Estonia)
Posted: Feb 02, 2009 - 01:38
 
{#Bananapiano} <— Ray and me.



pugifat
Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 15:56
 
Who's the lo down no good yella bellied fool that rated this a 1?!?

mattcol99
(Bath, England, under Solsbury Hill)
Posted: Oct 30, 2008 - 07:22
 
nate917 wrote:

Hello, I'm Alistair Cook, and welcome to All Lyrics Considered. Today, we consider the cryptic phraseology of "Tutti Frutti." As our opus commences we are informed that the minstrel's "gal named Sue," possibly a pseudonym for Rudy, is somewhat vexatious in that, although she "know just what to do," she manifests her intentions to both east and west, confounding her suitor to the point where he utters the curious incantation, "a-wop bop a loo-wop a-lop bam boom."

 

After these words from your local public television station, we'll look more closely at this lyrical lament, in an episode that we've entitled "Aw Rudy."

 



!!! excelent  {#Cheesygrin}

nate917
(2,815 miles from home)
Posted: Oct 14, 2008 - 14:54
 
 lester wrote:
And besides the selective quoting of lyrics, there's also the misquoting to consider regarding the line in question:

     . . . a woman's place is right there now in her home

Remember the song is about a woman "way over town," so the referenced home is clearly not the singer's, or one jointly occupied, but is in fact her own home. Thus, the line refers to availability. (And, yes, men do like that.)

 
Hello, I'm Alistair Cook, and welcome to All Lyrics Considered.  Today, we consider the cryptic phraseology of "Tutti Frutti."  As our opus commences we are informed that the minstrel's "gal named Sue," possibly a pseudonym for Rudy, is somewhat vexatious in that, although she "know just what to do," she manifests her intentions to both east and west, confounding her suitor to the point where he utters the curious incantation, "a-wop bop a loo-wop a-lop bam boom."

After these words from your local public television station, we'll look more closely at this lyrical lament, in an episode that we've entitled "Aw Rudy."

 





drews
(London, Blighty)
Posted: Sep 28, 2008 - 14:46
 
Danimal174 wrote:
A great song that, unfortunately, many people only know as the hook to Kanye West's song. The original is so much better, it's sad that people don't realize that.

First version I ever heard was by the honeydrippers aka jimmy page, robert plant and friends in the 80s, which is more uptempo, but this version is the dogs b****cks!



marmoteenha
(Ituiutaba)
Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 08:56
 
{#Bananapiano}i really love the ancient dirty sound
make me dance rayy"!

RadioDoc
(Chicagoland)
Posted: May 25, 2008 - 09:27
 
Danimal174 wrote:
A great song that, unfortunately, many people only know as the hook to Kanye West's song. The original is so much better, it's sad that people don't realize that.
Kanye West? Who? You mean the unoriginal corporate pop artist who gets sued for using other people's work without permission? That Kayne West?

Ray will be known long after Mr. West is long forgotten.


Danimal174
(Upstate South Carolina)
Posted: Apr 28, 2008 - 09:02
 
A great song that, unfortunately, many people only know as the hook to Kanye West's song. The original is so much better, it's sad that people don't realize that.

PurplePrincess
(the mountains)
Posted: Jan 20, 2008 - 11:31
 
Just never liked Ray OR this song, but happy that those of you who feel differently enjoyed it. I like the diversity on RP.
lester
Posted: Nov 18, 2007 - 16:16
 
cattgirl813 wrote:
Love this song, but that woman's place is in the home line always gets under my skin - even though it fit the time in which this song was released. I'd rank this song higher if I could get past that.
I hear you. But I also hear the song itself -- and accurately. That is, I don't forget the immediately preceding line:

     Never runnin' in the streets, and leavin' me alone

And besides the selective quoting of lyrics, there's also the misquoting to consider regarding the line in question:

     . . . a woman's place is right there now in her home

Remember the song is about a woman "way over town," so the referenced home is clearly not the singer's, or one jointly occupied, but is in fact her own home. Thus, the line refers to availability. (And, yes, men do like that.)

So, while the concept of "a woman's place" being "in the home" is a misguided position against wives seeking employment outside the home -- any home -- and against women in the workplace in general, Ray's song should not be construed in the same light. He is not, I don't think, equating this apparently independent woman's mere absence with her formal employment somewhere; he might just be using familiar phraseology to object to a beau being left without a sex partner during hours when he's not otherwise employed -- you know, as in "I got a woman who's not a pro." In other words, I don't think "running in the streets" is meant as a daytime activity.
Wizzuvvoz
(Land of Nod. East of Eden on Route 66.)
Posted: Nov 18, 2007 - 14:28
 
This is just so damn cool I think
10

a_genuine_find
(3rd stone from the sun)
Posted: Oct 18, 2007 - 05:43
 
OH YEAH!

good woman, good to me


fahartle
Posted: Sep 01, 2007 - 06:40
 
nicolaluna wrote:


same here. i was groovin! and then... what did he say?! oh. no.


Ha, yeah same here. I thought I misheard that line so googled the lyrics. Yeah, a woman with all that loving early in the morning and who knows her place!! Who could ask for more! Love Ray, but good riddance to the Cleaver era...
Tana
(Lancaster, PA)
Posted: Aug 16, 2007 - 09:37
 
I thought Kanye West's sampling of this song was cool, but John Mayer KILLS the whole song. I think Ray would have loved it. I know I do.