 Robbie Robertson (1987) [ larger cover art ] |
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Yeah, I can see it now
The distant red neon shivered in the heat
I was feeling like a stranger in a strange land
You know, where people play games with the night
God, it was too hot to sleep
I followed the sound of a jukebox coming from up the levee
All of a sudden, I could hear somebody whistling from right behind me
I turned around, and she said
"Why do you always end up down at Nick's Cafe?"
I said, "Uh, I don't know, the wind just kinda pushed me this way"
She said, "Hang the rich"
Catch the blue train
Places never been before
Look for me
Somewhere down the crazy river
(Somewhere down the crazy river)
Ooh, catch the blue train
All the way to Kokomo
You can find me
Somewhere down the crazy river
(Somewhere down the crazy river)
Take a picture of this
The fields are empty, abandoned '59 Chevy
Laying in the back seat listening to Little Willie John
Yeah, that's when time stood still
You know, I think I'm gonna go down to Madam X
And let her read my mind
She said, "That voodoo stuff don't do nothing for me"
I'm a man with a clear destination
I'm a man with a broad imagination
You fog the mind, you stir the soul
I can't find no control
Ooh
Catch the blue train
Places never been before
Look for me
Somewhere down the crazy river
(Somewhere down the crazy river)
Ooh, catch the blue train
All the way to Kokomo
You can find me
Somewhere down the crazy river
(Somewhere down the crazy river)
Wait, did you hear that?
Oh, this is sure stirring up some ghosts for me
She said, "There's one thing you gotta learn
Is not to be afraid of it"
I said, "No, I like it, I like it, it's good"
She said, "You like it now
But you'll learn to love it later"
I been spellbound
Falling in trances
I been spellbound
Falling in trances
You give me the shivers
Chills and fever
You give me the shivers
You give me the shivers
I been spellbound
I been spellbound
I been spellbound
(Somewhere down the crazy river)
Somewhere down the crazy river
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: May 27, 2013 - 21:34 Cynaera wrote: I used to do my warm-up stretches to this song... It's so spooky and erotic... Sweltering... I loves me my Robbie Robertson...  Miss you so much, Cynaera... love this song... |
| Highlowsel (New York City) | Posted: Apr 26, 2013 - 13:06 Ahhhh this is sure stirring up some ghosts for me  Highlow American Net'Zen |
| idiot_wind | Posted: Apr 26, 2013 - 13:05 This is a good trippy song from a very good album. Just a moment in time...and poof it's gone...you'll never see it again. |
| bachbeet | Posted: Apr 21, 2013 - 21:53 Excellent song from an excellent album. He showed a slightly different side from his days with the Band. |
| sbegf (Manchester, Maryland) | Posted: Mar 21, 2013 - 10:46 lshinkawa wrote: Too much talking. Wouldn't be much of a song without it... |
| acupunk (West Hartford) | Posted: Feb 22, 2013 - 14:42 idiot_wind wrote: Saw him on the Last Waltz movie...he's decent guitar player. This is a slightly bizarre album... "But no...I like it...I like it". "You'll learn to love it later..." |
| pcicatar (Portland, OR) | Posted: Feb 22, 2013 - 14:42 Produced by Daniel Lanois and featuring Tony Levin (on slinky, "Don't Give Up"-style bass) and Manu Katché on drums! |
| Gajdzin (Warsaw, Poland) | Posted: Feb 22, 2013 - 14:41 Very good sound, great production. I love how the drums are recorded. |
| idiot_wind | Posted: Feb 22, 2013 - 14:40 Saw him on the Last Waltz movie...he's decent guitar player. This is a slightly bizarre album... "But no...I like it...I like it". |
| acupunk (West Hartford) | Posted: Feb 22, 2013 - 14:39 "Hang the rich..." |
| *HVB* | Posted: Feb 20, 2013 - 01:42 I agree this is good |
| coachc | Posted: Jan 22, 2013 - 07:13 It just works. Don't know why. |
| stahlwerk | Posted: Jan 22, 2013 - 07:11 shaun315 wrote: reminds me of "business time" by flight of the conchords Haha, spot on!  |
| kcar | Posted: Jan 19, 2013 - 17:50 martinc wrote: I liked it when it came out but learned to love it later. Imagine that  When I saw the video and realized that it was a man singing the line "Somewhere Down the Crazy River", it blew my mind. But I did not learn to love it later. |
| ick (...out of the primordial ooze) | Posted: Nov 20, 2012 - 14:03 One of the first CD's I ever bought... they were still rather new then (at least to me...) and I couldn't believe the details my ear was hearing. Now everyone's running back to vinyl! |
| shaun315 (spokane) | Posted: Nov 20, 2012 - 14:03 linden wrote: I don't mind this song, but that's pretty funny. "KPORN. Playing slutty, sleazy music all day." reminds me of "business time" by flight of the conchords |
| checker79 (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Oct 20, 2012 - 05:45 Sounds better and better with each passing year..... |
| Papasmeg (Lille France) | Posted: Oct 20, 2012 - 05:39 6.8? you gotta be joking? |
| sbegf (Manchester, Maryland) | Posted: Oct 17, 2012 - 15:56 And suddenly I am back in high school, without a care in the world.....nice! |
| ngunnell (Deepest Oxfordshire, UK) | Posted: Sep 16, 2012 - 02:45 Funny funny.... I've never done heroin but this song makes me want to give it a try. |
| ngunnell (Deepest Oxfordshire, UK) | Posted: Sep 16, 2012 - 02:39 Ethereal. And Ace. |
| rockpommel16 (rockpommel´s land...dreaming of netherlands) | Posted: Sep 16, 2012 - 02:37 ....this was the first song i ever heard from robbie......long,time ago.....never heard it for years....thanx,RP.....still great stuff...... |
| fitzworld (The Big A) | Posted: Aug 15, 2012 - 15:12 I've never done heroin but this song makes me want to give it a try. |
| coloradojohn (A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver) | Posted: Jul 17, 2012 - 18:51 At the time, this was so far out and different, and it just seemed to come right out of nowhere, and it sure took us all by such sweet amazing surprise...and I must say that I still like how it sounds, and LOVE all the memories and ghosts it stirs up for me, especially now that I'm back on the old stomping ground, which is where I was when a gal named Anita and I first heard it while lounging late in bed at her place on McKinley Street in Louisville...it made us sit up and strain to better hear it, and it really blew us away~! It kinda freaked Anita out, but it sure turned me on to Robbie R in a very big way. Thanks, RP for so often seeming to know exactly what to play, and when! |
| lshinkawa (Berkeley, CA) | Posted: Jul 17, 2012 - 18:47 Too much talking. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jul 17, 2012 - 18:46 Everybody in my hotel room loves this song... |
| chelsiaann | Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 13:08 It still stops me every time, but not because I want to go find myself a copy. I think I'm a little horrified at the Pendegrass-esque talking. |
| stewliscious (northGA) | Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 13:07 I have been down that river. It's be-yootiful. |
| linden (Santa Cruz, CA) | Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 13:07 chelsiaann wrote: I feel bad saying this, mostly because I'm sure that I don't know the merits and musicianship of Robbie Robertson, but this kind of sounds like an SNL spoof on porn music. I don't mind this song, but that's pretty funny. "KPORN. Playing slutty, sleazy music all day." |
| lily34 (lexvegas) | Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 13:05 you like it now, you'll learn to love it later. and i do. |
| chelsiaann | Posted: May 15, 2012 - 09:51 I feel bad saying this, mostly because I'm sure that I don't know the merits and musicianship of Robbie Robertson, but this kind of sounds like an SNL spoof on porn music. |
| KermitDfrog (Los Angeles, CA) | Posted: Apr 13, 2012 - 16:36 I always read the liner notes for this very reason. Limpopoking wrote: MiracleDrug wrote: the personnel on this album are MY idea of a "supergroup"
OMW... I had no idea there were such heavyweights in this album. My sister gave it to me when it was released and I never studied the credentials. Have always loved it tho! |
| Limpopoking (The Parish of St. Alfonzo) | Posted: Mar 13, 2012 - 01:02 MiracleDrug wrote: the personnel on this album are MY idea of a "supergroup"
OMW... I had no idea there were such heavyweights in this album. My sister gave it to me when it was released and I never studied the credentials. Have always loved it tho! |
| martinc (Ottawa Canada) | Posted: Mar 10, 2012 - 09:16 I liked it when it came out but learned to love it later. Imagine that |
| Lewis_Cooper | Posted: Jan 09, 2012 - 11:01 This song is pure bliss for me, Robbie weaves such a rich tapestry of sounds. Coming out of years of seculsion and knocking out this album, blew me a way then and sounds great now. |
| scrubbrush (Sea of Calm) | Posted: Jan 09, 2012 - 10:58 chris_the_man wrote: bought the album right away when it came out.loved it then and still love it.! Great atmosphere same here. late highschool, 1987 - 1988. have loved it ever since |
| chris_the_man | Posted: Jan 06, 2012 - 21:16 bought the album right away when it came out.loved it then and still love it.! Great atmosphere |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Dec 06, 2011 - 01:54 Nice! |
| Stratocaster (Bermuda) | Posted: Dec 05, 2011 - 02:10 TerryS wrote: This man can paint a picture with words, set the mood, ambiance and temperature, humidity and smell; damn! Them who like it, like it a lot and as for the rest Frankly, my Dear............... Yup. Loved it since the first time I heard it in 88. |
| MiracleDrug (Earth) | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 11:01 the personnel on this album are MY idea of a "supergroup"
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| alanthecowboy (Lakefield) | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 10:55 jools wrote: That's much better than Thom Yorke and PJ Harvey... It's much different, is all. I love both, you love one and not the other; I'm sure someone else thinks the other way around. Our opinions don't affect the actual quality of the song. |
| lshinkawa (Berkeley, CA) | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 10:54 self-indulgent and not enjoyable |
| jools (Brighton UK) | Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 10:51 That's much better than Thom Yorke and PJ Harvey... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Oct 03, 2011 - 21:00 This song is good for the ears... |
| velho (The Dutch Mountains) | Posted: Sep 02, 2011 - 11:21 A stranger in a strange land... where have I heard that before? |
| GarageDragon | Posted: Sep 02, 2011 - 11:09 This is ponderous man, really ponderous. And then the horns kicked in and my shoes started to squeak. |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Sep 02, 2011 - 11:07 2 (marginal) |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: Sep 02, 2011 - 11:06 From the "Tom Waits school" of song writting. Great song, great album!! |
| DaveInVA (In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | Posted: Apr 29, 2011 - 12:07 This is about as different as you can get from the stuff he did with the Band but I like it a lot anyways  |
| fncll (I Come from the Land Up Over) | Posted: Apr 29, 2011 - 12:06 There's what feels like 2 hours of my life I'll never get back.  |