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You don't have to prove
Your manhood to me constantly
I know you're the man can't you see
I love you Righteously
Why you wanna dis' me
After the way you been kissin' me
After those pretty things you say
And the love we made today
When you run your hand
All up and run it back down my leg
Get excited and bite my neck
Get me all worked up like that
Think this through
I laid it down for you everytime
Respect me I give you what's mine
You're entirely way too fine
Arms around my waist
You get a taste of how good this can be
Be the man you ought to tenderly
Stand up for me
Flirt with me don't keep hurtin' me
Don't cause me pain
Be my lover don't play no game
Just play me John Coltrane
(repeat)
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Aug 04, 2011 - 14:43 Sorry, It is not better, in my opinion, Technically speaking, the production sound of the album is truly clean and high quality (which is not always the case in productions of neglected today). What seems to me that you ought to be mentioned is "one face and acoustic effect", spontaneity and improvisation, which gives live performances, which I prefer and I am enthusiastic, although, we must say, the process of recording live sound requires large, sophisticated technical resources, to be similar to a studio album (if the producer is responsible). For example, the guitar solo L.W. recorded live, has shortcomings and noise on hearing.I like both recordings. I appreciate the great Lady-rocker L.W. for its natural and irreverent tone, wild and rustic singing and playing, Shes rocks. Me and L.W. we are almost the same age, and listen to your songs is like going through the land, nature, the sky cleared and the fields cultivated, finished seeding, of the lands of my grandparents. dynamo_humm wrote: the live version is way better |
| dynamo_humm | Posted: Mar 22, 2009 - 15:30 the live version is way better |
| VV (Happy to hang around) | Posted: Mar 14, 2006 - 09:18 ploafmaster wrote: You know, maybe it can be about the accent, in this context. Yes, other singers affect accents not their own, but for some reason, in this context, in this way, Lucinda just makes me want to break stuff.
I don't have to have an objective reason for that. I just don't like it. I'd rather hear an American Idol hopeful sing this... |
| ploafmaster (Richmond, VA) | Posted: Mar 14, 2006 - 09:11 You know, maybe it can be about the accent, in this context. Yes, other singers affect accents not their own, but for some reason, in this context, in this way, Lucinda just makes me want to break stuff. I don't have to have an objective reason for that. I just don't like it. |
| VV (Happy to hang around) | Posted: Mar 14, 2006 - 09:10 Didn't know a song could get worse with each successive listen. |
| Cruithne3753 (Bristol, UK) | Posted: Mar 14, 2006 - 09:09 Anyone fighting the urge to go "woooh woooh"? |
| Lkw (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) | Posted: Feb 27, 2006 - 17:50 acatamongus wrote: It's not just the accent, it's the whole song that annoys me. Sorry. I try to be open-minded. I guess it's just another of those songs that you either lover or hate.
There's nothing wrong with 'simply loving/hating a song'. You're not less open-minded if you simply just don't like this song  |
| acatamongus (Walnut Creek, CA) | Posted: Feb 27, 2006 - 17:38 It's not just the accent, it's the whole song that annoys me. Sorry. I try to be open-minded. I guess it's just another of those songs that you either lover or hate. |
| Lkw (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) | Posted: Feb 27, 2006 - 17:38 MysticMilt wrote: It's not a matter of attacking how she talks. In this song it's an affectation, rather than her actual speech pattern. What's wrong with that? Why isn't she allowed te experiment a bit? Every singer does it, more or less, nobody sings in the same way he/she normally speaks. In singing there is always a bit of over-acting. In general I don't get a lot of the comments for this song. It's gezeik! (Sorry, I don't know the English equivalent at the moment  ) |
| twcarlin (too far, and not far enough) | Posted: Feb 27, 2006 - 17:28 Chunk wrote: Geez, give the accent a break. This is the last place I would expect people to be so superficial in their judgment of music.
Personally, I think this is great. Great lyrics, great music, great vocals. It all fits together to create a sultry kind of mood. Makes me miss my special lady friend. Very cool stuff. 2 years later , and your still absolutly right! |
| (former member) (Shadow Valley Condos) | Posted: Feb 27, 2006 - 17:27 I like this song. |
| ramblinlamb (Balmy Snoqualmie Washington) | Posted: Feb 27, 2006 - 17:26 Hey I'm likin this "twang"!! |
| Helchat (a record store near you) | Posted: Feb 27, 2006 - 17:26 dionysius wrote: ...and the quite literate daughter of an English professor, who writes lovely and well-crafted songs with a (Southern, indeed) literary bent. So, who's the trash that must be gotten rid of here? And she plays guitar too! Righteously, in fact!  |
| LordBaltimore (Baltimore, MD) | Posted: Jan 14, 2006 - 15:53 I'd like to see Bill play some Coltrane right after this song. Might be kinda corny, but still cool. |
| dionysius (The People's Republic of Austin) | Posted: Dec 16, 2005 - 15:53 Sobient wrote: 
White country trash. Get rid of this garbage! ...and the quite literate daughter of an English professor, who writes lovely and well-crafted songs with a (Southern, indeed) literary bent. So, who's the trash that must be gotten rid of here? |
| Sobient | Posted: Dec 16, 2005 - 15:46
White country trash. Get rid of this garbage! |
| NICKNAME (K-PAX) | Posted: Dec 12, 2005 - 07:10 PLEASE PLAY A LOT MORE LUCINDA WILLIAMS ! |
| Bocephus (Boulder, CO) | Posted: Nov 17, 2005 - 10:18 sqqqrly wrote: I like the twang! At least she is interesting....
 Have seen her in concert a couple of times. She's not bad on the eyes either. :) |
| sqqqrly (Newport, RI) | Posted: Nov 17, 2005 - 10:16 I like the twang! At least she is interesting.... |
| fortyonejb | Posted: Nov 17, 2005 - 10:15 good music, bad singing. She's forcing it. Some may like it, but certain words she says makes the hair on my neck stand up, in a bad way. eck |
| maLeFunKtion (Scotland) | Posted: Nov 17, 2005 - 10:14 Nope. Can't like it. Tried. But can't. Just can't stand the elongated pronunciation of words ending in "ing" or "aing"... It's annoyingggggggggg  |
| Bocephus (Boulder, CO) | Posted: Nov 17, 2005 - 10:10 I like it. Like her exaggerated accent. Love the Neil Youngish distorted guitar as well. |
| huebdoo | Posted: Nov 17, 2005 - 10:10 Is this twang fake or what? It sounds fake or forced to fit the rhyming structure I like the beat, session musicians are awsome but the lyrics sound fake and forced Silly sounding and no I dont have a stick up my A** |
| Screature (Gatineau, Quebec, Canada) | Posted: Oct 04, 2005 - 11:46 So many of you out there should do a little dugs or have a drink, or take a day and go to the beach or something. Anything to chill out, take the stick out of your a**es, relax and stop being so nitpicking. I can't believe anybody would put Lucinda down because she sings with a twang!! How about seeing the forest for the trees and realize that she is one of the greatest singer song writers of her genre and has been for the last decade and a half. Geeshh!!!! |
| betterdaze | Posted: Oct 04, 2005 - 11:43 mread wrote: The lyrics say, basically, "don't treat me like a slut."
The sound of the song, however, says the opposite. A friend of mine, after I loaned her 'Essence,' said, 'Anna, when I listen to that it makes me blush.' Exactly. (Of course! 'John Coltrane' I could never quite figure out what she was singing....) |
| Faithful_Fool (Streets of San Francisco) | Posted: Oct 04, 2005 - 11:39 brighthue wrote: It's not just the sex or the smoky voice, it's the guitar and the mention of Coltrane...
I gave it a '7.' If you don't like this tune, you have a right to your opinion.  What they said.   |
| mojoman (Rocky Mountains, Colorado) | Posted: Oct 04, 2005 - 11:36 What's with all the talk about her accent? She's from Louisiana! She has a Southern accent that I assume she comes by naturally. |
| steeler (Teetering on the abyss) | Posted: Oct 04, 2005 - 11:35  |
| shakitten (Denver, Colorado) | Posted: Sep 19, 2005 - 17:51 Gregorama wrote: Hey, Did anybody ever notice that when, like, the Beatles sing, or the Stones sing, that they don't always sound British?
Did anybody ever bitch at Jagger for not really being from the South, when he was drivin' through Bay-kuhs-feey-uld one Sunday Mo' nin, listen't ta Gospel Music on the Raydio Stayshun? He had a Far Away accent. So what if Lucinda does or doesn't have an accent? Tip your hat to that Lady, son. She makes great music. Her band is great and this is a great song. I think the difference is whether the artist sounds authentic or not. Lucinda just sounds sloppy to me, like she's trying to do an accent after tying one on. I don't have much respect for that kind of thing...it's just annoying. |
| ryuujin23 (The Desert just north of the purple sage) | Posted: Sep 19, 2005 - 17:38 susafina wrote: Sounds like Mick Jagger doing a Lucinda Williams impression... Doing a Mr. Garrison impression.
Mmmm...Kay. |
| susafina (in the sweet, sunny South) | Posted: Jul 22, 2005 - 12:50 Sounds like Mick Jagger doing a Lucinda Williams impression. |
| LPCity (Salt Lake City, Utah) | Posted: Jul 22, 2005 - 08:42 All this talk about accents aside.. I'll never respect Lucinda for the fact that the one time I went to see her in concert, she showed up drunk off her ass. Her "show" reflected her drunkeness and a complete lack of respect for a paying audience. |
| jibberboy | Posted: Jul 07, 2005 - 15:42 oh man... i heard this song and immediately tuned out to a different station. Hate to be harsh but the accent she was using kind of ... I dont know, irritated me. <-( |
| jenseda (Small Town Southwest) | Posted: Jul 07, 2005 - 15:07 Love the song, love the artist. |
| BooKitty (My Own Private Idaho.(Bklyn,NY)) | Posted: Jul 07, 2005 - 15:02 John Coltrine? |
| datasage (Minneapolis, MN) | Posted: Jul 07, 2005 - 14:53 I too like this song, but her voice just annoys me. |
| sugaree (Tampa) | Posted: Jul 07, 2005 - 14:51 love love this whole album |
| Tux (The Netherlands) | Posted: Sep 28, 2004 - 01:04 When does the song start? This sounds like one big intro. |
| beag | Posted: Sep 13, 2004 - 05:40 I'm British and I think the accent is sexy. She's *acting* for God's sake. |
| Gregorama (Austin, TX) | Posted: Jul 19, 2004 - 14:30 Hey, Did anybody ever notice that when, like, the Beatles sing, or the Stones sing, that they don't always sound British? Did anybody ever bitch at Jagger for not really being from the South, when he was drivin' through Bay-kuhs-feey-uld one Sunday Mo' nin, listen't ta Gospel Music on the Raydio Stayshun? He had a Far Away accent. So what if Lucinda does or doesn't have an accent? Tip your hat to that Lady, son. She makes great music. Her band is great and this is a great song. |
| bfh | Posted: Jul 19, 2004 - 14:26 If i have to load IE, log in to RP, and interupt my work to post a comment on the current song, it means its really good or really bad IMO. this is one of the really bad variety. |
| fifteendays (Madison, NH) | Posted: Jun 22, 2004 - 11:45 Lucinda IS rock & roll. Look at her. She looks like rock & roll. |
| Patrick (Columbia, MO (1920 miles E of Paradise, CA)) | Posted: May 25, 2004 - 01:12 mread wrote: The lyrics say, basically, "don't treat me like a slut."
The sound of the song, however, says the opposite. Exactly. :nodhead: Lucindy has a great band. |
| mread (W117°11.388' N32°54.504') | Posted: Apr 30, 2004 - 17:40 The lyrics say, basically, "don't treat me like a slut." The sound of the song, however, says the opposite. |
| brighthue (MetroWest, MA) | Posted: Apr 16, 2004 - 01:18 It's not just the sex or the smoky voice, it's the guitar and the mention of Coltrane...
I gave it a '7.' If you don't like this tune, you have a right to your opinion. |
| dd7 (des moines, ia) | Posted: Mar 11, 2004 - 11:31 pigonline wrote: What is all this crap about whether her accent is real or not? What kind of criterion is that? She has a twang, so what? And, if she intensifies it here, it's for a purpose. Besides which, if you haven't heard people who talk like this then you don't get out of the city enough, southern or northern.
If you have heard her talk, you would recognize the drawl/accent/affectation and know that it is real - though a bit exaggerated. LW has never been known for the cerebral qualities of her music. It's down and dirty, and at times VERY sexy. Beats the hell out of The Smiths. |
| pigonline (Federal Way, WA) | Posted: Mar 09, 2004 - 18:11 What is all this crap about whether her accent is real or not? What kind of criterion is that? She has a twang, so what? And, if she intensifies it here, it's for a purpose. Besides which, if you haven't heard people who talk like this then you don't get out of the city enough, southern or northern. Does the song seem repetitive--well, ever had your heart broke? The pain IS repetitive. Listen to the poetry of the pounding, repetitive lyrics, and feel the visceral angst. Gawd, I get so sick of the smug, docrinaire, pseudosophisticate shit that people throw out here sometimes. And pardon my accent. |
| ginathelintqueen (Durham, NC) | Posted: Mar 09, 2004 - 17:34 Hairfarmer wrote: Sorry to disagree with you typesbad but being a born and rasied Southerner I have to speak up here. There are definate variations in Southern dialects just like there are varing types of Brittish accents, for instance...(snip)
Exactly! My family is Southern for just about as far back as there's been a South and *this* is not a Southern accent. This is an affected redneck thing & I don't even know any real rednecks who sound like this. Goodness it's grating. (IMHO of course). The fact that the lyrics are repetitive and have some sort of strange rap-esque thing going ("Why you wanna be" -- eek) just exacerbates the pain for me. I have nothing against Southern (obviously), country (try Tift Merritt for a *lovely* southern country voice) or rap, but this particular jammed-together combo just doesn't work for me. |
| fridgepoet (Frisco Bay) | Posted: Mar 09, 2004 - 17:28 I like Lucinda, but not this song. At all. |
| pdhski (Metro NY) | Posted: Feb 17, 2004 - 11:27 qbee wrote: Oh GAWD, I HATE this song now! I mean, it's so overplayed, and it's really NOT her best effort. The lyrics are lame and then they just repeat their lameness over and over and over, and I think it's an easy "sex sells" kind of song. And the crappy accent - I agree with the "Southerner" who says she's affecting trailer trash. Ick! Ick! Ick! Damn! ah, thank you. Sounds like she had the French slapped out of her |