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Lucinda Williams — Joy
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Baketown
(Maryland)
Posted: Apr 25, 2013 - 11:50
 
Her band rocks this song live so hard!!

tprimeau
(Great Lakes)
Posted: Apr 25, 2013 - 11:47
 
I dig this.

Bat
(Cupertino, CA)
Posted: Oct 13, 2007 - 15:10
 
maryte wrote:
Bettye LaVette's cover blows this out of the water.


I like them both (and since I usually don't like covers maybe that means that Betty LaVette's version IS better).

This song is best done live because it really gives the band a chance to stretch out. Every time I've seen her live this song is a highlight.
lwilkinson
(North Am)
Posted: Oct 13, 2007 - 15:04
 
This song is best sung in Cajun French simply because I can't speak the tongue and don't have to listen to the lyrics (although I do like the slide guitar).
maryte
(Blinding You With Library Science!)
Posted: Sep 12, 2007 - 05:41
 
Bettye LaVette's cover blows this out of the water.
Raechel
Posted: Aug 11, 2007 - 19:17
 
themotion wrote:
can i get a count of how many times she says "joy" in this song?

my guess ... too many.


29
zipper
(the double z)
Posted: Aug 11, 2007 - 19:15
 
I love this song. It's my divorce song.
driver8
(The 36th Chamber of Shaolin)
Posted: Jul 11, 2007 - 07:06
 
my mother-in-law can't stand this song....which means I love it! play it again..
mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Jul 11, 2007 - 06:59
 
...somehow, that this song references slidell of all places is fitting...make of that what you will, the baggage is intended...

...i call this coarse rock...
ch83575
Posted: Jul 11, 2007 - 06:59
 
Hearing this in the background and not paying close attention, I thought it was the White Stripes.
themotion
(acrobatic nonsense)
Posted: Jul 11, 2007 - 06:58
 
can i get a count of how many times she says "joy" in this song?

my guess ... too many.
haljordan
Posted: Jul 11, 2007 - 06:57
 
This song takes my joy and several minutes of my life and I think I'm going to sue Lucinda to get them back.
winter
(in exile, as always)
Posted: Jul 11, 2007 - 06:56
 
Lucinda's OK, most of the time.

This is SOOOOO not.

My joy is when this song ends...
MrSpaz
(Orlando, FL)
Posted: Jun 09, 2007 - 22:14
 
Is she serious? I mean, really?
shakitten
Posted: Jun 09, 2007 - 22:13
 
Uhg. Time to tune out...

Man, she's horrible.
ScottFromWyoming
(Powell, Wyo.)
Posted: May 09, 2007 - 13:05
 
Carl wrote:
Amazingly, this has been in the RP lineup since March 2002! It's rated a mediocre 5.4 with nearly 100% negative comments lately. Yet, it's still being played! Go figure...


Bill plays what he likes.

10.
redtex
(The Third Coast)
Posted: May 09, 2007 - 12:58
 
Govi wrote:
There ain't much to say, 'cause she sung it all, well, accurately, and right on top of the emotions. Damn good song!


I'm on this bus!
Wizzuvvoz
(middle of the road in the groin of America)
Posted: May 09, 2007 - 12:56
 
I liked it. 7 and I'm keeping that. I think.

Carl
(The Summit City)
Posted: May 09, 2007 - 12:55
 
Amazingly, this has been on the RP lineup since March 2002! It's rated a mediocre 5.4 with nearly 100% negative comments lately. Yet, it's still being played! Go figure...
MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA)
Posted: May 09, 2007 - 12:48
 
Baby_M wrote:
Sounds like Kandy Slice (Gilda Radner) from the classic SNL skit.

That's not a good thing, either.




calray
(Atlanta, GA)
Posted: May 09, 2007 - 12:47
 
This song was literally giving me a head ache, so I had to take off the headphones... this song took away my joy, and I want it back!
jenakle
(Tallahassee, FL)
Posted: May 09, 2007 - 12:47
 
What she said

you took my joy, and I want it back


sad, I usually like her stuff
annanyc
(Gotham)
Posted: May 09, 2007 - 12:47
 
MinMan wrote:
Somebody please return this much fabled "joy" so they will stop this incessant racket.


ha! (and yes, please give her back her joy. it hurts.)
elliotgoettelman
(sturgeon bay, wi)
Posted: May 09, 2007 - 12:47
 
not my favorite l.w. tune, but for some reason my 5 year old nephew loves it. he sings all of the words and it's the funniest thing ever.
annie_fannie
(Iowa)
Posted: May 09, 2007 - 12:47
 
dang. i usually like lucinda williams...what happened on this tune?
bcorcoran
(Alexandria, VA)
Posted: May 09, 2007 - 12:47
 
Her voice grates on me.
CCinSB
Posted: May 09, 2007 - 12:46
 
sometimes I just scream sing this song!
shayborg
(Seattle, WA)
Posted: May 09, 2007 - 12:46
 
Great intro, but then she started singing...
MinMan
(Bay Area, CA)
Posted: Mar 07, 2006 - 22:42
 
Somebody please return this much fabled "joy" so they will stop this incessant racket.
moonbat
(Flying Low and Avoiding The Radar)
Posted: Mar 07, 2006 - 22:40
 
Yuck.
algrif
(Slightly west of Zero)
Posted: Feb 21, 2006 - 07:01
 
Now if ZZ Top had done this ......
Pipes
(Top of the mountain)
Posted: Feb 21, 2006 - 07:00
 
Great guitar, but the vocals and lyrics are lacking. Well not really lacking, just basically suck!
Kagin
Posted: Feb 21, 2006 - 06:58
 
Darn! She just took MY joy....
meadowwoods
(Madison, WI)
Posted: Feb 06, 2006 - 14:10
 
MysticMilt wrote:
I do not get the Lucinda Williams love. At all.

I don't either.
crockydile
(The swamps of Houston)
Posted: Feb 06, 2006 - 14:01
 
Okay, I give, I give. You can have it back!!
Kagin
Posted: Feb 06, 2006 - 14:01
 
Nope -- no joy in West Memphis or Slidell....
pixidrizzl
(St. Louis, MO)
Posted: Feb 06, 2006 - 14:00
 
I don't mind her voice at all but the way in which she sings the chorus of this song is grating.


fishercat
(new hampshire)
Posted: Feb 06, 2006 - 14:00
 
She should stop gargling with Joy.
Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet)
Posted: Jan 22, 2006 - 21:44
 
Odyzzeuz wrote:
Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, tho, the album, is great. This is the weakest track.
I've heard a few from this album, and I cannot get any of it. This one especially..I can't get this at all-what a terrible song. Put this girl out of her misery! ......and me out of mine for listening.
drmike
(Hong Kong)
Posted: Jan 22, 2006 - 21:43
 
music is ok but I get no joy listenin' to her sing that song.
theo
(somewhere in NH)
Posted: Jan 22, 2006 - 21:41
 
She needs to stop licking the gravel road!
Govi
(Left Coast)
Posted: Nov 25, 2005 - 17:00
 
There ain't much to say, 'cause she sung it all, well, accurately, and right on top of the emotions. Damn good song!
olsaltybastard
Posted: Nov 25, 2005 - 16:51
 
The music is good, but the singing is keeping me from really liking this song.
deanofox
(Yorkshire, England)
Posted: Nov 11, 2005 - 01:24
 
She needs to quit smoking 40 cigs a day by the sound of it.
strick
(Syracuse- your sympathy accepted...)
Posted: Oct 27, 2005 - 11:32
 
MysticMilt wrote:
I do not get the Lucinda Williams love. At all.


And this is one of the most grating, annoying, obnoxious songs that she has ever mustered together.

Baby_M
(a 100-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio)
Posted: Oct 27, 2005 - 11:31
 
Sounds like Kandy Slice (Gilda Radner) from the classic SNL skit.

That's not a good thing, either.
Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet)
Posted: Oct 12, 2005 - 19:25
 
DisplacedNorthrnr wrote:
You took my choy and I want it bok...
ROLFING
Just can't quite get into her....
JoJopugs
(New Milford CT.)
Posted: Sep 13, 2005 - 08:24
 
melissa wrote:
I picked up Lucinda's Live at the Fillmore CD not too long ago. This song ROCKS on that album. Great guitar and gritty vocals as only Lucinda can deliver... although I'm still not convinced she can find her joy in Slidell.


I would love to hear her live stuff considering how great this album is! Thanks for the input!
SCJoniguy
Posted: Sep 13, 2005 - 08:23
 
I can appreciate that folks can't get past Lucinda's 'ragged but real' voice...I think Car Wheels is a flawless CD, and Lucinda kicks it live.

Here's a freebie live show (2 hours worth) that you can stream online, it's a recent show and she plays some of the 24 new songs she has in the can:

http://www.npr.org/programs/asc/archives/graylucinda_live05/

winter
(hither and yon (mostly yon))
Posted: Sep 13, 2005 - 08:19
 
Irritating and strangely joyless. Guess someone really did take her joy. For all our sakes, I hope she recovers it.