 Let It Roll (1988) [ larger cover art ] |
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Rollin' down highway 95
Sailin' through her hometown countryside
Move on over stand astride
My cruise control's in overdrive
Need to take my baby for a ride
Ooo she's like a smooth stretch of highway
Ooo she's like a cool Summer breeze
If my motor's runnin' right, we might lose control tonight
Got the shape I love to squeeze, looks that bring me to my knees
Oh please, let it roll tonight
Might be doin' more thahn fifty-five
When I sit my baby right down by my side
Where the rubber hit the road
This rig don't dig no overload
Come on, and let my baby ride
Ooo she's like a smooth stretch of highway
Ooo she's like a cool Summer breeze
If my motor's runnin' right, we might lose control tonight
Got the shape I love to squeeze, looks that bring me to my knees
Oh please, let it roll tonight
Now I know just how heaven feels
When she reach beneath my big old steerin' wheel
Dyna flow, power glide
Bored and stroked, I'm satisfied
When I take my baby for a ride
Ooo she's like a smooth stretch of highway
Ooo she's like a cool Summer breeze
If my motor's runnin' right, we might lose control tonight
Got the shape I love to squeeze, looks that bring me to my knees
Oh please, let it roll tonight
| Rofi (Amsterdam) | Posted: Apr 22, 2013 - 04:37 HELP!! I was too late for the PSD button!! |
| rabaak | Posted: Apr 22, 2013 - 04:34 This is one of there best songs in my opinion. |
| BazH (www) | Posted: Feb 18, 2013 - 07:13 Does not sound anything like Little Feat. |
| ch83575 | Posted: Dec 17, 2012 - 14:50 Only a passing resemblance to the real Little Feat. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Oct 15, 2012 - 21:40 This song has us on our feet!!!! LOVE IT!!!! |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Sep 14, 2012 - 08:26 I bought the CD on the strength of this cut, and I recall being disappointed that the balance wasn't as energetic or even interesting as "Let It Roll." Now I have to go back and listen to it again—hopefully, I was young and impatient, and the disc is a rediscovered gem. Let you know how it turns out. |
| nagsheadlocal (North Carolina, the new New Jersey) | Posted: Jul 13, 2012 - 10:35 Cynaera wrote: Otomi and BusinessGypsy - I have that page bookmarked and will mosey through it when I have a day off. Meanwhile, I'm too busy dancing to this song. (That Bill chose to follow it with "Wheels" by Cake is a total mystery to me. Talk about quashing a good groove...) That segue just happened again. "Quashing a groove" is an understatement, and it's totally unfair to Cake as it highlights their basic amateurism. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jul 13, 2012 - 10:34 absolutely awesome... love this song soooo much! |
| rabaak | Posted: Jul 13, 2012 - 10:31 I think this is their best album. Every song is good. |
| Bozo (Steeler Penguin Pirate land) | Posted: Mar 08, 2012 - 14:17 Saw them "trying out" this tour in a small club in Pittsburgh, (Graffiti): there couldn't have been more than 300 people in a sweaty summer room: these were MUSICIANS!!! We danced all night!! |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Mar 08, 2012 - 14:16 Smokin'! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Nov 02, 2011 - 17:14 Everybody in my hotel room loves this song... |
| Cynaera (Kenneth's Frequency) | Posted: Aug 31, 2011 - 18:07 Otomi and BusinessGypsy - I have that page bookmarked and will mosey through it when I have a day off. Meanwhile, I'm too busy dancing to this song. (That Bill chose to follow it with "Wheels" by Cake is a total mystery to me. Talk about quashing a good groove...) |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Aug 31, 2011 - 18:02 This song is soooo good for the feet... we be dancing... love it! |
| Otomi (La orilla de la civilización) | Posted: May 29, 2011 - 10:06 Businessgypsy wrote: A Pearl! Thanks so much for sharing your insight and memories. I imagine he was a challenging, extraordinary person to befriend - which speaks volumes about you. I'm just glad I had a chance to know Marty for a while before he left us. There's a Wikipedia article with a biographical sketch that gives some insight into his character. |
| Businessgypsy (Deepest, Darkest Florida) | Posted: May 29, 2011 - 06:49 Otomi wrote: I agree, gypsy. I watched over Marty "Neon Park" Muller's shoulder as he worked out this hard edge technique. Using acrylics on canvas, he would paint one image, then lay out strips of masking tape to block part of it, then paint another image on top. Removing the tape revealed the juxtaposed double image. (The trick to prevent the paint from bleeding under the tape is to go over the latter with a wash of diluted matte medium to seal the edges.) Marty, with his characteristic humor, told me he was going for the effect of "a video image made by someone who doesn't know anything about video images." Anybody interested in his work can see a series of gallery pieces using the same technique here (don't forget to use the "Go To Next Page" links at the bottom of each page). A Pearl! Thanks so much for sharing your insight and memories. I imagine he was a challenging, extraordinary person to befriend - which speaks volumes about you. |
| Otomi (La orilla de la civilización) | Posted: Feb 23, 2011 - 18:06 Businessgypsy wrote: Some of Neon Park's finest work on this cover. Rest in peace, you bizarre genius. I agree, gypsy. I watched over Marty "Neon Park" Muller's shoulder as he worked out this hard edge technique. Using acrylics on canvas, he would paint one image, then lay out strips of masking tape to block part of it, then paint another image on top. Removing the tape revealed the juxtaposed double image. (The trick to prevent the paint from bleeding under the tape is to go over the latter with a wash of diluted matte medium to seal the edges.) Marty, with his characteristic humor, told me he was going for the effect of "a video image made by someone who doesn't know anything about video images." Anybody interested in his work can see a series of gallery pieces using the same technique here (don't forget to use the "Go To Next Page" links at the bottom of each page). |
| Businessgypsy (Deepest, Darkest Florida) | Posted: Nov 21, 2010 - 07:51 Some of Neon Park's finest work on this cover. Rest in peace, you bizarre genius. |
| majdim7th (CA Lineups) | Posted: Oct 20, 2010 - 15:47 George_Tirebiter wrote: I saw them do this live at Humboldt State University gym in 1989 or 90 - somebody had a gallon of Peppermint Schnapps going around - w00t! What a great show.  I was there (though I'm thinking more like '88-'89 -anyway the "Let It Roll" tour at HSU)! I missed the Schnapps but WOW what a performance. Hooked since and got to see them in Marin this summer. |
| rabaak | Posted: Oct 20, 2010 - 15:44 I think this was Little Feat's best album. There are a lot of great songs on this disk |
| ajlept (Athens, GA) | Posted: Aug 17, 2010 - 22:14 WayUpNorth wrote:  A forgotten fave! Gotta put this on my driving mix!It's been on mine for awhile along with: Ghost Riders in the Sky - Outlaws Godzilla - Blue Oyster Cult Hitchin A Ride - Boston I Drove All Night - Cindi Lauper Jet City Woman - Queensryche Lady Red Light - Great White Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane No Turning Back - The Sherbs Over The Mountain - Ozzy Play With Me - Extreme (just because of the insane guitar work that keeps me awake) Radar Love - Golden Earring Runaway - Bon Jovi Runnin' Down A Dream - Tom Petty Shake The Devil - Tommy Bolin Silent Running - Mike & The Mechanics Somebody's Out There - Triumph Street of Dreams - Rainbow Take it Easy - Eagles Back On The Road Again - REO Speedwagon Birds Fly - Icicle Works Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant And many more! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Aug 17, 2010 - 22:02 Cynaera wrote: Ohhhh - Little Feat! This song just drags me kicking and screaming out of a depression and makes me dance like a spastic fool. Gimme this in an IV, and I'll be hooked up for the rest of my life.  I love this song! |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Aug 17, 2010 - 21:58 Ohhhh - Little Feat! This song just drags me kicking and screaming out of a depression and makes me dance like a spastic fool. Gimme this in an IV, and I'll be hooked up for the rest of my life. |
| stickers11 (New Westminster, BC) | Posted: Jul 17, 2010 - 00:01 love tight bands! these guys know how to get it done... |
| tipper | Posted: Jun 15, 2010 - 03:27 Oh yes. Doesn't get much better than this. |
| posworld (Michigan) | Posted: May 14, 2010 - 09:13 Not usually my taste, but I dig this song for some reason. I think it's time to party!!! |
| WayUpNorth (Windswept Exile) | Posted: May 14, 2010 - 09:13 A forgotten fave! Gotta put this on my driving mix! |
| oldman (Lost in Northern Virginia) | Posted: May 14, 2010 - 09:12 best of Feat after Lowell |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Apr 26, 2010 - 00:28 Little Feat - "Fat Man In The Bathtub" Live (1975): |
| stargazer1 (Poway, CA) | Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 14:54 What's happening here? I'm dancing like John Belushi in Blues Brothers! Oh no (oh yes!) this song is enchanted. Now, where are those dancing bananas? |
| George_Tirebiter (Phoenix) | Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 14:38 I saw them do this live at Humboldt State University gym in 1989 or 90 - somebody had a gallon of Peppermint Schnapps going around - w00t! What a great show. |
| LastChance (Fort Worth/Dallas) | Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 14:37 Break out the dancing bananas again! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 14:36 Absolutely awesome... we be dancing... |
| gabeler | Posted: Feb 08, 2010 - 11:00 feats don't fail me now . . . let it roll on thru the night . . . |
| shayde (Berlin, MA) | Posted: Feb 08, 2010 - 11:00  Gosh I do love me some Little Feat. |
| rabaak | Posted: Feb 08, 2010 - 10:59 This is such a great album. I wish we would hear some other songs from it. |
| buzmaggie (AZ, US) | Posted: Dec 07, 2009 - 15:41 seen these guy in 76 in KC in a bright red orange truimph burning a fat one with the top off. sweet good old days!    |
| black321 (Bong Island - FL - CA - CO - WA - Bong Island) | Posted: Nov 06, 2009 - 06:22 Caught a few incarnations of this band playing acoustic in some small ampitheatre off of topango canyon, back in the 90s when i lived there. Always a great surprise. |
| Baby_M (a 100-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio) | Posted: Nov 06, 2009 - 06:21 Probably worth about a half second off your quarter-mile time. |
| EssexTex (Gitche Gumee) | Posted: Nov 06, 2009 - 06:20 Foot loose foot loose...repeat to fade |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Oct 05, 2009 - 17:04 love it... |
| Toke (Bournemouth UK) | Posted: Sep 04, 2009 - 05:03 Recommend everyone to get this Album its a Knockout all the way through.. Long Live R.R. |
| eddief (Los Angeles) | Posted: Aug 03, 2009 - 16:30 linden wrote: I loved playing this song in college marching band. Good times. Now yours is a marching band I would have gladly stuck around for instead of hitting the wineskin under the bleachers at halftime. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Aug 03, 2009 - 16:26 This song is soooo good for the external auditory meatus... |
| RobRyan (Canyon Country, CA) | Posted: Apr 30, 2009 - 10:44 I like both the song and the album very much. Back when my ex and I spent a lot of time exploring the California deserts this was one of our staples. It brings back great (and wistful) memories. |
| Wizzuvvoz (Land of Nod. East of Eden on Route 66.) | Posted: Apr 30, 2009 - 10:40 wow first play on RP in 2002 and second in 2007? much head scratching here 8 |
| maryte (Blinding You With Library Science!) | Posted: Apr 30, 2009 - 10:40 To echo what others have said here, it's not Lowell-esque, but it is a lot of fun. Tough not to break out the dancing bananas for this one. Oh, what the hell!  |
| LastChance | Posted: Apr 30, 2009 - 10:37 Great song! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Apr 30, 2009 - 10:36 love it... |
| keller1 (In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby) | Posted: Feb 26, 2009 - 09:24 bpkengor wrote: I read a review around the time of the release of this album. The writer noted that the new line up was great but without Lowell George, they just didn't sound dangerous anymore. Made sense to me. I always had a sense that Lowell George was right on the edge of a cliff. |