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Muddy Waters — I Can't Be Satisfied
Album: Hard Again
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Released: 1977
Length: 3:26
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Well I'm goin' away to leave
Won't be back no more
Goin' back down south, child
Don't you want to go?
Woman I'm troubled, I be all worried in mind
Well baby I just can't be satisfied
And I just can't keep from cryin'.

Well I feel like snappin'
Pistol in your face
I'm gonna let some graveyard
Lord be your resting place
Woman I'm troubled, I be all worried in mind
Well baby I can never be satisfied
And I just can't keep from cryin'.

Well now all in my sleep
Hear my doorbell ring
Looking for my baby
I couldn't see not a doggone thing
Woman I was troubled, I was all worried in mind
Well honey I could never be satisfied
And I just couldn't keep from cryin'.

Well I know my little old baby
She gonna jump and shout
That old train be late man, Lord
And I come walking out
I be troubled, I be all worried in mind
Well honey ain't no way in the world could we be satisfied
And I just can't keep from crying.
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(At the very end) Aghhhhhhh we got that one DOWN!
Posted 1 year ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
 mach-hog wrote:
Saw him play the Commodore Ballroom in 1981 in Vancouver, BC. Awesome. 



Cool. Saw him open for Clapton in Brussels in 76 or 77. Clapton couldnt keep up.
Posted 2 years ago by peck    [ Reply ]
 mach-hog wrote:
Saw him play the Commodore Ballroom in 1981 in Vancouver, BC. Awesome. 



Saw him open -- get ready - he opened for Ted Nugent. He was hypnotic. All I remember of Ted Nugent was that people were spitting on him from the floor and he was spitting back at them. I'm dating myself, I know since I was lucky enough to see him as a teenager, so unexposed to good music that I bought concert tickets to a Ted Nugent concert. 
Posted 2 years ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
I prefer his solo versions.
Posted 5 years ago by cely    [ Reply ]
Saw him play the Commodore Ballroom in 1981 in Vancouver, BC. Awesome. 
Posted 5 years ago by mach-hog    [ Reply ]
 indatube1 wrote:
On_The_Beach wrote:

Thank you, LP.
Guess there are some very different opinions as to what it means to 'matter'.
Johnny Winter was da best at everything he did. Period.
And unless you saw him live I don't want any arguments.
Nuff said
 
I wish people could figure out how to reply to comments. It's really quite simple.
Anyway, the only part of the comment above that I actually wrote was "Thank you, LP", which was a reply to LowPhreak's comment, pointing out that there are lots of great white blues players out there. Yeesh.
Posted 5 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 LowPhreak wrote:


I can name several white blues players who mattered just as much as JW. Jesus get over the provincial mindset.

 


Guess there are some very different opinions as to what it means to 'matter'.
Johnny Winter was da best at everything he did. Period.
And unless you saw him live I don't want any arguments.
Nuff said

Posted 5 years ago by indatube1    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:

Thank you, LP.
Guess there are some very different opinions as to what it means to 'matter'.
Johnny Winter was da best at everything he did. Period.
And unless you saw him live I don't want any arguments.
Nuff said
 

Posted 5 years ago by indatube1    [ Reply ]
"I just can't be sati'fied," –awesome!
Posted 5 years ago by MrStatenIsle    [ Reply ]
Got that CD! Great tunes all the way through! {#Cheers}
Posted 5 years ago by SeriousLee    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:
Hey....

What's going on with the title of the song and the album?

I thought RP was a clean and wholesome radio station...like its listeners. 
 
Maybe it was a very early Viagra slogan....?  LONG (hehehe) Live RP!!
Posted 6 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Hey....

What's going on with the title of the song and the album?

I thought RP was a clean and wholesome radio station...like its listeners. 
Posted 6 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 LowPhreak wrote:
I can name several white blues players who mattered just as much as JW. Jesus get over the provincial mindset.
 
Thank you, LP.
Posted 7 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Now I'm really sad... thank you blues.
Posted 7 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
Yeaaah! Johnny Winter on guitar. The only white bluesman who ever really mattered.

 

I can name several white blues players who mattered just as much as JW. Jesus get over the provincial mindset.

Posted 7 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
Muddy's fantastic vocals along with ultimate playing by super Johnny    GODLIKE
Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 Businessgypsy wrote:
Blues players are graded by subdermal melanin? Did not know. Any other areas of life segregated this way?

 

% At George's office, Carl enters

George: May I help you?

Carl: I'm the exterminator.

George: Oh, yes of course, come in.

Carl: Why didn't you want me to bring my equipment or wear my uniform?

George: Yes, well, if the other people in the office saw that I called an exterminator, they would just panic. Besides, this is sort of a friendly visit. Carl, right?

Carl: Do I know you?

George: Yeah, sure, we met at Jerry Seinfeld's apartment. When you fumigated for fleas over there.

Carl: Seinfeld... Oh yeah, funny white guy, right?

George: Jerry? Yes, I suppose he is white. You know, I never really thought about it. I don't see people in terms of color. You know, there's someone I'd like you to meet. Hang on... (To phone) Is Mr. Morgan in?

Phone: Mr. Morgan left for dinner.

George: He left... huh... Carl, you hungry?


Posted 9 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
No comments: just play loud and enjoy pure real blues!!
Posted 9 years ago by hugogdt    [ Reply ]
It's clearly Muddy Waters.{#Yes} The greatest blues voice?

Posted 10 years ago by sedjo    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
Yeaaah! Johnny Winter on guitar. The only white bluesman who ever really mattered.

 
Oh i dunno... Gregg Allman?  Charlie Musselwhite? John Mayall?  Johnny Winter can play but his voice is horrible....
Posted 10 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
{#Bananapiano}{#Bananapiano}{#Bananapiano}
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
Yeaaah! Johnny Winter on guitar. The only white bluesman who ever really mattered.
 Blues players are graded by subdermal melanin? Did not know. Any other areas of life segregated this way?
Posted 10 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
I do like that twang.   {#Cowboy}{#Fire}
Posted 10 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
{#Clap}  {#Clap}   {#Clap}  {#Clap}  {#Clap}  {#Clap}
Posted 10 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
Takes me back 50 years when the Rolling Stones cover got me into the Blues, and I been there ever since!!!!!{#Bananapiano}
Posted 11 years ago by The_Walrus    [ Reply ]
Bumped to 10!
Posted 11 years ago by CrowLegs    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
Yeaaah! Johnny Winter on guitar. The only white bluesman who ever really mattered.

 

Harsh.    We brits would always have a spot for Eric Clapton (a.k.a slowhand or God) in the blues pantheon.
Posted 11 years ago by prophetzarquon    [ Reply ]
 nagsheadlocal wrote:
Here it is, the whole cloth from which all else is made.

 
{#Meditate}

bit of wisdom indeed!
Posted 11 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
shake whatcha mama gave u
Posted 11 years ago by CrackerjaxATX    [ Reply ]
Yeaaah! Johnny Winter on guitar. The only white bluesman who ever really mattered.
Posted 11 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Nothing erudite from me...
just YES!! YES!! YES!!

{#Bananasplit}
Posted 11 years ago by robh    [ Reply ]
{#Clap}  Oh Yea!

Happy Birthday Muddy Waters!!
Posted 11 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
 toterola wrote:

That "Captured Live" album has the definitive version of several of Johnny's songs, including "Roll With Me", "Bony Maronie", "Rock and Roll People", "It's All Over Now", "and "Highway 61 Revisited". I think any or all of these would be a good fit here. I've been jammin' that album for 34 years, and it never gets old! {#Bananajam}
 
Album: John Dawson Winter III, cut entitled "Stranger In This Town" might make the upload.
Posted 11 years ago by DD gypsyman    [ Reply ]
Hitchhiked to New haven to see Muddy open for the Allman bros in 1974 or 1975. Quite the show.
Posted 11 years ago by DD gypsyman    [ Reply ]
There is just no satisfying some people......
Posted 11 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
Thataway RP!!!  {#Bananapiano}
Posted 12 years ago by Dyn0hub    [ Reply ]
{#Music}   {#Angel}
Posted 12 years ago by JIan    [ Reply ]
This song drives me out! Yea))
Posted 12 years ago by Strikki    [ Reply ]
This could be my very favorite Muddy tune!!  Turn it up everybody!!!!  {#Cowboy}
Posted 12 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
{#Hearteyes}
Posted 12 years ago by jen3005545    [ Reply ]
 vicariance wrote:
I might be able to like this song, but the mellifluous Cara Dillon preceded it, and the contrast makes this noise.
 
With all due respect, you got it backwards, sir.  ("An ass pocket of whiskey."  Great line!)

Posted 13 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Muddy Waters and Johnny Winters. Makes me want to get an ass pocket of whiskey.
Posted 13 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
I might be able to like this song, but the mellifluous Cara Dillon preceded it, and the contrast makes this noise.
Posted 13 years ago by vicariance    [ Reply ]
9 {#Arrowu}  10..Yea


Posted 14 years ago by BigIslandBlues    [ Reply ]
Go Johnny Go! {#Bananajam}
Posted 14 years ago by mrdak    [ Reply ]
{#Bananapiano}
Posted 14 years ago by Xstar    [ Reply ]
Met the man back in 79 at Peaches Records, in Rockville,Md. Was very nice to me and answered all my questions. Little did I know how much more I'd like his music, till after he died.
 

Posted 14 years ago by No_Where_Man    [ Reply ]
 zlsdad wrote:

I have tried to add some Johnny Winter to the library, but the good people on LRC rejected him.  Time to try again.
 
That "Captured Live" album has the definitive version of several of Johnny's songs, including "Roll With Me", "Bony Maronie", "Rock and Roll People", "It's All Over Now", "and "Highway 61 Revisited". I think any or all of these would be a good fit here. I've been jammin' that album for 34 years, and it never gets old! {#Bananajam}
Posted 15 years ago by toterola    [ Reply ]
 flatpicker wrote:
Always great to hear Muddy Waters!

I remember when I was in my early teens, and pretty much the only stuff I listened to was metal.
My father was a potter, and I remember his apprentice listening to some interesting music.
So I asked him to make some tapes for me.
The first handful of cassettes he gave me consisted of The Grateful Dead, The Band, John Lee Hooker, and Muddy Waters.
From my first listen, I was hooked on all of them.
I recall listening to that Muddy Waters over and over again as I rode the bus to school.
That stuff changed my life!

 
Was your father's name Harry?
Harry (the)Potter


Posted 15 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
Always great to hear Muddy Waters!

I remember when I was in my early teens, and pretty much the only stuff I listened to was metal.
My father was a potter, and I remember his apprentice listening to some interesting music.
So I asked him to make some tapes for me.
The first handful of cassettes he gave me consisted of The Grateful Dead, The Band, John Lee Hooker, and Muddy Waters.
From my first listen, I was hooked on all of them.
I recall listening to that Muddy Waters over and over again as I rode the bus to school.
That stuff changed my life!

Posted 15 years ago by flatpicker    [ Reply ]
Just a few years back I didn't give a s*it about blues. That has changed...getting older is actually quite sweet. Excellent song. JUMP AND SHOUT!
Posted 15 years ago by Razz    [ Reply ]
 DaveInVA wrote:
Damn, really showing my age here, saw him live at Grant Park, Chicago in 1968....
 
I have Muddy Waters late '60's envy =/

Posted 15 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
Damn, really showing my age here, saw him live at Grant Park, Chicago in 1968....
Posted 15 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
 hippiechick wrote:
Why does HOB have to charge such a high service charge for tix? And why do they just about make you take your clothes off to frisk you at shows?
 
Because they can?

:(

Posted 15 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
I love the way Johnny Winter yells, "Yeah, we got that one down!" at the end....
Posted 15 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
I remember buying my first Muddy record - coming to him as most of us have from the rock and roll gods who in turn worshipped at his altar.  The experience definitely gave me a deeper sense of the timeless connections between the experiences of all of us humans.

9
Posted 15 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
Excellent choice and make more songs Muddy. This is, in fact, my ringback tone!!
Posted 15 years ago by ugly    [ Reply ]
Here it is, the whole cloth from which all else is made.
Posted 15 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]

Awesome.


Posted 16 years ago by Mack    [ Reply ]
Oh yeah! Volume {#Arrowu}
Posted 16 years ago by Kittee    [ Reply ]
no comment -   9.
Posted 16 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
Very nice. Thanks for the great music
Posted 16 years ago by cchris_47    [ Reply ]
 pojms wrote:
muddy waters & johnny winter did some great stuff together late in Muddy's life. the "Blue Skies" recordings melt my old heart and have caused many people to see the light
 
I have tried to add some Johnny Winter to the library, but the good people on LRC rejected him.  Time to try again.


Posted 16 years ago by zlsdad    [ Reply ]
 healyf52 wrote:

Now this is more like it!


  Amen to that!



Posted 16 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
This of course is absolutely awesome. I would love if you played some more of the old-timey stuff.
Posted 16 years ago by shmuelman    [ Reply ]
garthwb wrote:
The Muddier the better, baby....
Amen, brother!
Posted 16 years ago by Ericac    [ Reply ]
Absolutely incredible. Never heard this track before. Gotta love Muddy...
Posted 16 years ago by BCarderMA    [ Reply ]
The Muddier the better, baby....
Posted 16 years ago by garthwb    [ Reply ]
Oh yeah, tappin' my feet, clappin' my hands with the beat ... whoops, I'm at work. Oh well!
Posted 16 years ago by smehan55    [ Reply ]
muddy waters & johnny winter did some great stuff together late in Muddy's life. the "Blue Skies" recordings melt my old heart and have caused many people to see the light
Posted 16 years ago by pojms    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by godspeed    [ Reply ]
I wondered who was doing slide. olsaltybastard wrote:
I recognized Johnny Winter on guitar immediately. These two together is a really nice treat at the end of my work day.
Posted 17 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
Dunno... it's fun, but I struggle to see how it's Godlike.
Posted 17 years ago by auburntigerrich    [ Reply ]
'Em there is the blues.
Posted 17 years ago by pannaramma    [ Reply ]
There are similarities, but there similarities in an lot of standard blues pieces.
Posted 17 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
Anyone else notice that this tune is almost interchangeable with "Deep Elem Blues"? (At least the way the Dead sing it)
Posted 17 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
Now this is more like it!
Posted 17 years ago by healyf52    [ Reply ]
Absolutely SICK!!!! Gawd I love the blues!!!!
Posted 17 years ago by agnes    [ Reply ]
hippiechick wrote:
Why does HOB have to charge such a high service charge for tix? And why do they just about make you take your clothes off to frisk you at shows?
True. I was man-handled for a show at HOB. Tickets were no cheap and beer was $$$$.
Posted 18 years ago by Kevstar    [ Reply ]
You just can't beat a good bit of old-time shitkicking blues from one of the all-time masters. Brill!
Posted 18 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Why does HOB have to charge such a high service charge for tix? And why do they just about make you take your clothes off to frisk you at shows?
Posted 18 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
Yeah! Incredible feeling of "being there in the same room as the band". Can't help but stomp my foot on this one.
Posted 18 years ago by NewHorizons    [ Reply ]
I recognized Johnny Winter on guitar immediately. These two together is a really nice treat at the end of my work day.
Posted 18 years ago by olsaltybastard    [ Reply ]
Let the caged bird sing
Posted 18 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
djblitz wrote:
From a bygone era that will never be duplicated, LLLOOOVVEEE IT!! Easily, a 10/10.
So true. The music itself can be replicated technically, but not with the visceral emotion that went with it. These guys are like the old WWII veterans. Not too many of them left from that magical era. See them now, if you can.
Posted 18 years ago by steeler    [ Reply ]
Lovin' this set of countrified blues and R&B. Keep it coming!
Posted 18 years ago by cattgirl813    [ Reply ]
more dancing bananas!
Posted 18 years ago by CCinSB    [ Reply ]
Picken your ass off....yeaa!!!
Posted 18 years ago by cutterjudd    [ Reply ]
MtnGoat wrote:
Stoopid question warning: Where do you see the actual ratings counts for a song? C. Edit: I mean I see the range at the top of the page, but where can I see who voted what? Thnx.
Stoopid ansa warning: Place mouse pointer over the column of the histogram to see, for example, 1 votes: 0 or 9 votes 267 etc.
Posted 18 years ago by algrif    [ Reply ]
There's just something about that raw blues guitar that make me happy.
Posted 18 years ago by SCprof    [ Reply ]
From a bygone era that will never be duplicated, LLLOOOVVEEE IT!! Easily, a 10/10.
Posted 18 years ago by djblitz    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by aristoteles    [ Reply ]
DON'T IT MAKE YOU FEEL ALRIGHT?
Posted 18 years ago by peyotecoyote    [ Reply ]
SaintAwesome wrote:
Makes me wanna drink whiskey and die in Mississippi. Love it.
Yeah, me too. I won't feel my life is complete until I make it to Clarksdale! I'm gonna try to avoid dying there though!
Posted 18 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
I'm all in my sleep Hear that doorbell ring Lookin' for my woman, boy See 'nother dogone man
Posted 18 years ago by algrif    [ Reply ]
so raw and yet so smooth that's Muddy don't it make you feel alright?
Posted 18 years ago by peyotecoyote    [ Reply ]
Posted 19 years ago by Danny_G    [ Reply ]
Ya'll know what I'm talkin' about! 10
Posted 19 years ago by Desire    [ Reply ]
Makes me wanna drink whiskey and die in Mississippi. Love it.
Posted 19 years ago by SaintAwesome    [ Reply ]
dot tosses jhonny a cheap beer. cheap brail beer. dot.
Posted 19 years ago by Dotman    [ Reply ]
Johnny produced about four of Muddy's albums in the 80's. hmmm, I guess the time has come to upload Johnny's version of Highway 61 from his second album called Second Winter with his brother Edgar. His cover of Highway 61 was every bit as incredible as Hendrix's cover of All Along the Watchtower. I read somewhere that Bob Dylan (songwriter of both songs :>), prefers Johnny's to his own...
Posted 19 years ago by zlsdad    [ Reply ]
go johnny go.
Posted 19 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Not too often one hears Muddy going acoustic. Probably a first for me. Brilliant !
Posted 19 years ago by nuggler    [ Reply ]
thats what im talkin bout. johnny winter on guitar, and wailin too. never hear johnny out hear. only a pale imitation of johnny and hendrix; stevie ray.
Posted 19 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Mugro wrote:
Woman, I'm trouble, and I just can't be satisfied!!! What lyrics!!
And true of the man too. But where is "Champagne and Reefer" -- that's the Muddy I wanna hear!
Posted 19 years ago by ChardRemains    [ Reply ]
"I Can't Be Satisfied" Album="Blues Sky" October 1976; Westport, CT Johnny Winter, guitar/screaming Rockin' God!
Posted 19 years ago by wanderlust    [ Reply ]
8)
Posted 19 years ago by Daveinbawlmer    [ Reply ]
As much as I like some blues, I can't seem to resonate with Muddy Waters....don't like the style of the song. Reminds me to much of Hee Haw!
Posted 19 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Woman, I'm trouble, and I just can't be satisfied!!! What lyrics!!
Posted 19 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
Pyro wrote:
I'd be willing to BET that it IS Johnny! And I agree re the slide playing.
Without question it's Winter. Voice and slide!
Posted 19 years ago by GregK    [ Reply ]
Wow...a Muddy song I enjoy. His voice is like syrup and the slide work is like honing a dull knife on a steel...and I like that. And MAN, the beat does a lot for this song, too.
Posted 19 years ago by ploafmaster    [ Reply ]
Muddy!
Posted 19 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
federico wrote:
Have you noticed? 93 votes and nobody gave this song a 1 or 2, yet. Must be a record for RP ....
Stoopid question warning: Where do you see the actual ratings counts for a song? C. Edit: I mean I see the range at the top of the page, but where can I see who voted what? Thnx.
Posted 19 years ago by MtnGoat    [ Reply ]
Gregorama wrote:
Mo', Mo', Mo'! It sounds like Johhny Winter shoutin' in the background. He did some recording with Muddy. I would bet that's his slide--even though I agree it sounds like Bonnie.
I'd be willing to BET that it IS Johnny! And I agree re the slide playing.
Posted 19 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
MisterVErb wrote:
i'll see that nine...
You're right! NINE! I call.
Posted 19 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
i'll see that nine...
Posted 19 years ago by MisterVErb    [ Reply ]
trekhead wrote:
Can I get an "8" for the Muddy?....
I'll see your 8 and raise you one. Fantastic tune.
Posted 19 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
federico wrote:
Have you noticed? 93 votes and nobody gave this song a 1 or 2, yet. Must be a record for RP ....
What's with the 3's and 4's and such? World's gone maaaad.
Posted 19 years ago by resonator    [ Reply ]
Have you noticed? 93 votes and nobody gave this song a 1 or 2, yet. Must be a record for RP ....
Posted 19 years ago by federico    [ Reply ]
Teko wrote:
Holy crap, wow.
Exactly. (What a great segue from Jelly Roll Morton to Muddy . . . timeless and sublime)
Posted 19 years ago by steeler    [ Reply ]