Who's heard Little Richard sing "Shake a Hand"?

It took me a long time to find my way into this musically. I'll just say that I found it worth my while in the end.

 
Yeah I can count.":O}
This is my first contact with the Tom. He sang this in a depression era movie of the same name.
On the nickel was a term for being in the food lines. But seems to have several uses in this song.

 
Daniel~ said:
A charming interview and my favorite song by a favored artist.


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I love the woman. These may be her best songs, another one from later in her career really pleases me is called "Shine."
I can't find the version done live 14 years ago, I have the DVD. It's named "At Last."

What makes this version of "Shine" so special is that a crucial background part of the song is sung by three singers, and not done on a keyboard/synth plus a string section.
The woman playing guitar and the bass player ARE singing some of the part in this version. Hmm. The same two are also in the "At Last" video. I guess it needed the addition a third voice and erasure of the string section and keyboard to make the nonpareil version?

Here's a nice version from PBS:

 
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Daniel~ said:
The first of three by Tom Waits. This is an amazing talent. I'm going to start you off slow so you'll know your in good hands when things get rough.
A song of unspoken pain, pain that dwells entirely beyond the power of words.

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He's definitely a no bs artist!

I have a hard time hearing lyrics that aren't sung clearly. Not certain, but there may be a real tragedy contained in this song.
 
cloasters said:
He's definitely a no bs artist!

I have a hard time hearing lyrics that aren't sung clearly. Not certain, but there may be a real tragedy contained in this song.
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Warning this can stun...

A Little Rain
Tom Waits
Well, the Ice Man's mule is parked outside the bar
Where a man with missing fingers plays a strange guitar
And the German dwarf dances with the butcher's son
And tonight a little rain never hurt no one
Well, they're dancing on the roof
And the ceiling's coming down
And I sleep with my shovel and my leather gloves
And a little trouble makes it worth the going
And a little rain never hurt no one
Oh, the world is round and so I'll go around
You must risk something that matters
Oh, my hands are strong, I'll take any man here
If it's worth the going, it's worth the ride
She was fifteen years old
And never seen the ocean
She climbed into a van
With a vagabond
And the last thing she said
Was "I love you mom"
And a little rain never hurt no one
And a little rain never hurt no one
Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
Songwriters: Kathleen Brennan / Thomas Alan Waits
A Little Rain lyrics © Audiam, Inc
 
A bit of a time machine for me...

On the Nickel
Tom Waits
Sticks and stones will break my bones
But I always will be true
And when your mama is dead and gone
I'll sing this lullaby just for you
So what becomes of all the little boys
Who never comb their hair?
They're lined up all around the block
On The Nickel over there
So you better bring a bucket
There is a hole in the pail
If you don't get my letter
Then you'll know that I'm in jail
So what becomes of all the little boys
Who never say their prayers?
They're sleepin' like a baby
On The Nickel over there
If you chew tobacco, and wish upon a star
You'll find out where the scarecrows sit
Just like punchlines between the cars
I know a place where a royal flush
Can never beat a pair
And even Thomas Jefferson
Is On The Nickel over there
So ring around the rosie, you're sleepin' in the rain
And you're always late for supper
And man you let me down, let me down again
I thought I heard a mockingbird, Roosevelt knows where
You can skip the light with grady tuck
On the Nickel over there
So what becomes of all the little boys
Who run away from home?
The world just keeps gettin' bigger
Once you get out on your own
So what becomes of all the little boys
The sandman takes you where
You'll be sleepin' with a pillowman
On the Nickel over there
So let's climb up through that button hole
And fall right up the stairs
I'll show you where the short dogs grow
On the Nickel over there
Songwriters: Tom Waits
On the Nickel lyrics © BMG Rights Management US, LLC
 
Who are you?

Well, they're lining up
To mad dog your tilt-a-whirl
Three shots for a dollar
Win a real live doll
All the lies that you tell
I believe them so well
Take them back
Take them back to your red house
For that fearful leap into the dark

Oh, well I did my time
In the jail of your arms
Now Ophelia wants to know
Where she should turn
Tell me, what did you do
What did you do the last time?
Why don't you do that
Well, go on ahead and take this the wrong way
Time's not your friend

Do you cry, do you pray?
Do you wish them away?
Are you still leaving nothing
But bones in the way?
Did you bury the carnival
With the lions and all
Excuse me while I sharpen my nails

You look rather tired
Are you pretending to love?
Well, I hear that it pays well
How do your pistol and your Bible and
Your sleeping pills go
Are you still jumping out of windows in expensive clothes?
Well I fell in love
With your sailor's mouth and your wounded eyes
You better get down on the floor
Don't you know this is war?
Tell me who are you this time?
Tell me who are you this time?
 
Daniel~ said:
That you might draw your own conclusions.":O}
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Thank you for taking the time to write the words down. The tragedy is there in black and white. Color is much more difficult to determine when it's growled or even sung about.

Have I uncovered a truth? Must say I'm fast on the draw, it is to laugh.
 
Just add "Lyrics" to your search, cut an paste is ever so much easier to than typing.":O}
 
What? Made just a bit uneasy by the Earth died screaming while I lay dreaming?
Your not alone George! ":O}
 
If you close your eyes until the singing starts... I have always been enamored of talent that proceeds from folks to appear to be supremely untalented. The incongruity, the unexpected have always trilled me.

This isn't so much a butcher's wife singing opera as it is...well unexpectedly splendorous!

 
Ok this one is buried 3:01 into the clip.
These two women sound like an entire choir.
Music to charm an angel.
Someone tell me how they do that!?
They really remind me of two impassioned birds inflamed with praise for the rising sun. It may be just that they stand with their feet together. but I think it's the way their mouths enunciate like hungry birds in the nest.
If I could make a "Joyous sound unto the Lord" this would be it,
In any case wow just wow.
 
This one is just plain scary. You know the scene in "Fear" where just as you get to the top of the ladder your Zoomed by a flying long dark haired little girl, that knocks you back off the ladder and you have to collect your wits before you can climb back up the ladder? That kind of scary! LOL

it's in Gaelic...I think , which has it's charms, but the music starts at 2:30.
"There are but two kinds of prodigy. Both be without and beyond our limits and so are prodigy,"
(Math & Music)

OH! In case you cut straight to the music, you'll be wondering. This won't dispel the wonder I'm afraid, She"s 9 years old. I watch her face and I swear she has a deep understanding of what she is singing about. About which I have no idea.Or perhaps she is moved so deeply my the music itself and has no need to relate it to earthy things.
Then she turns back into a child. Both seem wondrous to me.
 
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Daniel~ said:
Jackson Brown...What can I say?

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It's a pretty good song.

New one to me. Jamaica is a politically "bad" place for white's to holiday. Such poverty surrounds the few acres of honkey lands where the rich cavort.

Bad cloasters--as if you didn't already know this.
 
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