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R.L. Burnside — Everything Is Broken
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gvan
(From inside the house!)
Posted: Dec 02, 2010 - 07:24
 
 peter_james_bond wrote:

Ahhh...good times.

 
Next up, my uncle Murry doing "Turn the Page."


peter_james_bond
(West Of The Burg)
Posted: Dec 02, 2010 - 07:17
 
 gvan wrote:
Sounds like karaoke night at the legion.
 
Ahhh...good times.


gvan
(From inside the house!)
Posted: Dec 02, 2010 - 07:16
 
Sounds like karaoke night at the legion.

mrdak
(Middle GA)
Posted: Dec 02, 2010 - 07:16
 
 GawgaBoy wrote:
Does anyone have this album?  Who was on slide guitar?

Guessing it was Derek Trucks, he has a credit on the album per AMG, but of course, they don't break it down by song.

I was thinking the song was a 7 and the slide took it to 9... at least on that listen.  Thanks Bill and Rebecca.

 
Oh yeah.............. thats Derek!!!!


2cats
(Oklahoma)
Posted: Dec 02, 2010 - 07:16
 
I really like it because it's different.

iTuner
Posted: Oct 31, 2010 - 15:09
 
Proof that a blues guitar can be as annoying as a jazz sax

hiorgos
(Matrix)
Posted: Sep 29, 2010 - 23:22
 
Here comes the blues hour.. see ya later! 

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Sep 29, 2010 - 23:21
 
No ,sir dont like it!

suebee3
Posted: May 25, 2010 - 06:53
 
 boober wrote:
I just want to be clear about what you're saying....
everything's broken?
 

too funny!  I was just thinkin' this record is broken! {#Frustrated}

GawgaBoy
(State of Confusion)
Posted: Apr 23, 2010 - 13:48
 
Does anyone have this album?  Who was on slide guitar?

Guessing it was Derek Trucks, he has a credit on the album per AMG, but of course, they don't break it down by song.

I was thinking the song was a 7 and the slide took it to 9... at least on that listen.  Thanks Bill and Rebecca.


sirdroseph
(Tokyo)
Posted: Apr 23, 2010 - 13:42
 
 btt wrote:
I like R.L

I like the song .

I do not like R.L doing this song . 
 

Ya know? I feel exactly the same way.{#Yes}

Sleepytyme
(Left Coast, California)
Posted: Apr 23, 2010 - 13:42
 
Hey, it's the earthquake song!!!

nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey)
Posted: Apr 23, 2010 - 13:40
 
Man, just what I needed - some greasy slide to ease me into Friday night.

listen_n_sf
Posted: Apr 23, 2010 - 13:39
 
"When the Levee Breaks" next?

Dog_Ear
Posted: Apr 23, 2010 - 13:39
 
Love this ditty -both versions! It always seems to play when its most appropriate about my own little (broken) world!

lmic
(Harmless Little Bunny)
Posted: Apr 23, 2010 - 13:38
 
*bump*
 WonderLizard wrote:
I love the irony of an old bluesman doing Dylan.


handyrae
(Zero Point Field)
Posted: Feb 19, 2010 - 08:41
 
The lyrics are a bit silly, but the song certainly has me bopping in my chair!

aelfheld
Posted: Feb 19, 2010 - 08:38
 
Dyson.

boober
(KC,Mo)
Posted: Feb 19, 2010 - 08:35
 
I just want to be clear about what you're saying....
everything's broken?

LowPhreak
(United Corporate States of Neo-Feudal Amurika, Inc.)
Posted: Feb 19, 2010 - 08:34
 
Great version of a swingin' tune, Bill!!

marca17
(Brooklyn, NY)
Posted: Jan 28, 2010 - 11:32
 


RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA)
Posted: Dec 18, 2009 - 13:08
 
 audiophelia wrote:
I really like this but please oh pleae play the original!
 
The original is good.  Kenny Wayne Shepard also does a mean version of this tune.


btt
(firmly ensconsed in the Beautiful B.C Interior)
Posted: Dec 18, 2009 - 13:08
 
I like R.L

I like the song .

I do not like R.L doing this song . 

Hippostar
(Portland, OR)
Posted: Dec 18, 2009 - 13:08
 
What a Negative Nelly.  I guess in Dylan's world the glass is always half empty.

More_Cowbell
(Northern IL)
Posted: Dec 18, 2009 - 13:05
 

 The politician's mantra, just saying.




audiophelia
(Pennsylvania)
Posted: Dec 18, 2009 - 13:05
 
I really like this but please oh pleae play the original!

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Oct 16, 2009 - 16:25
 
 aristoteles wrote:
That slide guitar bumps this to a 7.{#Bananajam}
 
Anyone know who played the guitars on this track?


jhorton
Posted: Oct 16, 2009 - 16:24
 
I give this a one because I think it is just about the worst song on the RP playlist. I mean, it's " Cake," bad. Unlistenable.

narvis
(Long Island, NY)
Posted: Aug 14, 2009 - 15:04
 
{#Zip-lip}

SlappyJunkwood
(Your mom's closet.)
Posted: May 11, 2009 - 10:49
 
There are 32 instances of the word "broken" in this song.  By the end, I was convinced that everything was indeed broken.


Wizzuvvoz
(Land of Nod. East of Eden on Route 66.)
Posted: May 11, 2009 - 10:32
 

Hard to rate this one.  Song's just about a 10 for me but then an extra point by RLB covering it means....this goes to 11? Factor in that I have a strict policy stating I can't rate a cover version above 9 without a written order from the President, and that explains why there is smoke pouring out of my ears.  I'll leave it at a 9 for now unless I hear from the POTUS.





csuess
(Munich GER)
Posted: Mar 09, 2009 - 08:16
 
Wow! F...ing cool version! Bob has never grooved like this ;-).

HarrO
(Just Down the Hill from Paradise)
Posted: Feb 05, 2009 - 18:31
 
Old R.L. gettin down to his own bad self. 9

aristoteles
(Pamplona, Spain)
Posted: Jan 05, 2009 - 03:06
 
That slide guitar bumps this to a 7.{#Bananajam}

hobbitt
Posted: Dec 04, 2008 - 13:04
 
Burnside's version doesn't have a lot of juice behind it, kinda subdued.  Better than Dylan, tho'.

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Dec 04, 2008 - 13:02
 

I like this a lot better than Dylan's original version. . .


WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Dec 04, 2008 - 13:02
 
I love the irony of an old bluesman doing Dylan.

ulibcn
(Barcelona Spain)
Posted: Oct 02, 2008 - 10:30
 
 lily34 wrote:
i wish this was broken so i wouldn't have to hear him again.
 
Well, in fact there's a handy little button.
You'd also get some Humperdinck  {#Tongue-out}

Kittee
(NC- Dreaming of the Mountains)
Posted: Oct 02, 2008 - 10:28
 
{#Drummer} rock on!


ulibcn
(Barcelona Spain)
Posted: Oct 02, 2008 - 10:28
 
just excellent!

Leslie
(Antioch, CA)
Posted: Oct 02, 2008 - 10:26
 
I love this guy!

redstorm
(East Coast!........ Lou!)
Posted: Aug 31, 2008 - 21:27
 
OH MY!!!        {#Bananajam}       super solid 8


trekhead
(HORTA-Culture)
Posted: Jan 24, 2008 - 07:59
 
Guess it's true, my key oard is roken.
lily34
(derby, ny)
Posted: Jan 24, 2008 - 07:54
 
i wish this was broken so i wouldn't have to hear him again.
darkhorse53
(Illinois)
Posted: Nov 22, 2007 - 11:02
 
Impressive!
sugarbaby
(portland/hollywood)
Posted: Sep 20, 2007 - 16:13
 
a rare gem....
jredd2
Posted: Sep 20, 2007 - 16:12
 
sukilau wrote:
my wind is broken

sukilau
(cellar dweller)
Posted: Aug 20, 2007 - 06:19
 
my wind is broken
Odyzzeuz
(Austin, Texas)
Posted: Jul 19, 2007 - 18:30
 
When I first heard ''Oh Mercy,'' like a lot of critics I thought it sucked. Over time it's somehow gotten better and better. This song is a gem, as is ''Man in the Long Black Coat.'' First impressions are often wrong. Love this R.L. Burnside cover. Brilliant song, brilliant performer.
fatale7
Posted: Jun 18, 2007 - 08:39
 
BillG wrote:

Great song, yes. But Dylan wrote it. It was on his excellent "Oh Mercy" CD back in the mid 90s. This version was done in 1999.

Burnside was an old-time Mississippi Delta bluesman who found a new, younger audience during his last decade (thanks in great part to The Sopranos). He died shortly after surviving Katrina in 2005.



I would argue that Burnside's music is more Mississippi hill country blues than Delta blues. But I'm no expert... Either way, it's lovely to hear him on RP.