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| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 15:41 Love this song!! |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 15:33 mfcrowe wrote: Couldn't help but thinking throughout the song that this was a rip off of Dylan's style in Subterranean Homesick Blues, couldn't get past the Dylan thing to enjoy the song That "style" long-preceded Bob Dylan, just ask Woody Guthrie or the countless other balladeers around long before him. |
| cc_rider (Austin Texas. Y'all.) | Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 15:30 Still love this song. Mr. Hubbard is a true original. |
| lewie221 (Silicon Valley) | Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 15:28 Just because it's Hallowe'en and the song has "Devil" in the title doesn't mean it should be on the playlist. C'mon Ray, how about a tune! |
| whtahtefcuk (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | Posted: May 10, 2009 - 15:34 Right on Ray!!! Ever time I hear Charlie Daniels and the Devil face off... I think the devil kicks his ass! |
| btilrn (Redding, CA) | Posted: May 10, 2009 - 15:30 Ray Wylie Hubbard - Conversation with the Devil Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hell Grateful Dead - Friend Of The Devil hee hee hee  |
| arissimo (Bellingham, WA) | Posted: Mar 08, 2009 - 13:23 OMG!!!!!!!!! I wanna stick forks in my ears!!!!!! and my dogs are howling in pain!!!!!!!!  |
| peter_james_bond (Lunenburg, NS) | Posted: Mar 08, 2009 - 13:22 themotion wrote: Thirded. Just fantastic. Fourthed! |
| wsteinhauer | Posted: Mar 08, 2009 - 13:21 thumbs down...Bob Dylan wannabe |
| chirpie (olathe, kansas) | Posted: Mar 08, 2009 - 13:21 I dunno, this type of music doesn't have any peaks and valleys to me (and sounds like one of Dylan's 'dreams') and so it doesn't need to be any longer than 2 min to get the point across. |
| justlistening (So. California) | Posted: Mar 08, 2009 - 13:20 Country rap music  |
| coffee-eyes (Bawstin, Massa2shits) | Posted: Mar 08, 2009 - 13:20 True, it's forced in places, but the message comes through nonetheless. Props for his passion. |
| FlatCat (Chicago) | Posted: Jan 04, 2009 - 08:08 leliathomas wrote: Not too bad, but some of the lyrics are a little painful to listen to, as Hubbard tries to fit too much into a verse and yet still make it rhyme overall. (It doesn't always work.) However, as others have mentioned, some of the lines are truly great. Okay, but not amazing. With a few changes to the lyrics, I think it'd be a more solid song. Yes. Exactly. It's a little forced in places, what with mention of right wing Christian conservatives and all. But terrific fun, nonetheless. |
| FlatCat (Chicago) | Posted: Jan 04, 2009 - 08:05 mfcrowe wrote: Couldn't help but thinking throughout the song that this was a rip off of Dylan's style in Subterranean Homesick Blues, couldn't get past the Dylan thing to enjoy the song Ripoff? Call it an homage. I don't think he's trying to fool anyone. Besides, Dylan's style started off as a very close "ripoff" of Woody Guthrie, one that he acknowledged openly. So the cycle goes on. Enjoy. |
| leliathomas (Melbourne, Australia) | Posted: Jan 04, 2009 - 08:04 Not too bad, but some of the lyrics are a little painful to listen to, as Hubbard tries to fit too much into a verse and yet still make it rhyme overall. (It doesn't always work.) However, as others have mentioned, some of the lines are truly great. Okay, but not amazing. With a few changes to the lyrics, I think it'd be a more solid song. |
| mfcrowe (Chicago,, IL) | Posted: Dec 03, 2008 - 18:03 Couldn't help but thinking throughout the song that this was a rip off of Dylan's style in Subterranean Homesick Blues, couldn't get past the Dylan thing to enjoy the song |
| themotion (somewhere between infinity) | Posted: Dec 03, 2008 - 17:56 govna wrote: these lyrics are fucking great Thirded. Just fantastic. |
| jptl | Posted: Nov 02, 2008 - 05:42 Odyzzeuz wrote: Saw him do this song at a free show at the Grand Opening of Whole Foods Market here. There were like 20 people paying attention and I sat like 10 feet from him. He didn't seem to give a damn that there were 1,000 shoppers and about 20 listeners. Pretty cool. Personally I would have gotten my shopping done and gotten out of there. |
| palad1 (London UK. A froggie in exile.) | Posted: Nov 02, 2008 - 05:36   |
| kellis | Posted: Oct 01, 2008 - 16:01 govna wrote: these lyrics are fucking great Oh yeah.  |
| Odyzzeuz (Austin, Texas) | Posted: Oct 01, 2008 - 15:59 Saw him do this song at a free show at the Grand Opening of Whole Foods Market here. There were like 20 people paying attention and I sat like 10 feet from him. He didn't seem to give a damn that there were 1,000 shoppers and about 20 listeners. Pretty cool. |
| manzanitafire | Posted: Oct 01, 2008 - 15:58 Hell yeah! What a great song. |
| queenjill (banana stand) | Posted: Jul 30, 2008 - 10:55 wferrier wrote: I said you know that soung that Charlie Daniels did
About how you went down to Georgia and played fiddle against that kid He said yeah it broke my heart but you know what are you gonna do I said to tell you the truth I thought your solo was the better of the two. I think so too!  |
| jnhashmi (South Pasadena/Los Angeles) | Posted: Jul 30, 2008 - 10:53 This song is really clever. The line about Charlie Daniel's just puts it over the top. Great song. |
| Ag3nt0rang3 (Canada) | Posted: Jul 30, 2008 - 10:53 Dog_Ear wrote: If you like this, check James McMurtry's "Choctaw Bingo" Both make great travellin' music.
Any others to suggest? Funny, I'm not that fond of "Choctaw Bingo", I find the repitition in that one, though similar to this song, to be too boring and plodding (which, given the subject matter of the song, is probably intentional). |
| zipper | Posted: Jul 30, 2008 - 10:53 prosaic |
| HugoMorris (London) | Posted: Jul 30, 2008 - 10:52 Got to love those lyrics! |
| Dog_Ear | Posted: Jul 30, 2008 - 10:51 If you like this, check James McMurtry's "Choctaw Bingo" Both make great travellin' music. Any others to suggest? |
| govna (beantown) | Posted: Jul 30, 2008 - 10:51 these lyrics are fucking great |
| rickhoran (Eastern PA) | Posted: Jul 30, 2008 - 10:50 now what i think would be a cool segue for this song. is Up against the wall redneck by Jerry Jeff Walker. He opens the song with, "This song is written by Ray Wylie Hubbard." o btw, Up against the wall redneck by Jerry Jeff Walker is on LRC. its still in review. how do i know... its my upload!  |
| HonduranRed (Tegucigalpa, Honduras) | Posted: Jun 28, 2008 - 21:58 BAD ASS!!!!! |
| Rilynn | Posted: May 28, 2008 - 11:36 zaknafein wrote: Buda wasn't a Christian, but Jesus would have made a good Buddist.
:) Another great line ! |
| wferrier (Johnson City, New York; Home of the Factory) | Posted: May 28, 2008 - 11:21 I said well yeah but that's no reason to throw me in Hell 'Cause I didn't use the cocaine to get high, I just liked the way it smelled. He said come on over here son, let me show you around Over there's where we put the preachers, I never liked those clowns They're always blaming me for everything wrong under the sun It aint harder to what's right, it's just maybe not as much fun Then the walk around thinking they're better than me and you Then they get caught in a motel room doing what they said not to do. Now the murderers and the rapists they go in this firey lake As well as most of the politician and the cops on the take And all the mothers that wait to get to KMart to spank their kids Instead of showing what to do what's right, they just hit 'em for what they did And all the daddy's who run off and abandon their daughters and sons Oh anybody that hurts a child is gonna burn until it's done. Everybody is down here I said who's up in Heaven with God and the Son Oh some saints and mystics and students of metaphysics 101 People who care and share and love and try to do what's right Beautiful old souls who read a little stories to their babies every night What you won't find up in Heaven are christian coalition right wing conservatives Country program directors and Nashville record executives. Now I said I've made some mistakes, but I'm not as bad as those guys How can God to this to me or can't she sympathize He said you're wrong about God being cruel and mean Oh God is the most loving thing that's never been seen I said hotshot tell me this which religion is the truest He said there all about the same, Budda was not a Christian, but Jesus woulda made a good buddist. Well, I thought about my future I didn't seem to have much of one I looked around to leave but there was no place to run I said I don't suppose I could go back and try living again You know like reincarnation I hear that's the way it's always been I can't answer that he said you're gonna have to wait for that response But it's not any more unusual to be born twice than it is to be born once. Well, it looked like I was gonna be stuck here as far as I could tell I thought I might as well suck up you know what the hell I said you know that soung that Charlie Daniels did About how you went down to Georgia and played fiddle against that kid He said yeah it broke my heart but you know what are you gonna do I said to tell you the truth I thought your solo was the better of the two. Well, then I woke up and I was lying in my bed I went upstairs and kissed my little boy on his sleeping head I took this dream as a sign from God so I thought I'd better pray I said don't ever speak to me directly and thanks anyway Now so much has changed about me besides me just giving up red meat Some get spiritual cause they see the light and some cause they feel the heat... |
| Ag3nt0rang3 | Posted: May 28, 2008 - 11:17 "Some get spiritual 'cuz they see the light and some 'cuz they feel the heat." What a great line. |
| zaknafein (Kansas City, MO) | Posted: May 28, 2008 - 11:16 Buda wasn't a Christian, but Jesus would have made a good Buddist. :) |
| sutcliff (Saint Louis) | Posted: May 28, 2008 - 11:15 thanks Bill! |
| rickhoran (Eastern PA) | Posted: May 28, 2008 - 11:13 more ray wylie hubbard please... and while you are at it, some more jerry jeff walker too!  |
| lmic (Sacramento, CA) | Posted: Apr 26, 2008 - 23:29 techer2 wrote: some of the best lyrics i've heard in a long, LONG while.
+1 |
| Girdwood | Posted: Mar 26, 2008 - 11:36 As someone who was stuck in Texas for a few years, it is only the fantastic music that makes it possible to live there. Incredible songwriters, singers, performers. Everyone who hurts a child is gonna burn until they're done! |
| SpaceCase (Lancaster, PA, USA) | Posted: Mar 26, 2008 - 11:32 that was fantastic...wouldn't mind hearing it again soon... |
| MsJudi (Houston, TX) | Posted: Mar 26, 2008 - 11:31 LOL I loved that. At first, the cadence of the lyrics made me think it might be a cover of a Bob Dylan song. |
| redtex (The Third Coast) | Posted: Mar 26, 2008 - 11:27 stevo_b wrote: I love who is not in Heaven...
Excellent lyrics. Insightful, eh? |
| coolpeople_rule | Posted: Feb 23, 2008 - 23:38 WOW! |
| Pyro | Posted: Jan 23, 2008 - 13:45 techer2 wrote: some of the best lyrics i've heard in a long, LONG while.
Absolutely! |
| cc_rider (Austin Texas. Y'all.) | Posted: Jan 23, 2008 - 13:45 rickhoran wrote: isn't this the guy jerry jeff walker credits for writing "Up Against the Wall Redneck"?
i think i need to pay attention to this guy. Yeppers. Ditto "Screw You, We're From Texas". Which is exactly what he'd say to the haters. c. |
| kindermanltd (American, man.) | Posted: Jan 23, 2008 - 13:43 Like the lyrics. |
| cc_rider (Austin Texas. Y'all.) | Posted: Jan 23, 2008 - 13:43 Ray is something of an acquired taste, I'll admit. I've seen him a couple times, he comes across as someone who'd just as soon tell you to @#$% off as to sing a song. If you can call it singing. Which is just the way we like it. Also see: Billy Joe Shaver, Earle 'Pool' Ball, and Townes Van Zandt. c. |
| d00kie (In Cubicle Hell!) | Posted: Jan 23, 2008 - 13:42 IS NOT IMPRESSED...  |
| rickhoran (Eastern PA) | Posted: Jan 23, 2008 - 13:42 isn't this the guy jerry jeff walker credits for writing "Up Against the Wall Redneck"? i think i need to pay attention to this guy. |
| stevo_b (Rock Ridge) | Posted: Jan 23, 2008 - 13:41 I love who is not in Heaven... Excellent lyrics. |
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