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Best line in a blues song?

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  • 08-06-2005 5:06pm
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    Shane Smith
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    Some great ones to choose from but I'd go for any one of these:

    ...If trouble was money baby, I swear I'd be a millionare... (Albert Collins)

    ...I bought you a brand new Ford, but you said "I want a Cadillac", I gaaaaave you seven children baby and now you wanna give them back! (BB King)



    any more????


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    LadyJ
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    The sound of the rain on my window pane is slowly,slowly driving me insane


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    satchmo
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    'Cus if my baby don't love me no more...
    I know her sister will     - Jimi Hendrix, Red House

    Love that song!


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    Ancient1
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    I asked for whiskey, she gave me gasoline. (Mississippi Fred McDowell)

    You gotta love that.... :)


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    #5
    Shane Smith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 176 ✭✭Shane Smith


    "the iceman came by today, and you know he didn't leave no ice...the postman came by baby and he didn't even ring twice...I think you're cheatin on me..."


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    Ancient1
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    I ain't drunk, motherfcuker. (another classic from Albert Collins) :)


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    juno75
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    sheesh, virtually any line of the blues is a classic

    'Hard Luck and Trouble been my only friend, been on my own since the age of ten'

    'wine and women is all I crave, big fat woman gonna carry me to my grave''

    Albert King


    'well I wish I was a catfish, swimming way down in the sea'

    Jimi


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    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    "I got one life it's mine to live, ain't gonna make it workin 9 to 5"

    Masters Of Reality - Gettin High

    or better still

    "and in many degrees of heat
    The fire looked at the meat
    And said if I cook you
    The least you can do
    Is lay there and be sweet"

    Masters Of Reality - Kill The King


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    JMArr
    Registered Users Posts: 295 ✭✭JMArr


    "Squeeze my lemon 'til the juice runs down my leg
    Squeeze it so hard, I'll fall right out of bed
    Squeeze my lemon, 'til the juice runs down my leg

    Spoken: I wonder if you know what I'm talkin' about

    Oh, but the way that you squeeze it girl
    I swear I'm gonna fall right out of bed "

    -Travelling Riverside Blues - Robert Johnson


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    juno75
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    Got my mojo working but it just dont work on you

    I may be getting old but I got young fashoned ways

    Muddy

    And one odd one agian from the Iceman-

    'Im gonna get in your ass'


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    princess penny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 79 ✭✭princess penny


    'the first time i met the blues, i was walkin on down that road'


    classic


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    Ancient1
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    "Back rent? Back rent? She lucky if she get any front rent!"

    John Lee Hooker in House Rent Blues.

    Absolutely amazing "conversation" between him and the landlady (as characters in the song). :)


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    princess penny
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    awe i love john lee hooker!!!


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    Ancient1
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    Yeah, nothing chills me out more than his voice.

    "Bluebird, bluebird, take this letter down south for me".

    Know that one?


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    kadman
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    Head nurse looked up, said leave this one alone, she could tell right away, he was bad to the bone.

    George Thoroughgood, and the Delaware destroyers.

    kadman


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    fish-head
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    It's not total blues but it's close...just with added rhythm.
    "Can you imagine the way I felt, I couldnt unfasten her safety belt"
    Tut tut Chuck...filthy.


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    Velvet Vocals
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    I ain’t the kind of woman
    Who’d make your life a bed of ease,
    but if you, if you just wanna go out drinkin’, honey,
    Won’t you invite me along, please.     - Turtle Blues, Janis Joplin


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    Captain Hook
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24 ✭Captain Hook


    Oh,I've got plenty of nuttin, and nuttins plenty for me... george gerswin
    :cool:


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    redfender_man
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    "If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all"

    Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign


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