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And the Commodore Hotel
And underneath a street lamp, I met a southern belle
Oh she took me to the river, where she cast her spell
And in that southern moonlight, she sang this song so well
If you'll be my Dixie chicken I'll be your Tennessee lamb
And we can walk together down in Dixieland
Down in Dixieland
We made all the hotspots, my money flowed like wine
Then the low-down southern whiskey, yea, began to fog my mind
And I don't remember church bells, or the money i put down
On the white picket fence and boardwalk
On the house at the end of town
Oh but boy do i remember the strain of her refrain
And the nights we spent together
And the way she called my name
If you'll be my Dixie chicken I'll be your Tennessee lamb
And we can walk together down in Dixieland
Down in Dixieland
Many years since she ran away
Yes that guitar player sure could play
She always liked to sing along
She always handy with a song
But then one night at the lobby of the Commodore Hotel
I chanced to meet a bartender who said he knew her well
And as he handed me a drink he began to hum a song
And all the boys there, at the bar, began to sing along
If you'll be my Dixie chicken I'll be your Tennessee lamb
And we can walk together down in Dixieland
Down in Dixieland, Down in Dixieland
Bin i Gopfriedstutz en Kiosk;
Oder bin ich öppe-n-e Bank;
Oder gsehn i us wie-n-es hotel
Oder wie-n-en Kasseschrank?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
I have NO idea what he just said! But I WILL check out the video! Thank You for the link!
..und uf Schwitzerdütsch: Kiosk! Das Original zu Polo Hofers 1976er Hit.
Bin i Gopfriedstutz en Kiosk;
Oder bin ich öppe-n-e Bank;
Oder gsehn i us wie-n-es hotel
Oder wie-n-en Kasseschrank?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Then you could create a public spectacle.
That be something to behold.
Sorry ... never liked the feat or Lowell's voice. Sounds too Jim Dandy(ish) (Black Oak Arkansas) for me. I gave it a 5 for the music though.
I have seen both live and I don't recall a single BOA song except "Jim Dandy". I do recall wondering what the heck he had crammed down those skin tight white pants. More impressed by the Clarence White era Byrds (4 encores) and Paul Butterfield that same show. OK, no more from me tonight.
saw them with Steely Dan opening (!) in NYC in 1974. (Hall/ Theatre was on the upper West Side, in the 70's, can't recall the name) Couldn't miss with that double bill
They may have done Steely Dan a favor. They blew a lot of closers off the stage in the mid to late 70's.
Sorry, but this is not why I listen to RP...I heard enough mainstream rock growing up to last a lifetime
Mainstream, my butt. The Lowell George era band never had a top ten hit. Their most recognized song is likely "Willin'" which is a completely atypical number for them and mighty far from mainstream as well.
"Dixie Chicken" is from an album that, as NPR kindly put it, "stiffed".
You don't like it, don't listen. But I'm with Bonnie Raitt, "I miss Little Feat more than I miss being 8 years old."
What does it mean that everybody at work signs along with this one? What a song should be!
Or possibly you work at the Commodore Hotel
you can walk to it
frontwards, backwards, sideways
that fat man in overalls...that's who
that's why Emmylou is singing her heart away
Everything vibrates, at least we shall enjoy the vibrations
Like a wart?? this is a 9.
I think?
Amen to that
Like a wart?? this is a 9.
Little Feat put on one of the most memorable shows I ever went to, fall of 1973 I think, at the Armadillo World Headquarters. They were a fantastically tight band live.
During that show I got to talking with this very cute girl who was a devotee of Maharaj Ji. During the show she did some sort of astral projection on me that was quite remarkable in its intensity. She was sitting behind me at the time. After a few moments it was over and I turned around and stared at her in amazement. She said to me, "you blissed out, didn't you?" Stuff like that happened back in the '70s.
I think that the rolling tumbling instrumentation makes this more than mainstream... Love it
Timeless and wonderful.
the version on Waiting For Columbus is one full order of magnitude more impressive....
...but those muscle shore horns could always steal my affection.
+2
Life is truly beautiful.
Paul Barrère and Fred Tackett have toured recently... they first played together on the album Dixie Chicken... Paul and Fred are still marvelous to see onstage... love this classic song... love this classic album...
This song is better than fried gizzards and root beer... love it...
Everybody in my church loves this song soooo much!!!!
What a voice....
marvelous... love it...
Man, this is really close to perfection: message, funk, sloppy vocals and slide guitar, and honky piano. Know what I mean, Vern?
the version on Waiting For Columbus is one full order of magnitude more impressive....
...but those muscle shore horns could always steal my affection.
+1
the version on Waiting For Columbus is one full order of magnitude more impressive....
...but those muscle shore horns could always steal my affection.
Posted: Sep 02, 2002 - 19:43 |
Just a wee bit o' trivia for y'all: The Dixie Chicks took there name from this song. Gotta love Behind the Music for such tidbits of useless trivia |
Wait, I commented on this song NINE YEARS AGO? Hard to believe I've been listening to RP for 9 and a half years.
Hearing this song is the only good thing that has happened to me today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good times, Jeff. Substitute the attic of an old plantation house in Baton Rouge, smokin' hot, skunkbud, Chimes Street Pool Hall and Trivial Pursuit. I was singing your song, second chorus.
My fav Feat tune!!! I have always loved this one, boogie time!!!!
You and me both, brother.
This from someone who rated Ozzy Osborne - Crazy Train a 10.
Good point, Crazy train should be an 11.
This from someone who rated Ozzy Osborne - Crazy Train a 10.
He was prolly disappointed to discover that the album title was not "Chix We Dickin'"
This from someone who rated Ozzy Osborne - Crazy Train a 10.
And this song in particular really made me take notice.
Love it!
Sea kelp.
Hi Michael, if you're out there.
The Beacon Theatre. A classic. BTW hate to say it but she looks a lot like Kirstie Alley, the Scientology Sow. Agreed? RP fans?