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Eric Burdon & War — Spill the Wine
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jpfueler
(Alvarado, Texas, (A Bit FurtherSouth o' Ft Worth))
Posted: Mar 13, 2013 - 16:29
 
He looks more over fed but not so long haired these days

michaelc
Posted: Mar 13, 2013 - 16:27
 
Never tire of this one
Just so funky 
MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA)
Posted: Feb 10, 2013 - 07:46
 
A Band Apart?    Works on two levels. 

sajitjacob wrote:
Is that Harvey Keitel sitting on the ground? is that Samuel L Jackson farthest right? Is this the inspiration for every Tarantino movie ever?
 


By_The_River
(New York City)
Posted: Dec 09, 2012 - 14:34
 
Great song from the early 70s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Dec 09, 2012 - 14:28
 
This starts off mildly intriguing but becomes seriously irritating after a few minutes. If the guy sang rather than spoke the irritation factor might be reduced.

jools
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Nov 08, 2012 - 05:46
 
Sublime!!!

lunatic
Posted: Nov 08, 2012 - 05:45
 
 sajitjacob wrote:
Is that Harvey Keitel sitting on the ground? is that Samuel L Jackson farthest right? Is this the inspiration for every Tarantino movie ever?


 



Hehehe! Thnx for the early morning belly laugh.

MargoMallen
(Ontario, Canada)
Posted: Oct 07, 2012 - 20:43
 
Totally love this tune!  What a great groove!

sajitjacob
(Christchurch NZ)
Posted: Oct 07, 2012 - 20:42
 
Is that Harvey Keitel sitting on the ground? is that Samuel L Jackson farthest right? Is this the inspiration for every Tarantino movie ever?



WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Sep 06, 2012 - 07:34
 
 Misterfixit wrote:
Question of the moment:  Who is the female voice who speaks in the background?

Fantasy of the moment:  Standing on a mountain top nekkid as a jay-bird ...
 
The best I've been able to find is that she was Burdon's girlfriend. Haven't found a name, tho'.

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Sep 06, 2012 - 07:24
 
I love this song, but it doesn't completely eradicate that nagging question about whether Burdon was the real deal—and he was a very good rock'n'roll vocalist—or an opportunistic poseur. Maybe he was just a vocalist for hire (The Animals before Burdon joined were the Alan Price Band), making the best of the material he had to work with.

Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: Jul 05, 2012 - 09:20
 
 Misterfixit wrote:
Question of the moment:  Who is the female voice who speaks in the background?

Fantasy of the moment:  Standing on a mountain top nekkid as a jay-bird ...
 
I am gonna BUMP this question:  You mean to tell me that I am the ONLY one on Radio Paradise who knows the answer to this question?

Dave
 

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Feb 29, 2012 - 11:03
 
 Ndugu wrote:
It's a shame War didn't make the Rock Hall. Songs like this one stand the test of time.

Correct lyric: Spill the Wine, Dig That Pearl

And it is dirty - at least that's what Harold Brown told us.

 
The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame is practically meaningless - I'm not sure why people give any notice to inductions ultimately determined by Jan Wenner and Dave Marsh.
I believe the lyric is "take that pearl".

d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: Feb 29, 2012 - 10:45
 
I could feel HOT FLAMES OF FIRE ROARING AT MY BACK!!!! {#Fire}

LOVE this song!!!!!

obstetricus
Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 15:55
 
This was such cool video...discovered it when I was in junior high watching MTV closet classics if anyone remembers that one 

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Sep 23, 2011 - 23:42
 
Very nice!

cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Aug 23, 2011 - 14:35
 
 Art_Carnage wrote:
An awesome song - when you're eleven years old. But it doesn't take long before it starts to really get annoying.
 
This overfed, long-haired leaping gnome still digs it.


Art_Carnage
(DeepintheheartofTexas)
Posted: Aug 23, 2011 - 14:33
 
An awesome song - when you're eleven years old. But it doesn't take long before it starts to really get annoying.

mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Aug 23, 2011 - 14:33
 
 fineweber wrote:
Am I the only one who can't listen to this without hearing "BILLY Jean is NOT MY looovvver" in the chorus?
 
...i think so, yes...


sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Jul 23, 2011 - 05:44
 
I have no idea what this song is about, but it is sooooo cooool!!{#Cool}

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Jul 23, 2011 - 05:40
 
8 for nostalgia.

fineweber
Posted: Jun 21, 2011 - 15:38
 
Am I the only one who can't listen to this without hearing "BILLY Jean is NOT MY looovvver" in the chorus?

Giselle62
(many bear, big rock, estuary California)
Posted: Apr 19, 2011 - 10:38
 
I went and read about it on songfacts, and I was right about the pearl.

Giselle62
(many bear, big rock, estuary California)
Posted: Apr 19, 2011 - 10:33
 
 Mugro wrote:
What a great idea! Let's write a song glorifying heroin! I have always kind of liked this song, but heroin is sooooo scary!!!!
 
Just because that guy said it, doesn't make it true. Pearl is also another word for clitoris. Maybe the song is just a simple sexual fantasy. Wine, women and song—-what life is all about!


LaurieinTucson
(Tucson,AZ)
Posted: Apr 19, 2011 - 10:27
 
It's very Zappa-esque.

 to_the_eleven wrote:
always thought this was Zappa
 



Giselle62
(many bear, big rock, estuary California)
Posted: Apr 19, 2011 - 10:24
 
this sounds good to my...

to_the_eleven
(the groove)
Posted: Apr 19, 2011 - 10:23
 
always thought this was Zappa

4merdj
(donde el viento se devuelve)
Posted: Apr 19, 2011 - 10:22
 
Grooveh ... with an edge! {#Devil_pimp}

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Apr 19, 2011 - 10:22
 
{#Cool}

Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: Feb 15, 2011 - 13:57
 
Question of the moment:  Who is the female voice who speaks in the background?

Fantasy of the moment:  Standing on a mountain top nekkid as a jay-bird ...

lmic
(Harmless Little Bunny)
Posted: Sep 10, 2010 - 15:52
 
OMG. How about Nilsson's "Lime in the Coconut" next? {#Lol}

jagdriver
(Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise)
Posted: Sep 10, 2010 - 15:52
 
Classic!

throwback
(Bailey, CO)
Posted: Sep 10, 2010 - 15:51
 
{#Dancingbanana}{#Drummer}{#Dancingbanana_2}


AvoidingWork
(Home of Big Boy #4004)
Posted: Aug 09, 2010 - 15:28
 
 Gregorama wrote:
And I thought it was "Spill the wine, dig that girl!" I guess it IS pearl. Just goes to show you-you can learn something every day.
 
I heard "Do I, dig that girl!"  
I kinda thought he saw his girl, and I'm assuming he had a girlfriend, as a representation of all women, and he was professing his love for her to the temptress on the mountain in his dream.

Man was I off.{#Stupid} 

gatorade
(Ocean Park, WA)
Posted: Aug 09, 2010 - 15:23
 
 jools wrote:
Oh - memories flooding back!  I am about 14/15, this is about as sophisticated as music gets..it is sunny..I might even be a bit stoned...(dope wasn't so strong in those days) my whole life is in front of me and I am dreaming of being, well, not a town planning consultant in Brighton, that's for sure.....

Hey ho. 
 
Made me laugh! 

floydoftherocks
(Frisco)
Posted: Jul 08, 2010 - 18:30
 
Bumped it to 7.4 !

beeyatches

On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud)
Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 21:59
 
This really blew my mind, the fact that me,
an overfed long-haired leaping gnome
should be the star of a Hollywood movie



newwavegurly
Posted: Jan 31, 2010 - 09:41
 
This song never fails to make me smile and sing along loudly with the chorus.

bhallmark
(The Administrative Zone of the District of Columbia)
Posted: Sep 27, 2009 - 14:46
 
YESSSSSS!!

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Sep 27, 2009 - 14:45
 
Very, very nice!  8-9!!


Ndugu
Posted: Jul 29, 2009 - 12:50
 
It's a shame War didn't make the Rock Hall. Songs like this one stand the test of time.

Correct lyric: Spill the Wine, Dig That Pearl

And it is dirty - at least that's what Harold Brown told us.


starcloud
(Coordinate Update: 35.3592 - 120.8482 you're close enough)
Posted: Jun 24, 2009 - 18:30
 
this is crazy, and I've been groovin to this for forty years

Gryn
(Oregon)
Posted: May 24, 2009 - 00:43
 
When I was 5 years old, this song was playing on the radio in my dad's MG while I was in the tiny spot in the back.  This was my first song memory.  I'm 43 now, this song takes me back.  Amazing for its time, and still amazing now.

inmanart
Posted: Apr 22, 2009 - 08:48
 
Little Feat's "Spanish Moon" would make a nice pairing with this song

jools
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Apr 22, 2009 - 08:46
 
Oh - memories flooding back!  I am about 14/15, this is about as sophisticated as music gets..it is sunny..I might even be a bit stoned...(dope wasn't so strong in those days) my whole life is in front of me and I am dreaming of being, well, not a town planning consultant in Brighton, that's for sure.....

Hey ho. 

cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Apr 22, 2009 - 08:46
 
"me, an overfed, long-haired leaping gnome"

I have a twin!

c.

Rotterdam
Posted: Oct 14, 2008 - 22:19
 
I never thought about what it might mean. Just love the beat that makes me snap my fingers, like the cool cat that I am. Flute's great. The whole feeling is so great...

smdeeg
(SillyCone Valley)
Posted: Oct 14, 2008 - 22:19
 
Less Cool.  It's only been 4 months.
(And the commercial radio station my wife was listening to this weekend just played it too.)

crazy
(yew nork, upstate)
Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 16:39
 
old times, good times......nice blast from the past
just don't bring it back too soon, it'll ruin it 

countyman
(pittsburgh, pa.)
Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 16:38
 
 Mugro wrote:


What a great idea! Let's write a song glorifying heroin! I have always kind of liked this song, but heroin is sooooo scary!!!!
 

Herion is sooooo scary in that it leads to other forms of mind alteration. . . . . . . . . like whiskey.{#Drunk}
So go ahead and spill da wine! ! ! {#Cheers}