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R.L. Burnside — It's Bad You Know
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shellbella
(so california)
Posted: Mar 16, 2013 - 09:52
 
{#Devil_pimp}

Catalytic
(Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
Posted: Jan 12, 2013 - 16:29
 
This is bad... ass! Whoop!

gvan
(From inside the house!)
Posted: Dec 12, 2012 - 07:30
 
This is bad, you know. No soul. Nada.

jocelynsart
Posted: Dec 12, 2012 - 07:29
 
LOVE this musician - discovered on RP :-)

Roguewarer
(Southfield, MI)
Posted: Oct 10, 2012 - 14:04
 
This song never ceases to get my head bobbing... LOVE the groove....

ScottN
(Condo in Gaza full time now. Thank TFSM I saw the divot where the landmine was placed.)
Posted: Aug 08, 2012 - 13:41
 
It's good, you know.  Knicked from a clever RP'er way down thread who posted it first. {#Cheers}.

Pedro1874
(Bolton, England)
Posted: Jul 08, 2012 - 03:11
 
 Cynaera wrote:
{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananajam}{#Sunny}  Repetitive, but dang - that driving beat... Can't help it. Gotta dance.

 
Exactly - if you can sit still during this tune ........{#Beat}  First time I have heard it - thanks RP {#Dancingbanana}{#Bananasplit}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananajam}

Dahlia_Gumbo
(San Francisco)
Posted: May 05, 2012 - 15:33
 
Cool. Also check out his son, Duwayne Burnside and the Mississippi Mafia.
{#Devil_pimp}


haljordan
(right there with ya, baby)
Posted: Jan 31, 2012 - 14:10
 
Honesty is always the best policy.

shellbella
(so california)
Posted: Jan 31, 2012 - 14:10
 
Check out his grandson Cedric.... Fierce drummer....

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Dec 30, 2011 - 19:35
 
Mmmhmm jungle groove.

godspeed
(maui)
Posted: Dec 30, 2011 - 19:35
 
damn, that's one funky cat!

 WayUpNorth wrote:
Party Bro
She asked me why ... I just went on and told her ...
 



spainrich
(Madrid, Spain)
Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 01:46
 
Great jungle music. And harmonica

WayUpNorth
Posted: Oct 28, 2011 - 11:30
 
Party Bro
She asked me why ... I just went on and told her ...

d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: Oct 28, 2011 - 11:29
 
{#Dancingbanana} You know it!!

BBOGDA
Posted: Sep 26, 2011 - 18:51
 

Not a fan.



shutter
(You can't get here from there)
Posted: Apr 22, 2011 - 07:25
 
This tune is just so cool - you just have to crank it up.  My kids have loved it for years, too


bentonian
(Longmont, CO)
Posted: Apr 22, 2011 - 07:23
 
I love the message:
"She asked me why"
"I just went on and told her"

My ten-year old asked me, Why what?
I said, between men and women, it's always the same...

socalhol
(Seattle)
Posted: Mar 21, 2011 - 18:48
 
 Photo-John wrote:

Love this. Love it love it love it! 

Oh yeah!!!  I will second that. 

Hey - can someone please tell me the name of the instrument that makes that scratchy sound?? I remember seeing one a long time ago in elementary school music class — there's a stick you run along back & forth over some grooves that are cut out — I thought it was a gourd?

EDIT: nevermind, found it on Google — it's a Güiro


peter_james_bond
(West Of The Burg)
Posted: Feb 18, 2011 - 08:56
 
 laozilover wrote:
I cannot explain why I like hearing this so much. {#Bananapiano}
 
I can't explain your use of giant green text.....{#Whistle}


laozilover
(Left of Chicago and up)
Posted: Feb 18, 2011 - 08:33
 
I cannot explain why I like hearing this so much. {#Bananapiano}

cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Dec 17, 2010 - 17:23
 
 Bazooka wrote:

The beauty is the power and abstraction focused like the rhythm of a fine machine idling.  


 
Yo Jo


tonypf
(Honolulu)
Posted: Dec 17, 2010 - 17:21
 
 jools wrote:
Was this used in The Wire? If not, it should have been...
 
Sopranos, season 1.

hippiechick
(topsy turvy land)
Posted: Oct 15, 2010 - 07:29
 
Great song!

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Sep 13, 2010 - 12:49
 
{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananajam}{#Sunny}  Repetitive, but dang - that driving beat... Can't help it. Gotta dance.


Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Sep 13, 2010 - 12:49
 
 nerakdon wrote:

One time I was alone at work, late at night.  I had good speakers, it was a weekend, figured what the hell.

Turned on Walkin' Blues (Burnside), and started singing at the top of my lungs. 

This crazy old lady who worked at the same place came in cuz she has OCD and can't let anything sit, and she heard me howling.  Thought it was a ghost.

Maybe it's just like that.  Someone's bound to be singing the blues.


 

Smiling! A lot...!
FUNNY GUY! 

PS
Question - did you have sex with her! Finally...?


drews
(London, Blighty)
Posted: Aug 12, 2010 - 12:19
 

And when you're done watching that, watch 'Deep Blues' on DVD, featuring R. L. Burnside, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Big Jack Johnson, Junior Kimbrough, Booker T. Laury, Jack Owens, Lonnie Pitchford, Bud Spires and other blues people from the Missisippi hill country and delta regions and round Memphis TN, shot out in the yard, in sweaty juke joints, on the streets, and in the home - a superb homage to this kind of unpolished authentic blues

 nagsheadlocal wrote:
Buy, borrow, or rent the documentary "You See Me Laughing - The Last of the Hill Country Bluesmen"

RL is one of the stars and it also features performances by Jon Spenser, Iggy Pop (!) and others who admired and enjoyed Mississippi Hill Country Blues.

And why did these guys continue to play road house gigs way into their 60s? They needed the work. None of them had ever made more than a few bucks from music. One of the musicians is even shown at his day job selling used tires.
 


nerakdon
(Colorado)
Posted: Jul 01, 2010 - 23:33
 

One time I was alone at work, late at night.  I had good speakers, it was a weekend, figured what the hell.

Turned on Walkin' Blues (Burnside), and started singing at the top of my lungs. 

This crazy old lady who worked at the same place came in cuz she has OCD and can't let anything sit, and she heard me howling.  Thought it was a ghost.

Maybe it's just like that.  Someone's bound to be singing the blues.



Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Jun 09, 2010 - 18:08
 
Its' bad you know...

Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: Apr 07, 2010 - 07:17
 
Death_to_Clear_Channel wrote:
Not sure quite what to make of this song. Hard to knock RL (RIP) but it's almost as if this is a parody of a blues song. It's catchy sure. Utterly void of content however. It's almost as if RL's grandson (who drums on this album) propped ole pappy up like the poor bastard in a Weekend at Bernie's, asked him to speak two lines, then made a song from it.
Yeah, old people are stupid and easy to manipulate* - or is it possible that R.L. was totally in control of his music and creative collaboration? A little research will give you the answer.
* you know the old guy working in the grocery who you make fun of? Killed two dozen men with his bare hands in WWII, built a huge skyscraper, raised ten kids and wired his own house.


afbrand
Posted: Apr 07, 2010 - 07:15
 
I ask you why.... why did you play this song? {#Puke}

nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey)
Posted: Apr 07, 2010 - 07:13
 
Man, just the kind of groove to get me going this morning.

shawshank
(Maryland)
Posted: Feb 03, 2010 - 04:29
 
venereal disease?

dancingfox
(Milwaukee, WI)
Posted: Dec 02, 2009 - 09:21
 
 nagsheadlocal wrote:
Buy, borrow, or rent the documentary "You See Me Laughing - The Last of the Hill Country Bluesmen"

RL is one of the stars and it also features performances by Jon Spenser, Iggy Pop (!) and others who admired and enjoyed Mississippi Hill Country Blues.

And why did these guys continue to play road house gigs way into their 60s? They needed the work. None of them had ever made more than a few bucks from music. One of the musicians is even shown at his day job selling used tires.
 

This song has a great funky jam.  I just checked netflix and have the documentary.  Moved to #1 Position.  I watch it!

Photo-John
(Nor Cal to SLC)
Posted: Dec 02, 2009 - 09:20
 

Love this. Love it love it love it!



nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey)
Posted: Sep 30, 2009 - 10:49
 
Buy, borrow, or rent the documentary "You See Me Laughing - The Last of the Hill Country Bluesmen"

RL is one of the stars and it also features performances by Jon Spenser, Iggy Pop (!) and others who admired and enjoyed Mississippi Hill Country Blues.

And why did these guys continue to play road house gigs way into their 60s? They needed the work. None of them had ever made more than a few bucks from music. One of the musicians is even shown at his day job selling used tires.

midreaming
Posted: Sep 30, 2009 - 10:37
 
 Bazooka wrote:

The beauty is the power and abstraction focused like the rhythm of a fine machine idling.  


  nice one



WayUpNorth
(Down on the Farm)
Posted: Sep 30, 2009 - 10:36
 
Lovin' this ... could we hear his remix of Rollin' & Tumblin' sometime???? {#Pray}

jools
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Sep 30, 2009 - 10:35
 
Was this used in The Wire? If not, it should have been...

shawshank
(Maryland)
Posted: Sep 30, 2009 - 10:33
 
I luv me some R.L. Burnside!!!{#Dancingbanana}

oldviolin
(Esse Quam Videri)
Posted: Aug 29, 2009 - 22:32
 
just...

Stefen
(West Hollywood, CA)
Posted: Jun 27, 2009 - 14:49
 


R. L. Burnside

Bazooka
(Mountain View, CA USA)
Posted: Jun 27, 2009 - 14:46
 

The beauty is the power and abstraction focused like the rhythm of a fine machine idling.  



pdjpirate
(Near the Graveyard of the Atlantic!)
Posted: Mar 24, 2009 - 14:49
 
It's bad you know...
Total Groove man! Groove!
Down the road! Move!
Steady Speed!
The Demons do they're deed!
{#Sunny}



Pyro
Posted: Mar 24, 2009 - 14:49
 
 Death_to_Clear_Channel wrote:
Not sure quite what to make of this song. Hard to knock RL (RIP) but it's almost as if this is a parody of a blues song. It's catchy sure. Utterly void of content however. It's almost as if RL's grandson (who drums on this album) propped ole pappy up like the poor bastard in a Weekend at Bernie's, asked him to speak two lines, then made a song from it.
 
You nailed it.

*edit* it IS bad, you know....



stevematic
(san diego)
Posted: Mar 24, 2009 - 14:46
 
i'm lovin' this

newwavegurly
Posted: Mar 24, 2009 - 14:45
 
The title/refrain to this song has been stuck in my head for about a week now.


Geecheeboy
(under a crescent moon and palmetto tree)
Posted: Mar 24, 2009 - 14:45
 
Unique and cool sound, yes. I love it too.  But I don't think this is how he sounded in the juke joints.  This cd has great remix and excellent production values.

equinoxus
(Sweden)
Posted: Nov 18, 2008 - 04:58
 
One of my fav Burnside-songs. He manage to release a lot of music before his death, but I can't say that I like all of it. Still - this song I really enjoy.

HarrO
(Florida)
Posted: Oct 17, 2008 - 15:48
 
I really like the delay on the harp! Cool sound.