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Teddy Thompson — Can't Sing Straight
Album: A Piece of What You Need
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Released: 2008
Length: 3:38
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I been drinking so much I can't sing straight
Better hope that it's not too late
To save the only thing that I've ever had
It was here in my own two hands

Maybe it's good, maybe it's fine,
Maybe I'll learn to walk the line

It's been a very short run I must object
You're not really gonna take it away just yet
I need ten more years to get to good
I just did what I thought I could (get away with)

Maybe it's good, maybe it's fine,
Maybe I'll learn to walk the line

I was an ugly kid with an ugly name
Never had much of a wild side to tame
But I grew up pretty and tall and fine
I just wanted to have my time (have some fun)

Maybe it's good, maybe it's fine,
Maybe I'll learn to walk the line

Give me one more chance to get things right
I wanna put it back the way it was overnight
But a change of ways seems a bit too much
I don't really want to change my life a such

Maybe it's good, maybe it's fine,
Maybe I'll learn to walk the line
Maybe it's fine, maybe it's good,
Maybe it'd message understood

Maybe it's good, maybe it's fine,
Maybe I'll learn to walk the line
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Fantastic!
Posted 3 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
Good breeding indeed!
Posted 7 years ago by kdpace    [ Reply ]
If you haven't already done so, go to RP website and drop a 20 on 'em.  I finally did yesterday and eased my mind for not doing it before! {#Heartkiss}
Posted 8 years ago by cardinalfan    [ Reply ]
Imagine what he will accomplish when he fills his shoes
Posted 8 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
I love this man ,almost as much as his dad!!!
Posted 8 years ago by jules44    [ Reply ]
Thompson family have made an album called appropriately Thompson Family album, we are seeing them perform it on the 19th Dec.

Richard, Linda,Teddy, Kami (daughter) and her husband (they Perform as The Rails).

So it would seem the DNA didn't fall far from the tree.
Posted 9 years ago by hbs47    [ Reply ]
 bev wrote:

Yes, me too! So much talent in that family!

 
I had no idea he was Richard and Linda's son. Bloody hell, there's some genes. No wonder I enjoy this so much. The horns are excellent, BTW, I love a good horn section.
Posted 9 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
 Randomax wrote:
I love me all them Thompsons (Mom, Dad, Son)!{#Bananajam}

 
Yes, me too! So much talent in that family!
Posted 9 years ago by bev    [ Reply ]
Oh I say! This has just gone up from a 7 to an 8. 
This is really, really cool. I like everything about it.
Can you absorb cool-ness from a song? Feel like I am... 
Posted 10 years ago by Rotterdam    [ Reply ]
 dew34 wrote:
It was the horns that ruined it for me, otherwise a very solid tune, yes a little younger Johnny Cash.

 
It's the horns that make it for me.
I watched a vid of a live performance of this  and the horns just weren't there and the whole thing fell flat.
Posted 10 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
It was the horns that ruined it for me, otherwise a very solid tune, yes a little younger Johnny Cash.
Posted 11 years ago by dew34    [ Reply ]
I listen to RP every day and have heard this song dozens of times since it first got played 4 years ago. I like it, I think, but up until just now, I never looked to see who it was, or rate the song. Maybe that means I don't really like it? I guess I'll go with a 7.
Posted 11 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Cash 'walking the line', looks like a young Stipe.
Taping along w this one!
Posted 11 years ago by lunatic    [ Reply ]
Got Damn I didn't expect horns up in dis one.......... it's killer.
Posted 11 years ago by mrdak    [ Reply ]
Horns are awesome!

Is it just me, or does his voice sound a little like Johnny Cash?
Posted 11 years ago by bill-1956    [ Reply ]
He's great..... and so is his Dad! Check out TT's version of 'The Price of Love'

Have been lucky enough to see TT twice, including on the Thekla, a boat in Bristol harbour converted (by Viv Stanshall of the Bonzo's) into a great venue - what a night.... 'The Boat that Rocked'!
Posted 11 years ago by Boy_Wonder    [ Reply ]
Bumped my rating to an 8! Spurt lifting, foot tapping fun. Love horns!
Posted 11 years ago by djaychicago    [ Reply ]
Those horns are really ripping it!!!!
More!!!!!!! 
Posted 11 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
I love this!


Posted 12 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
F*ck me, that horn really sends juice through my nerves. 'Kin excellent! 9 from the toe-tappin' twitchin' Nottingham jury.
Posted 12 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 sieversfam wrote:
I love Chris Isaack!

 

exactly what i was thinking.
Posted 12 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananajam}{#Drummer} This is great music... haven't heard in a while. It was on my mind to buy this, thanks for the reminder! Great artist.
Posted 12 years ago by mach-hog    [ Reply ]
I love Chris Isaack!

Posted 12 years ago by sieversfam    [ Reply ]
damn this is smokin cool
Posted 12 years ago by fatcatjb    [ Reply ]

I find him quite yummy{#Heartkiss}


Posted 12 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
 Darlington wrote:
One of my favorite musical finds of last year. All of his albums are great.
 

Couldn't agree more! He has an album of honky tonk covers that absolutely kills. Probably my favorite CD in past five years. 
Posted 12 years ago by bbryan    [ Reply ]
Echoes of Choctaw Bingo.
Posted 12 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
is this a good time to mention I met the dude and he signed his latest cd?  okay
Posted 13 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
Wanted so much to see him open for the Old 97's in Columbus last week, but couldn't.  Saw Richard Thompson at the Dublin (OH) Irish Fest almost ten years ago.
Posted 13 years ago by Jack_Jefferson    [ Reply ]
 AvoidingWork wrote:
Cynaera wrote:
holborne wrote:
Very nice!Btw, could we get some boppin' fruit other than bananas? A nice bunch of grapes, perhaps, or maybe a mango?

That must be cucumber with mutant arms. Because a cactus isn't a fruit. ;-)
 
Picky, picky, picky....  It was the closest thing I had to a dancing banana. (Cucumber with mutant arms? That's really funny!!) {#Lol}  Now, get back to work, AvoidingWork! {#Roflol}
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite musical finds of last year. All of his albums are great.
Posted 13 years ago by Darlington    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana_2}Bought immediately on I Tunes, foot stomper! Thanks RP!
Posted 13 years ago by willmcnaught    [ Reply ]
Cynaera wrote:
holborne wrote:
Very nice!Btw, could we get some boppin' fruit other than bananas? A nice bunch of grapes, perhaps, or maybe a mango?

That must be cucumber with mutant arms. Because a cactus isn't a fruit. ;-)
Posted 13 years ago by AvoidingWork    [ Reply ]
 rjewyo wrote:
Do I hear a little Johnny Cash influence?
 
I think that's deliberate ("Maybe I'll learn to walk the line..")
Posted 13 years ago by hcaudill    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:

https://oldschoolmusiclover.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/300-px-batman-robin-tvshow.jpg Holy horn section, Batman!

  Maybe just me, but when that organ goes eh eh, I think


Posted 13 years ago by df1489    [ Reply ]
 holborne wrote:
Very nice!

Btw, could we get some boppin' fruit other than bananas? A nice bunch of grapes, perhaps, or maybe a mango?

 



Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
This is just a really great song!  I can hear undertones of his dad, but the sound and writing are all his... Sorta like listening to Jordan Zevon and hearing the ghost of Warren... (Um, except that Richard is still alive, so not his ghost so much as his inadvertent influences...) {#Roflol}
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:

Pretty funny considering he's a Brit. The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree, yes?
 
And what a wonderful tree to fall from, no?

Posted 13 years ago by JamesB    [ Reply ]
 hugoallen wrote:
Anyone else find themselves going "Batman!" in time with the horn blasts?  Just me?
 
https://oldschoolmusiclover.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/300-px-batman-robin-tvshow.jpg Holy horn section, Batman!

Posted 13 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 4merdj wrote:
Not into country/western myself ... but this tune sounds authentic—even if, to the ears of experts, it might not be considered to be a pure country/western rendition. I enjoyed it ... {#Cool}
 
Pretty funny considering he's a Brit. The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree, yes?


Posted 13 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Do I hear a little Johnny Cash influence?
Posted 13 years ago by rjewyo    [ Reply ]
Not into country/western myself ... but this tune sounds authentic—even if, to the ears of experts, it might not be considered to be a pure country/western rendition. I enjoyed it ... {#Cool}
Posted 13 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]

Yum


Posted 13 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
 helgigermany wrote:
Very nice!!
 
Yes.
Posted 13 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
Very nice!!
Posted 14 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
 LaurieinTucson wrote:
Whenever I hear this song, I am always surprised by his picture on the album. The voice calls to mind a country and western singer in a plaid cowboy shirt with snaps, not Jude Law in a suit with a metrosexual haircut.
 
Nicely put.  Talk about benefiting from both parents!

Posted 14 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
Whenever I hear this song, I am always surprised by his picture on the album. The voice calls to mind a country and western singer in a plaid cowboy shirt with snaps, not Jude Law in a suit with a metrosexual haircut.
Posted 14 years ago by LaurieinTucson    [ Reply ]
yum
Posted 14 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
 polkadude wrote:
A (substantial) chip off the ol' Richard Thompson block.
Does this sound a bit Morphine-ish?
 
I was thinking the vocal sounded a lot like Mark Sandman (RIP).

Posted 14 years ago by Queue    [ Reply ]
The kid has a good voice. Papa must be proud. p.s.and of course, he's very handsome, too.

Posted 14 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
 siskinbob wrote:

I'm with you blue.!!!
 
Me too!!!
Posted 14 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
The trumpets and trombones really add oomph to this number. Long live brass! 8 from the Nottingham jury.
 
I'm with you blue.!!!

Posted 14 years ago by siskinbob    [ Reply ]
Did I mention SEXY voice??  {#Pray}
Posted 14 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
The cover photo sort of looks like Tim from The Office (BBC version).
Posted 14 years ago by Jack_Jefferson    [ Reply ]
curious as to the rest of the album... I see that he's got another out that is a bit of roots country... any word? really dig this a lot!!
Posted 14 years ago by eeke    [ Reply ]
also, one of the sexist voices out there!
Posted 14 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
I love me all them Thompsons (Mom, Dad, Son)!{#Bananajam}
Posted 14 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
The trumpets and trombones really add oomph to this number. Long live brass! 8 from the Nottingham jury.
  

Woodwinds - yes. 

Brass - no.
Posted 14 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Well, he's no Richard (who is?), but this isn't bad!
Posted 14 years ago by jbunniii    [ Reply ]
These lyrics get to me on a very personal level.


I been drinking so much I can't sing straight
Better hope that it's not too late
To save the only thing that I've ever had
It was here in my own two hands

Maybe it's good, maybe it's fine,
Maybe I'll learn to walk the line

It's been a very short run I must object
You're not really gonna take it away just yet
I need ten more years to get to good
I just did what I thought I could (get away with)

Give me one more chance to get things right
I wanna put it back the way it was overnight
But a change of ways seems a bit too much
I don't really want to change my life a such


Posted 14 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
That organ reeet reeet sound reminds me of the Munster's theme song
Posted 14 years ago by inmanart    [ Reply ]
The trumpets and trombones really add oomph to this number. Long live brass! 8 from the Nottingham jury.
Posted 14 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 hugoallen wrote:
Anyone else find themselves going "Batman!" in time with the horn blasts?  Just me?
 

No you're not alone.{#Roflol}
Posted 14 years ago by olesonb    [ Reply ]
It has some elements of "The Munsters" too.

hugoallen wrote:
Anyone else find themselves going "Batman!" in time with the horn blasts? Just me?



Posted 14 years ago by LaurieinTucson    [ Reply ]
K. There's a bit of talent here. Composition, vocal, the players, the groove. Wow.


Posted 14 years ago by birdland    [ Reply ]
Anyone else find themselves going "Batman!" in time with the horn blasts?  Just me?
Posted 14 years ago by hugoallen    [ Reply ]
Certainly a fine heritage indeed............
Posted 14 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
Chris Rea - Auberge, anyone?
Posted 15 years ago by slippery    [ Reply ]
I like this. Something of a departure from what I'm used to hearing from him.
Posted 15 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Very nice!

Btw, could we get some boppin' fruit other than bananas? A nice bunch of grapes, perhaps, or maybe a mango?

Posted 15 years ago by holborne    [ Reply ]
 philbertr wrote:
Foot tappin', chair boppin' fun!{#Dancingbanana}
 
I'll see your dancing banana and raise you a bunch of boppin' fruit: {#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana}{#Drummer}

One mean metalfittin' horn on this track too! An easy 8 from the Nottingham jury.

Posted 15 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Foot tappin', chair boppin' fun!{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 15 years ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
Damn... I thought it was Mark Sandman reincarnated!
Posted 15 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
 polkadude wrote:
A (substantial) chip off the ol' Richard Thompson block.
Does this sound a bit Morphine-ish?
 
YES. morphine with a big band.
Posted 15 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
Sexy brass!
Posted 15 years ago by Montanamam    [ Reply ]
no way! love it.
Posted 15 years ago by zipper    [ Reply ]
Wow. A thrill to find Teddy here on RP.  His cover of Walking the Floor Over You never fails to please.  I am not yet familiar with this cd.
Posted 15 years ago by Geecheeboy    [ Reply ]
This instantly hits the list of "must buy!" for me. Rockin', for sure. He definitely inherited some real talent!!
Posted 15 years ago by Ntropy    [ Reply ]
A (substantial) chip off the ol' Richard Thompson block.
Does this sound a bit Morphine-ish?
Posted 15 years ago by polkadude    [ Reply ]
Wow, very nice. Guess the apple really didn't fall far from the tree here.
Posted 15 years ago by Marr    [ Reply ]
 vandal wrote:


Excellent!
 
Totally!

Again, this is why I love to listen to RP.... to be introduced to great new stuff!

(Well, and to hear great old stuff, other old stuff I missed...and speakin' of old stuff: Minnie the Moocher! Makes me want to dig out the Jeeves & Wooster tapes!)


Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Diggin the instrumentation on this one.
Posted 15 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]


Excellent!


Posted 15 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]