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Ooh Jambalaya
Ooh Jambalaya
It was muggy July around supper time
When I pulled into New Orleans
I got dropped off at South Rampart Street
I was hungry for a plate of greens
I made my way down the banquette
Where I could see an open door
And overhead a sign made of painted pine read
The Dixie Drug Store
Peppers and roots were hanging
From the rafters above
There were oils and sprays all on display
For money luck and for love
I reached down to pick one up
When a dark hand grabbed my arm
And before I could see just who it was
She said you don't want that charm
Ooh Jambalaya
The last man to walk that thing out of here
Just up and disappeared
Found his wallet and his wingtip shoes
Near a tombstone down in Algiers
What you need my travelling friend
Is a place to wash your jeans
And I wouldn't be the least surprised
If you were hungry for a plate of greens
She beckoned me on up the stairs
For she'd done made up her mind
Said take off your hat and kick off your boots
And leave your pride behind
Ooh Jambalaya
She took me down to a secret place
In the bayou of her blankets
She offered to share her bourbon
I thanked her then I drank it
Thru a small crack in the ceiling
Burst the Louisiana moon
It shone down on our bodies
And we began to croon
Like a couple of coyotes
We were howling thru the night
And I swear they were a beatin' those
Congo drums outside
Ooh Jambalaya
We laughed until the mornin'
By then my pants had dried
I picked up my hat and pulled on my boots
And I gathered up my pride
I figured she had done stepped out
I didn't see her anywhere
And I set out to find her
I headed on downstairs
Got down to the bottom
I couldn't believe my eyes
Gone were all the bottles
And the remedy supplies
Ooh Jambalaya
I shouted out for Marie
I darted out the door
An old man on the wooden porch said
What you in there for
Son you got no business
The hoodoo store's been closed
Long as I remember
A century I suppose
But Mister I just spent the night
With a young gal named Laveau
He said the Widow Paris
Done had a little laugh on you
I said you mean to tell me
That was the voodooin'
He nodded yes none other
The Queen of New Orleans
Ooh Jambalaya (Scraps of phrases - Till the end)
Ooh Jambalaya
Ooh Jambalaya
Ooh Jambalaya
Ooh Jambalaya
Ooh Jambalaya
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Jan 13, 2013 - 21:43 ch83575 wrote: I could have lived a long happy life without ever hearing this song... pity. It is complicated, and goes on and on |
| ch83575 | Posted: Sep 10, 2012 - 05:47 I could have lived a long happy life without ever hearing this song... pity. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jun 07, 2012 - 14:32 This song is good for the ears... |
| zigzag | Posted: Jan 01, 2012 - 00:20 Businessgypsy wrote: Sloggydog wrote:
You don't deserve a keyboard. No doubt that's true. Questions remain: What does a dish from rural Cajun southwest Louisiana have to do with a Creole mambo asogwe ? This is a band from L.A. (Los Angeles) attempting a song about LA (Louisiana), is there any other connection? Is that supposed to be a southern accent? Does this band typically turn in an instrumental performance of this quality? How can a band that tells you how the cow ate the cabbage when they don't know a pasture from a poster not be a pack of poseurs?. I'll surrender my keyboard to your spirited defense. Wow. One can only imagine what you made of the Stones Let it Bleed/Beggars Banquet;) |
| Businessgypsy (Deepest, Darkest Florida) | Posted: May 26, 2011 - 13:22 Sloggydog wrote: You don't deserve a keyboard. No doubt that's true. Questions remain: What does a dish from rural Cajun southwest Louisiana have to do with a Creole mambo asogwe ? This is a band from L.A. (Los Angeles) attempting a song about LA (Louisiana), is there any other connection? Is that supposed to be a southern accent? Does this band typically turn in an instrumental performance of this quality? How can a band that tells you how the cow ate the cabbage when they don't know a pasture from a poster not be a pack of poseurs?. I'll surrender my keyboard to your spirited defense. |
| Sloggydog (UK) | Posted: May 25, 2011 - 00:33 Businessgypsy wrote: What a waste of tape. Uninspired, artificial and ignorant of the subject matter. You don't deserve a keyboard. |
| Businessgypsy (Deepest, Darkest Florida) | Posted: Apr 23, 2011 - 11:15 What a waste of tape. Uninspired, artificial and ignorant of the subject matter. |
| jmck | Posted: Apr 23, 2011 - 11:14 Thanks RP. Great song - haven´t heard it for years! |
| TuneAgeWhereWoof | Posted: Mar 22, 2011 - 22:02 Reminds me of Lou Reed.. but he tanked it at the end and lost the deep grind. |
| gatorade (Ocean Park, WA) | Posted: Mar 22, 2011 - 22:00 MayBaby wrote: 8. Just for the lyrics! Bump! |
| Blaggart | Posted: Feb 19, 2011 - 11:30 michaeleconomy wrote: this song totally reminds my of the theme from roccos modern life Blasphemy! The RML theme kicks butt, and is the B-52s, not this mopey echo.  |
| Maupie (Velp (gld), the Netherlands) | Posted: Oct 16, 2010 - 10:23 If I could rate it 11, I would. Great tale.  |
| josephmorris90 | Posted: Jun 24, 2010 - 18:07 Alex001 wrote: Wow. Three chords. Hypnotic. And then there's that voice.. I completely agree with you... I will be listening to this for awhile  |
| Alex001 | Posted: Mar 19, 2010 - 01:56 Wow. Three chords. Hypnotic. And then there's that voice.. Vistabay rehab |
| cattail321 | Posted: Mar 07, 2010 - 19:14 it's a wonder ya can find anything  EssexTex wrote:I find this very retro |
| EssexTex (Gitche Gumee) | Posted: Feb 04, 2010 - 07:19 I find this very retro |
| Sloggydog (UK) | Posted: Dec 03, 2009 - 12:09 How lucky I was to be introduced to Grant Lee Buffalo as a warm up act to REM on their Monster tour. Amazing song from an awesome album by a fantastic band. |
| iscoot4peace | Posted: Dec 03, 2009 - 12:07 cayenne wrote: Interesting that this is GLB. He usually does a slidey thing with his voice that I don't like much, but this is great. I love the background vocals. They remind me of another song, but I can't put my finger on which song it is. Now see, I usually like GLB. This tune not at all. Too much Like McMurtry whose music , though smartly written, is painfull to listen to. |
| cayenne (in over my head) | Posted: Jun 28, 2009 - 18:00 Interesting that this is GLB. He usually does a slidey thing with his voice that I don't like much, but this is great. I love the background vocals. They remind me of another song, but I can't put my finger on which song it is. |
| michaeleconomy (San Francisco) | Posted: Jan 21, 2009 - 15:51 this song totally reminds my of the theme from roccos modern life |
| TheFriendlyCat (BC) | Posted: Jan 21, 2009 - 15:49 That is great! I love his voice and just the feel of the song! |
| nevar23 (Georgia) | Posted: Nov 19, 2008 - 11:08 Awesome lyrics.  |
| MayBaby (Savannah, Georgia, USA) | Posted: Sep 17, 2008 - 07:27 8. Just for the lyrics! |
| ROSSinDETROIT (Detroit, more or less. By the Zoo.) | Posted: Sep 17, 2008 - 07:20 This is old. I've had this CD for years. I like Copperopolis better, but that's a pretty high standard. |
| Excelsior | Posted: Sep 17, 2008 - 07:15 Good God this is boring. |
| musiclovinbrad | Posted: Jul 18, 2008 - 15:06 Reminds me of the Queen of New Orleans from Blues Brothers 2000. I don't want to get too deep into the lyrics but perhaps it was the bourbon that made him imagine an imaginary person with him the entire night. Narconon Vista Bay |
| accordionista (somewhere on the West Coast...) | Posted: Dec 08, 2007 - 19:21 Freaky- guess what we're cooking as we listen to this? Yep, you guessed it: Jambalaya. |
| gwynhefar | Posted: Nov 07, 2007 - 10:39 Pyro wrote: Perhaps you'd consider coming to an RP gathering in Louisiana in March??? *edit* this guy's vocals remind me of Leo Kottke's vocals.... Is this gathering a fact or just a possibility? Where would it take place. I might consider coming. |
| wferrier (Johnson City, New York) | Posted: Nov 07, 2007 - 10:28 Pyro wrote: Perhaps you'd consider coming to an RP gathering in Louisiana in March??? *edit* this guy's vocals remind me of Leo Kottke's vocals.... It's something I ought to do, been stuck in New York too long without travel; used to live in Houma many years ago. |
| gwynhefar | Posted: Nov 07, 2007 - 10:20 I never heard that song before, but it makes me want to go down to New Orleans again soon. I live in Baton Rouge and I only head down to NO 3 or 4 times a year. It's a crime, really. |
| Pyro | Posted: Nov 07, 2007 - 10:16 Dianyla wrote: Aha, they are saying Jambalaya! :)
Great lyrics. Thanks for sharing! |
| Pyro | Posted: Nov 07, 2007 - 10:14 wferrier wrote: I miss a whole lot of Louisiana. Perhaps you'd consider coming to an RP gathering in Louisiana in March??? *edit* this guy's vocals remind me of Leo Kottke's vocals.... |
| wferrier (Johnson City, New York) | Posted: Nov 07, 2007 - 10:13 jpfueler wrote: I'll take some!
and some Shrimp Creole or Crawfish Etouffee.... The only thing I miss about Louisiana is the food I miss a whole lot of Louisiana. |
| TheFriendlyCat (Five Miles South of Nowhere) | Posted: Oct 22, 2007 - 12:31 algrif wrote: Anyone else hearing Sweet Home Alabama in the basic lick here?
Totally, i was actually really disappointed when I didn't hear Lynard, but then i got into this song and was okay w/ it. |
| crinky (New England) | Posted: Sep 05, 2007 - 13:28 patreezia wrote: Channeling Richard Thompson. Nice.
Exactly! |
| patreezia (SF/London) | Posted: Aug 20, 2007 - 17:33 Channeling Richard Thompson. Nice. |
| meydele (Par la mer) | Posted: Jul 20, 2007 - 05:39 slowhand wrote: First listen...this is great. Love RP - Bill spins the best!
Ditto, ditto, and ditto. |
| jpfueler (South o' Ft Worth) | Posted: Jul 04, 2007 - 15:10 Dianyla wrote: Aha, they are saying Jambalaya! :)
I'll take some!
and some Shrimp Creole or Crawfish Etouffee.... The only thing I miss about Louisiana is the food |
| aristoteles (Spain) | Posted: Jul 04, 2007 - 15:05 Not bad, but I like Fuzzy much more than this... |
| sassylass (Endwell, NY) | Posted: May 18, 2007 - 11:31 Wow. Three chords. Hypnotic. And then there's that voice....  |
| esotericderek | Posted: May 18, 2007 - 11:30 Not the best GLB. Merely acceptible. |
| Jamunca (Asheville, NC) | Posted: May 02, 2007 - 21:26 I enjoy this song. I also enjoy Dr. Pepper. Make of that what you will. |
| lmic (Uniondale, NY) | Posted: May 02, 2007 - 21:25 Ah-whoooo.... Wherewolves of LA |
| celadonstone (Southeast of the USA) | Posted: Feb 13, 2007 - 09:57 Dianyla wrote: Aha, they are saying Jambalaya! :)
Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the Bay-ou |
| Dianyla (Portland, OR) | Posted: Jan 29, 2007 - 18:36 Aha, they are saying Jambalaya! :) Dixie Drug Store
Ooh Jambalaya Ooh Jambalaya It was muggy July around supper time When I pulled into New Orleans I got dropped off at South Rampart Street I was hungry for a plate of greens I made my way down the banquette Where I could see an open door And overhead a sign made of painted pine read The Dixie Drug Store Peppers and roots were hanging From the rafters above There were oils and sprays all on display For money luck and for love I reached down to pick one up When a dark hand grabbed my arm And before I could see just who it was She said you don't want that charm Ooh Jambalaya The last man to walk that thing out of here Just up and disappeared Found his wallet and his wingtip shoes Near a tombstone down in Algiers What you need my travelling friend Is a place to wash your jeans And I wouldn't be the least surprised If you were hungry for a plate of greens She beckoned me on up the stairs For she'd done made up her mind Said take off your hat and kick off your boots And leave your pride behind Ooh Jambalaya She took me down to a secret place In the bayou of her blankets She offered to share her bourbon I thanked her then I drank it Thru a small crack in the ceiling Burst the Louisiana moon It shone down on our bodies And we began to croon Like a couple of coyotes We were howling thru the night And I swear they were a beatin' those Congo drums outside Ooh Jambalaya We laughed until the mornin' By then my pants had dried I picked up my hat and pulled on my boots And I gathered up my pride I figured she had done stepped out I didn't see her anywhere And I set out to find her I headed on downstairs Got down to the bottom I couldn't believe my eyes Gone were all the bottles And the remedy supplies Ooh Jambalaya I shouted out for Marie I darted out the door An old man on the wooden porch said What you in there for Son you got no business The hoodoo store's been closed Long as I remember A century I suppose But Mister I just spent the night With a young gal named Laveau He said the Widow Paris Done had a little laugh on you I said you mean to tell me That was the voodooin' He nodded yes none other The Queen of New Orleans Ooh Jambalaya Ooh Jambalaya Ooh Jambalaya Ooh Jambalaya Ooh Jambalaya Ooh Jambalaya |
| Pazzat (Winchester, England) | Posted: Jan 15, 2007 - 03:46 algrif wrote: Anyone else hearing Sweet Home Alabama in the basic lick here?
Yes, and see also Dani California by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. |
| slowhand (South!!!!!!!!!!) | Posted: Dec 31, 2006 - 14:12 First listen...this is great. Love RP - Bill spins the best! |
| OhMy (BAMA) | Posted: Nov 17, 2006 - 21:05 Roll F&%k!g Tide!!! |
| Duffalo (Aisle 2) | Posted: Oct 19, 2006 - 15:07 Sweet Home Alabama! |
| trempel (Abbostsford, BC, Canada) | Posted: Oct 04, 2006 - 23:13 algrif wrote: Anyone else hearing Sweet Home Alabama in the basic lick here? |