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Bonnie Raitt — Give It Up or Let me Go
Album: Give It Up
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Released: 1972
Length: 4:26
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Well, I told you pretty baby, such a long time ago,
If I found you with another, well I'd walk right out your door,
Woh, you might call me crazy, but there's one thing you should know,
Oh honey, if you want me to love you,
You've got to give it up or let me go.

I know it's useless to be jealous, I couldn't tire you if I tried,
But when I think of you messing behind my back
It brings a pain I just can't hide.
Oh baby, I've been true to you.
And if I can make that sacrifice, honey you can do it too.

Well, you come home drunk and nasty, you won't tell me where you've been.
Just when things are nice and sweet, you go back out again.
Why do you wanna mess up a good thing?
I'm gonna find me another man, one who wants to give me everything.

Well, I told you pretty baby, such a long time ago,
If I found you with another, well I'd walk right out your door.
Woh, you might call me crazy, but there's one thing you should know.
Oh honey, if you want me to love you,
You've got to give it up or let me go.
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Freebo! Tuba!
Posted 2 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
Yup, you right. You had to be there. '72 was all Bowie, Lou Reed, Mott; great stuff, but there was No Blues. This music jumped right off the turntable. 
On_The_Beach wrote:

Gotta agree; I'd prefer a good old slinky blues arrangement.

 


Posted 9 years ago by bstevens1951    [ Reply ]
 garycha wrote:
Guess one had to be there.  Love BR but can't abide that Dixie jazz thing. Busy, over jovial, yet oddly  simultaneously boring and irritating in equal measures.
 
Gotta agree; I'd prefer a good old slinky blues arrangement.
Posted 9 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Guess one had to be there.  Love BR but can't abide that Dixie jazz thing. Busy, over jovial, yet oddly  simultaneously boring and irritating in equal measures.

"I can't make you love me" 
Posted 9 years ago by garycha    [ Reply ]
 xtalman wrote:
9 → 10

Yep I went there. 

 
ditto.  few and far between but got to give it up when it's hot.
Posted 10 years ago by justin_cook    [ Reply ]
9 → 10

Yep I went there. 
Posted 10 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
Ooooohhhh Yes sweet Bonnie! Shake it til ya break it sweety, I wanna sit down and fix it for ya (those old youtubes prove her cute-ness!)
Posted 10 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
I renew my request for a clarinet/sax playing banana emoticon.

{#Idea}
Posted 11 years ago by MassivRuss    [ Reply ]
Bonnie is the BOMB!
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana}9{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 11 years ago by Orodrigues    [ Reply ]
 Toke wrote:
and here is the 'Little Cutie' :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nid-yKTF0gQ



 
bonnie is still a Cute
Posted 11 years ago by uilekiek    [ Reply ]
 ziakut wrote:
Like the tune a lot and boy she was a cutie in her younger days too.
  and here is the 'Little Cutie' :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nid-yKTF0gQ


Posted 11 years ago by Toke    [ Reply ]
Normally love Bonnie, but this one - not so much.
Posted 11 years ago by ncollingridge    [ Reply ]
 ziakut wrote:
Like the tune a lot and boy she was a cutie in her younger days too.
 
She still looks pretty good considering the fairly wild life she lead in her younger days.
Posted 12 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
Like the tune a lot and boy she was a cutie in her younger days too.
Posted 12 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
Not her first album, Bill. That was 1971. Self titled. The album cover had a dark background with her sitting down in a dark outfit, staring straight into the camera. Recorded at Dave Ray's (of Koerner, Ray & Glover)  studio at Lake Minnetonka, suburban Minneapolis. I still have the album!
Posted 12 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
Now wasn't she just something? I have this LP (vinyl, 1972) - loved it then, love it now.
Posted 12 years ago by Tana    [ Reply ]
I don't think it's possible to overestimate how deftly Bonnie integrated so many different forms of jazz and blues—in this instance Dixieland—into her vocabulary. Amazing tour de force for what was supposed to be a rock'n'roll album.
Posted 12 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 dkliger wrote:
After all these years, this is still my favorite Bonnie Raitt album. I love Freebo on bass.
 
I named my pet sand-crab Freebo (before I knew what magic Freebo could perform on bass...) I've never heard this album. First I ever knew of her work was "Home Plate," but it was enough to get me interested in her work.

Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Should go look for the vinyl in the archive, but maybe y'all know...
Was this the album (or was it the one prior) that was not recorded in tracks, but they all recorded together? 
Posted 13 years ago by dc_zee    [ Reply ]
Sounds quite parodic...
Posted 13 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
Pre - Don Was, with a brass bass line. A gem, no doubt. He did wonders for her market penetration, but lost some of the endearing quirks.
Posted 13 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
Never thought I'd love a Bonnie Raitt song.  But this is pretty fantastic.  Deserves a dancing banana {#Dancingbanana}
Posted 13 years ago by membeth    [ Reply ]
After all these years, this is still my favorite Bonnie Raitt album. I love Freebo on bass.
Posted 13 years ago by dkliger    [ Reply ]
:) woo hoo {#Dancingbanana_2}


Posted 13 years ago by nicolewe    [ Reply ]
{#Bananapiano}    Won't ever give this song up!!!
Posted 13 years ago by Suzl    [ Reply ]
 Leslie wrote:
Oh yeah! First heard this when I bought the album over 30 years ago! Still sounds great.
 
Gotta love Bonnie; kicking butt in the male-dominated music business way back when it just wasn't done (39 years ago, btw).

Posted 13 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
jaysus mercy, this woman could sing and kept me good company in those dorms.  I loved this entire album. {#Bananajam}
Posted 13 years ago by Rooney    [ Reply ]
Must be Friday afternoon...go Bonnie go.{#Guitarist}
Posted 13 years ago by BigIslandBlues    [ Reply ]
shake it ~ don't break it
Posted 14 years ago by peacockangel    [ Reply ]
Sweet!!!!!!
Posted 14 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
Liking the Tuba a LOT ;-)
Posted 14 years ago by ntoll    [ Reply ]
Didn't want to like it.  No choice.  Dammmn.
Posted 14 years ago by nerakdon    [ Reply ]
NICE!
Posted 14 years ago by CamLwalk    [ Reply ]
fuck yeah, sister. do it!
Posted 14 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Oh yeah! First heard this when I bought the album over 30 years ago! Still sounds great.
Posted 14 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
Bonnie with Little Feat, 1972, Georgetown University with Big Boy Arthur Crudup. What a great show and respectful of the traditions that brought us to this kind of music.
Posted 14 years ago by mgoldman    [ Reply ]
This is cool. I had only ever heard the Dixie Chicks' version of this, and had no idea it was a cover.
Posted 14 years ago by Danimal174    [ Reply ]
Gawd, I love her music BEFORE the Grammy...
Posted 14 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
wow, this was one of my first vinyls!!!  give it up for Bonnie Raitt!!!!
Posted 14 years ago by livemuzc    [ Reply ]

Love the dixieland jazz backdrop to this. 8.


Posted 14 years ago by ask    [ Reply ]