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'My friends feel it's their appointed duty
They keep trying to tell me
All you want to do is use me
But my answer, yeah to all that use me stuff
I want to spread the news
That if it feels this good getting used
You just keep on using me
Until you use me up
Until you use me up
My brother sit me right down and he talked to me
He told me that I ought not to let you just walk on me
And I'm sure he meant well
Yeah, but when our talk was through
I said, brother, if you only knew
You'd wish that you were in my shoes
You just keep on using me
Until you use me up
Until you use me up
Sometimes, it's true
You really do abuse me
You get me in a crowd of high-class people
And then you act real rude to me
But, oh baby, baby, baby, baby,
When you love me, I can't get enough
I want to spread the news
That if it feels this good getting used
Girl, you just keep on using me
Until you use me up
Until you use me up
Talkin' 'bout you usin' people
It all depends on what you do
It ain't too bad the way you're usin' me
'Cause I sure am usin' you to do the things you do'
To do the things you do''
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: May 09, 2013 - 12:27 I can't believe no one has mentioned the Hootie and the Blowfish version, yes them! It is actually really good believe it or not!  |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: May 09, 2013 - 12:26 BADA$$  |
| Isabeau (sou' tex) | Posted: Apr 08, 2013 - 08:32 Classic sexy groove.   spot on. definitely 'in the pocket' |
| Buddikat (New York State) | Posted: Mar 07, 2013 - 20:54 Dang! I am no musician, but I believe that drummer is what one would call "tight." I don't hand out the "10's," but this one got it for me.... |
| unclehud (now 50 feet above the planet in Boston) | Posted: Feb 04, 2013 - 13:10 I know Mr. Withers didn't invent funk, but, baby, he pushed it to the edge of the envelope. |
| cc_rider (Austin Texas. Y'all.) | Posted: Nov 02, 2012 - 12:04 cc_rider wrote: Bill 'The Lung' Withers has no equal, period. This may be his very best song, of many excellent ones. The voice, the lyrics, the groove, all mesh perfectly. Bump. |
| dingusbother (Silver Spring, MD) | Posted: Nov 02, 2012 - 12:03 Whew. What. A. Song. A 10 fersure. |
| govna (beantown) | Posted: Nov 02, 2012 - 12:02 that is what you call a "serious groove." |
| idiot_wind | Posted: Aug 31, 2012 - 13:22 Wow! Remember when R&B was actually R&B? All we got now is rap. wow. Don't have a cow. Farmer uses a plow. I saw Jones & Dow. Batman goes pow. |
| Webfoot (Eugene, Oregon) | Posted: Jun 29, 2012 - 17:02 fatcatjb wrote: this song has aged very well 1972!!! Forty years! |
| Bobert_ParkCity (Actually, No longer in Park City Utah) | Posted: Jun 29, 2012 - 17:01 Man, I haven't been used up in a while... |
| On_The_Beach (The Blue Planet) | Posted: May 28, 2012 - 19:50 Aud wrote: So WHY is "Ain't NO Sunshine" not begin played???.... Summer of '71 A fine tune, to be sure! |
| Rotterdam | Posted: Apr 27, 2012 - 02:02 fatcatjb wrote: this song has aged very well  I think so, too! |
| tallboy1968 (Singapore) | Posted: Apr 27, 2012 - 02:00 Yes! |
| MojoJojo (Indianapolis, IN USA) | Posted: Jun 15, 2011 - 19:53 I got my technique down and everything. I don't be ticklin or nuthin.  |
| gabrielle7nt (okidoki) | Posted: Jun 15, 2011 - 19:49 Mmmm it feels good gettin' used. |
| Aud (lost in lakecity) | Posted: May 15, 2011 - 05:22 So WHY is "Ain't NO Sunshine" not begin played???.... Summer of '71 |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Apr 13, 2011 - 15:15 I love this tune and this singer, but when Mick came out with his version done with Lenny Kravits on guitar and backing vocals, this was totally eclipsed for me. |
| HearsayDave | Posted: Mar 13, 2011 - 05:51 One of the prime funk beats. |
| bam23 (Berkeley) | Posted: Feb 09, 2011 - 19:09 Every single time I hear this song, I am taken back to a brief snippet of time, northern Ohio in the summer, probably 1972, sharing what was alleged to be red dirt marijuana (Terry Southern out of context?) and this song on the radio. Probably WMMS. I guess it was pretty good stuff to have emblazoned this song so deeply. Great song, regardless of the context. |
| fatcatjb (Sunny Sacramento) | Posted: Feb 09, 2011 - 19:04 this song has aged very well |
| pinto (west meade) | Posted: Jan 09, 2011 - 12:17 hippiechick wrote: '72? No shit! Great song! Not only was it '72 it was so overplayed on the radio at the time. But it's still a great song. |
| Johnny-smooth (On my bicycle) | Posted: Jan 09, 2011 - 12:14 Oh Yeah! now sprinkle in a little Marvin Gaye and Al Green... |
| icemang (Boston & DC, mostly) | Posted: Oct 06, 2010 - 14:29 HELLLZZZ YEEEAAAHHH!!!! (yeesh, kids today, heh) |
| scraig (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Oct 06, 2010 - 14:29 hippiechick wrote: '72? No shit! Great song! Wow. Never heard of this guy. This is holding up quiet nicely. I just assumed it was a new band. |
| nicolewe | Posted: Sep 04, 2010 - 14:14 Soooul Traaaain.....    baby, baby, baby, babeeee....i can't get enough |
| Chazar (Orlando, FL) | Posted: Aug 03, 2010 - 14:16 Simply crispy......  MY BROTHER...SIT ME RIGHT DOWN AND TALK TO ME...................... |
| zipper | Posted: Aug 03, 2010 - 14:16 9? wtf? someone hijacked me. it's a 10. |
| Rotterdam | Posted: May 31, 2010 - 21:15 A classic. I loved this then, and I love it now. Still fresh. |
| ScottFromWyoming (Powell) | Posted: Mar 29, 2010 - 13:07 'Still Bill': Documenting A Soul Icon |
| philipsaven (Stockholm) | Posted: Jan 25, 2010 - 12:23 cafortier wrote: Surprises me that RP wont play Robert Randolph on here. Submitted a few songs and they all got sorried.  I love Robert Randolph too! Should be played here! |
| hippiechick (topsy turvy land) | Posted: Jan 25, 2010 - 12:04 '72? No shit! Great song! |
| buzmaggie (AZ, US) | Posted: Nov 23, 2009 - 16:03 love this! so true! |
| voicers (Sausalito, CA) | Posted: Nov 23, 2009 - 16:00 Check out "Still Bill" the movie if you get a chance. Bill Withers is an amazing, humble, funny, talented man. :) |
| cafortier (Northwest NJ) | Posted: Oct 23, 2009 - 06:24 Surprises me that RP wont play Robert Randolph on here. Submitted a few songs and they all got sorried. ScottFromWyoming wrote:    Later that night.... August 17, after the Jackson Hole Music Festival had officially ended, Robert Randolph and Ben Harper wound up at the Mangy Moose Saloon, in Teton Village where they were probably staying (and where the festival was). The band started playing this Bill Withers classic, and Ben was cajoled into joining them onstage by that guy on the left in the last photo... Ben's drummer, Oliver Charles. The guy in the Innocent Criminals jacket down front is Jason Yates, Ben's keyboard guy. I think Oliver also requested the song... After Ben sang a few lines, Robert Randolph got up and sang the next few, then grabbed a spare guitar. Ben soon got off stage and Robert continued for a few minutes as the band and he messed around. It sounded great but that band was pretty sharp to begin with! Kaupmees and I had stopped in the night before and the band was into its hokey comedy song stuff so we left, but once they got back to being a cover band they were really good and pulled out a few non-standards. I should add that I talked to both of them, Robert before this little stunt and Ben after. Some people were getting their pictures taken with them but for some reason I didn't bother. But let me just say they reinforce my theory that Nice Guys DO Finish First. At least in the music biz. Both were extremely gracious, happy to talk about the show and how welcomed they felt. Both of them were just really sweet and not rock starry at all. |
| cafortier (Northwest NJ) | Posted: Oct 23, 2009 - 06:20 Great song!!!! Perfect for a Friday morning. |
| themotion (somewhere between infinity) | Posted: Sep 21, 2009 - 16:21 Alpine wrote: This song is f'n awesome. bump and agreed; can't say it any better. |
| maryte (Blinding You With Library Science!) | Posted: Aug 21, 2009 - 04:25 Singing pretty loudly in my office - good thing no one else is around yet! Great way to get moving on a slow Friday morning... |
| LastChance | Posted: Jul 20, 2009 - 13:40 Greatness. |
| bitbanger (Upper West Side) | Posted: Jun 18, 2009 - 18:31 Jac wrote: "superlative" Dang, another big word!  Just another sesquipedalian |
| Manbird (Santa Rosa, CA) | Posted: Apr 16, 2009 - 09:25 I wonder if Gnarls Barkley was influenced by Bill Withers - I can definitely hear a similarity. |
| philbertr (Hurricane Target Florida) | Posted: Feb 12, 2009 - 07:06 okelle wrote: One of my favorites on RP. Is the rest of the album as good? It is a friggin' GREAT album. BUY IT! |
| michaelgmitchell (Belleville, ON Canada) | Posted: Nov 09, 2008 - 11:31 Yummy. Great ol' classic for a dull, breezy Sunday afternoon here in the northeast. |
| Papernapkin (Mountain View, CA) | Posted: Nov 09, 2008 - 11:30 Bill used to be a st st st utterer. Love his so so so song. |
| lily34 | Posted: Sep 07, 2008 - 06:56 just danced to this at a bar a few weeks ago with a friend of a friend's husband who cuts a mean rug. made me look good. but then again, this song...hard not to. always loved this. even lenny and mick's version, which i know is just crap in comparison, but i still like it. wished i could have seen bill live. that would have been fantastic. |
| ScottFromWyoming (way far away from you) | Posted: Aug 21, 2008 - 06:35 Later that night.... August 17, after the Jackson Hole Music Festival had officially ended, Robert Randolph and Ben Harper wound up at the Mangy Moose Saloon, in Teton Village where they were probably staying (and where the festival was). The band started playing this Bill Withers classic, and Ben was cajoled into joining them onstage by that guy on the left in the last photo... Ben's drummer, Oliver Charles. The guy in the Innocent Criminals jacket down front is Jason Yates, Ben's keyboard guy. I think Oliver also requested the song... After Ben sang a few lines, Robert Randolph got up and sang the next few, then grabbed a spare guitar. Ben soon got off stage and Robert continued for a few minutes as the band and he messed around. It sounded great but that band was pretty sharp to begin with! Kaupmees and I had stopped in the night before and the band was into its hokey comedy song stuff so we left, but once they got back to being a cover band they were really good and pulled out a few non-standards. I should add that I talked to both of them, Robert before this little stunt and Ben after. Some people were getting their pictures taken with them but for some reason I didn't bother. But let me just say they reinforce my theory that Nice Guys DO Finish First. At least in the music biz. Both were extremely gracious, happy to talk about the show and how welcomed they felt. Both of them were just really sweet and not rock starry at all. |
| Jac | Posted: Aug 06, 2008 - 15:51 "superlative" Dang, another big word! |
| sfearll (Monrovia, CA) | Posted: Aug 06, 2008 - 15:49 superlative in every respect!  |
| Jac | Posted: Aug 06, 2008 - 15:47 Dancing in the aisles! Oops, I am at home, dancing on the couch!!  |
| maryte (Blinding You With Library Science!) | Posted: Aug 06, 2008 - 15:45 It just doesn't get any better than this. :swoon: |