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Lucinda Williams — Hot Blood
Album: Sweet Old World
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6.4

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Total ratings: 1730









Released: 1992
Length: 5:12
Plays (last 30 days): 5
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Just a shakin' in my knees, just a cold chill
Don't know what it is, just call it a thrill
Just a lump in my throat, just hot blood
Don't know what it is, some call it love
Well I saw you out in your car
You had the top down, you were drivin' real slow

Well I saw you in the grocery store
Buyin' tomatoes for a casserole

Well I saw you in the laundrymat
Washin' your clothes, gettin' all the dirt out

Well I saw you with your car broke down
Fixin' your flat with a tire iron
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Lucinda and John Hiatt should get together
Posted 1 week ago by anisbet    [ Reply ]
...drivin real slooOOOh
Posted 1 week ago by anisbet    [ Reply ]
 sqqqrly wrote:

That break in her voice at the end of every line just makes it.



Am on same page..  As soon as I hear that I skip forward.  Generally like Lucinda (for my tastes, maybe a tad over played here).  
Posted 1 month ago by petvan    [ Reply ]
Well I saw you in the grocery store
Buyin' tomatoes for a casserole

Love it.
Posted 5 months ago by nutrod42    [ Reply ]
 kfries wrote:

This song is absolutely filthy in all the right ways. Keep it coming. 


Sexy blues, yeah !
Posted 9 months ago by dcruzj    [ Reply ]
 crispynz1 wrote:

Painful.


Yes you are
Posted 1 year ago by Johnwayne    [ Reply ]
Painful.
Posted 1 year ago by crispynz1    [ Reply ]
Hellish
Posted 1 year ago by Alastair    [ Reply ]
 jimtyrrell wrote:

That's  what makes it for me.  Some people like Brussels  sprouts.



I like the break and I also like brussels sprouts.  Roasted with some pancetta, lotsa salt.
Posted 2 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:

Love it! Saw Lucinda play another stellar show April 19th at the Boulder Theater (2nd time I've seen her there!) and she and her band Buick 6 made us all dance wild in the aisles... She still can't play guitar since the stroke she had last year, but she sure can sing like no one else can, just like always!  See her and be blessed!

hadn't heard about the CVA - hope she regains her abilities. Strong vocals and fun lyrics

Posted 2 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
Love it! Saw Lucinda perform another stellar show April 19th at the Boulder Theater (2nd time I've seen her there!) and she and her band Buick 6 made us all dance wild in the aisles... She still can't play guitar since the stroke she had last year, but she sure can sing like no one else can, just like always!  See her and be blessed!
Posted 2 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 khardog145 wrote:

I don't know what everyone else is hearing, but this gets totally down and funky.  Great stuff.


I'm hearing having fun dancing to this with a sexy someone in a steamy Southern honky-tonk and Lucinda and the guitar player are driving the crowd crazy with this song. So basically the same as you.
Posted 2 years ago by Ok_Sobriquet    [ Reply ]
The more i hear lucinda the more i am very impressed by her, LLRP
Posted 2 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
 Baby_M wrote:

That break in her voice at the end of every line just ruins it.



I love that break...
Posted 2 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
you see...

she enjoys playing with other really good players
Posted 3 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
I don't know what everyone else is hearing, but this gets totally down and funky.  Great stuff.
Posted 4 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
 Steely_D wrote:
All I can think of when I hear the vocal trick at the end of the line: how will it sound when her voice can't do it live anymore?
 I don't know. Maybe you could ask Bono.

Posted 4 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 coyote620 wrote:

I agree.  To me it ends up being irritating.
 
That's  what makes it for me.  Some people like Brussels  sprouts.
Posted 4 years ago by jimtyrrell    [ Reply ]
 coyote620 wrote:

I agree.  To me it ends up being irritating.
 

Concur, it's totally off putting for me.. 
Posted 4 years ago by petvan    [ Reply ]
 sqqqrly wrote:
That break in her voice at the end of every line just makes it so annoying
 

There I fixed it for you
Posted 4 years ago by kymoonshine    [ Reply ]
That break in her voice at the end of every line just makes it.
Posted 4 years ago by sqqqrly    [ Reply ]
This song is absolutely filthy in all the right ways. Keep it coming. 
Posted 4 years ago by kfries    [ Reply ]
 ExploitingChaos wrote:
Dyke Rock about men
 
Says he....insecurely looking at his shoes.....And, rude, to put it nicely.
Posted 4 years ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
 ckcotton wrote:
Not sure this child be any more annoying..... It just goes on and on and on.....
 
Child?? She's 67y.o., for chrissake!!! Far from being a child!! And, likely has more talent in her index finger, than you do, period!! Hater!!
Posted 4 years ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
 AbileneTexas wrote:
Not one of her better efforts, IMHO 
 
You only say that cuz you're a Texan and she's a Loisianan! Lol  I know....lived in both states!! IMHO, Louisiana is far better, in so many ways. Texas, eh, it has it's own. And, proud to boast of it!! LA folks are just all around nicer. As for Lucinda.... she's 9yrs my senior, but would still gladly wine & dine her, as if she were still in her 20's!!! She's just too cool. IMHO. As far as her efforts....I'm quite sure she doesn't really care what YOUR opinion is! She's got enuff accolades, that yours is basically insignificant.
Posted 4 years ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
 Alastair wrote:
Well, that upward inflection at the end of lines in the verse isn't really effing annoying, oh no.
 
You bet! ...her voice good.  too bad she ruined this song by doing that!
Posted 4 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
Well, that upward inflection at the end of lines in the verse isn't really effing annoying, oh no.
Posted 4 years ago by Alastair    [ Reply ]
 Baby_M wrote:
That break in her voice at the end of every line just ruins it.
 
I agree.  To me it ends up being irritating.
Posted 4 years ago by coyote620    [ Reply ]
 Baby_M wrote:
That break in her voice at the end of every line just ruins it.

 
To me, it is reminiscent of Hank Williams. I like it.
Posted 7 years ago by NickDanger    [ Reply ]
Cranked and loving it  :)  
ecomaniac wrote:
5.9?  This is sublime!  You guys aren't listening to it right.  Crank.  It.

 


Posted 7 years ago by slikr    [ Reply ]
 bb_matt wrote:
Painful voice, painful lead guitar work. Horrid.

 
{#Wall}
Posted 7 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
5.9?  This is sublime!  You guys aren't listening to it right.  Crank.  It.
Posted 8 years ago by ecomaniac    [ Reply ]
Not one of her better efforts, IMHO 
Posted 8 years ago by AbileneTexas    [ Reply ]
nice delivery my dear Lucinda ......
Posted 8 years ago by bobcanna1    [ Reply ]
All I can think of when I hear the vocal trick at the end of the line: how will it sound when her voice can't do it live anymore?
Posted 8 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
 Baby_M wrote:
That break in her voice at the end of every line just ruins it.

 
kinda bluesy to me
.
8 easy 
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
That break in her voice at the end of every line just ruins it.
Posted 8 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
Gah!
Posted 8 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Good song, like the lilt in her quavering voice, farfisa organ and yes the propulsive bass previously mentioned. Horrid would be today's pop music! But each to his own toast and butter!      {#Jump}
Posted 8 years ago by dew34    [ Reply ]
 bb_matt wrote:
Painful voice, painful lead guitar work. Horrid.

 
I was going to say the EXACT same....

 
Posted 10 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
Painful voice, painful lead guitar work. Horrid.
Posted 10 years ago by bb_matt    [ Reply ]
Not sure this child be any more annoying..... It just goes on and on and on.....
Posted 11 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
ann-oy-ING
Posted 11 years ago by jasonv    [ Reply ]
Hot Blood, hot song.
Posted 11 years ago by allearsny    [ Reply ]
Yep, this is annoying.
Posted 11 years ago by junebaby65    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of Amy LaVere's "Washing Machine"--or maybe it's vice versa. 
Posted 11 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
I really like this.  Rock solid propulsive bass.
Posted 11 years ago by garyalex    [ Reply ]
"...gettin' all the dirt out."
Indeed. 
Posted 11 years ago by michaelgmitchell    [ Reply ]
Never heard it before - but I like it!  Bluesy, edgy, sexy....go LW!
Posted 11 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]

Puts me in the mind of yodeling in the valley.


Posted 13 years ago by d-don    [ Reply ]
Sorry... too yodal eddie who for my liking! {#Headache}
Posted 13 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
Who knew casserole could be so sexy?
Posted 13 years ago by Trey    [ Reply ]
Okay my ears are bleeding now.
Posted 14 years ago by yodasan_magoo    [ Reply ]
I've been liking her more and more. Good one!
Posted 14 years ago by CascadianPDX    [ Reply ]
Who else can make this line incredibly sexy? :

I saw you in the grocery store
Buying tomatoes
For a casserole
Posted 14 years ago by roulleau    [ Reply ]
 crockydile wrote:

Except when she sings. This is a form of torture. Her voice repeating the same phrases over an over. {#Stop}
 

This is the second time I've used this same comment tonight (first time in reference to someone disliking Thom Yorke's voice on a Radiohead In Rainbows track), but it's the only authentic reaction I can muster:

In all due respect, are you out of your mind?
Posted 14 years ago by roulleau    [ Reply ]
 Art_Carnage wrote:
Awesome. Lucinda can do no wrong.
 
Except when she sings. This is a form of torture. Her voice repeating the same phrases over an over. {#Stop}
Posted 14 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
YES
Posted 14 years ago by Kemoc    [ Reply ]
 Art_Carnage wrote:
Awesome. Lucinda can do no wrong.
 
And this was Before she Really started groovin'


Posted 14 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
Awesome. Lucinda can do no wrong.
Posted 14 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
Incredibly dull, but then again this type of music isn't really my thing usually. Each to his own though.
Posted 14 years ago by Curio    [ Reply ]
 paulmack wrote:
I guess I must be one of the few who like that little vocal 'trick' upturn she does at the end of a lot of the verse lines. I also love slide guitar - I find the playing here particularly crisp and sinewy - kind of sneaky in the way that the whole tune cranks along. Would have thought it would have a little higher average rating - at least somewhere in the 6's.
 The whole song is so sultry ... I love the way she delivers the lines.  This is just sleazy, bad-ass stuff!  {#Devil_pimp}
Posted 14 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
Can't believe this only has a 5.7 average. 

Posted 15 years ago by Alafia    [ Reply ]
I guess I must be one of the few who like that little vocal 'trick' upturn she does at the end of a lot of the verse lines. I also love slide guitar - I find the playing here particularly crisp and sinewy - kind of sneaky in the way that the whole tune cranks along. Would have thought it would have a little higher average rating - at least somewhere in the 6's.
Posted 15 years ago by paulmack    [ Reply ]
 crazy wrote:
she's like bob dylan or god forbid Niel young, you either hate her or love her, I'm in the middle, some I love, some I could do without
guess it depends on your personal mood
oh yeah, and tom petty
 
Huh? You either hate her or love her, but you're in the middle? How's that possible?

Posted 15 years ago by Smoove_D    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Swine Flu symptoms...{#Lol}
Posted 15 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]

I usually like Lucinda Williams but this track is just ...tacky.


Posted 15 years ago by mirland    [ Reply ]
 OldFrenchie wrote:

In hell, perhaps..... 
 
...yes, but not exclusively.

Posted 15 years ago by jim1964    [ Reply ]
she's like bob dylan or god forbid Niel young, you either hate her or love her, I'm in the middle, some I love, some I could do without
guess it depends on your personal mood
oh yeah, and tom petty
Posted 15 years ago by crazy    [ Reply ]
 nab3arch wrote:
classic Lucinda- will be playing for eons.
 
In hell, perhaps..... 
Posted 15 years ago by OldFrenchie    [ Reply ]
Bill, How about restoring "Right in Time" to the playlist and seeing if it draws the same reaction....  Personally, I think Lucinda's even better there.

Posted 15 years ago by sass    [ Reply ]
 element1 wrote:

I do not understand why Bill keeps playing this.  It's full-on adult contemporary — except it's not contemporary... it's early-90s adult contemporary.  This is the sort of music I find in the CD collection of people who have little actual musical interest.

Plus with a 5.7 average rating, the community is clearly not in favor.
 

I have. I love it. I love music. Expand your circle, please.
Posted 15 years ago by djengs    [ Reply ]
Hey Maybe Bill plays it cause some of us had still not heard it, and I thoght it was good. Never had heard it before. I like it. Nice and peaceful.
Posted 16 years ago by BWolfie1959    [ Reply ]

I do not understand why Bill keeps playing this.  It's full-on adult contemporary — except it's not contemporary... it's early-90s adult contemporary.  This is the sort of music I find in the CD collection of people who have little actual musical interest.

Plus with a 5.7 average rating, the community is clearly not in favor.
Posted 16 years ago by element1    [ Reply ]
 Excelsior wrote:
 Hinkamp wrote:
maybe a little less yodel?

  Maybe a little less Lucinda Williams?
Or a LOT less - even better!

 
Lucinda > trolls.


Posted 16 years ago by boileymon    [ Reply ]
Don't feed the trolls.

Even if I don't disagree with him on this occasion.
Posted 16 years ago by gabbadar    [ Reply ]
 sharkey wrote:


Stop your bitchin' & complainin".  I move that you move on to a station that has something you like. Say maybe one song. As obviously there's nothing here for you. All in agreement, say yeah!
 
YEAH!!

Posted 16 years ago by saltysanford    [ Reply ]
 Excelsior wrote:


And today
 

Stop your bitchin' & complainin".  I move that you move on to a station that has something you like. Say maybe one song. As obviously there's nothing here for you. All in agreement, say yeah!
Posted 16 years ago by sharkey    [ Reply ]
Love... the scaaaaariest thing of all!

{#Eek}
Posted 16 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]

Minnie Pearl would be so proud!


Posted 16 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
 Hinkamp wrote:
maybe a little less yodel?

  Maybe a little less Lucinda Williams?
Or a LOT less - even better!

Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
maybe a little less yodel?
Posted 16 years ago by Hinkamp    [ Reply ]
Lucy, you bad, bad girl.  Turn the burner down.
Posted 16 years ago by michaelgmitchell    [ Reply ]
Excelsior wrote:
There's a new euphemism for you. "Ewwww... I just stepped in some Lucinda Williams."
In general, I don't mind Lucinda, but this particular song annoys me beyond belief.
Posted 16 years ago by erichb    [ Reply ]
erichb wrote:
This song is a hot steamy piece of crap.
There's a new euphemism for you. "Ewwww... I just stepped in some Lucinda Williams."
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
This song is a hot steamy piece of crap.
Posted 16 years ago by erichb    [ Reply ]
lanewbie wrote:
Same segue today
And today
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
Antigone wrote:
ooooh myyyyy ... the segue from I'm On Fire to this ... Is it warm in here, or is it just me?
Same segue today
Posted 16 years ago by lanewbie    [ Reply ]
sdn wrote:
I like Lucinda Williams in general... but I really can't stand this one. Especially the repetitive shifting into a higher note midway through the last syllable on half the lines. Uck.
I agree. It really gets on my nerves.
Posted 16 years ago by Kristi    [ Reply ]
ooooh myyyyy ... the segue from I'm On Fire to this ... Is it warm in here, or is it just me?
Posted 16 years ago by Antigone    [ Reply ]
Hot blood indeed!
Posted 16 years ago by redtex    [ Reply ]
Great to hear some Lucinda on a friday morning.
Posted 16 years ago by jim1964    [ Reply ]
LOOCINDER!!!
Posted 16 years ago by FlamingLotus    [ Reply ]
Has this gal been listenin' to Bonnie? She has good taste..........
Posted 16 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
Do. Not. Want.
Posted 16 years ago by BGGA    [ Reply ]
classic Lucinda- will be playing for eons.
Posted 16 years ago by nab3arch    [ Reply ]
geordiezimmerman wrote:
I must get this album, have her other stuff. Is this album all similar to this rather bluesy style? Love her voice in this, when she lifts the note is nice.
Like every Lucinda album, it's a mix of hardship, pain, love of small things and smoky slide guitar
Posted 17 years ago by fatcatjb    [ Reply ]
I must get this album, have her other stuff. Is this album all similar to this rather bluesy style? Love her voice in this, when she lifts the note is nice.
Posted 17 years ago by geordiezimmerman    [ Reply ]
What kind of comment was that? Lucinda scary?
Posted 17 years ago by wferrier    [ Reply ]
sdn wrote:
I like Lucinda Williams in general... but I really can't stand this one. Especially the repetitive shifting into a higher note midway through the last syllable on half the lines. Uck.
I like Lucinda Williams in all her glory... but I'm really taken with this one. Especially the repetitive shifting into a higher note midway through the last syllable on half the lines. YEAH!
Posted 17 years ago by Ulises    [ Reply ]
Really not bad, but the accompaniment is sooo slick...all hired guns, I bet.
Posted 17 years ago by aaehr    [ Reply ]
I just bought the whole CD on Amazon.com (via the RP link, of course) thanks to hearing "Hot Blood" on RP. I guess you either love or hate Lucinda's sometimes unintelligible drawl and those distinctive high notes.
Posted 17 years ago by FredInShanghai    [ Reply ]
I have loved everything I have heard from Lucinda. Thanks Bill for introducing her to me... Ah Bill, always giving me great new music to load my iPod with!
Posted 17 years ago by Rowan-Ashe    [ Reply ]
right on. sdn wrote:
I like Lucinda Williams in general... but I really can't stand this one. Especially the repetitive shifting into a higher note midway through the last syllable on half the lines. Uck.
Posted 17 years ago by jjbix    [ Reply ]
I like Lucinda Williams in general... but I really can't stand this one. Especially the repetitive shifting into a higher note midway through the last syllable on half the lines. Uck.
Posted 17 years ago by sdn    [ Reply ]
Curious - I didn't know much of her work, but lately she's been turning up more and more on RP ... I'm generally open to something new, something I haven't heard, but every time I hear something by Lucinda Williams that I hadn't heard before, I like her work less. It gets worse on every listen, doesn't it? It's like multi-layered bad news.
Posted 17 years ago by hanssachs    [ Reply ]
Lighten up huh? Well... the public has spoken and all I can do is echo their thoughts. Sorry Geechee... it is what it is and it is a some kind of pile from a dog! Geecheeboy wrote:
Hey, ya'll lighten up on Lucinda! Looks like a terrible dogpile below.
Posted 17 years ago by rockstarbro    [ Reply ]
Excellant music, more!!!!
Posted 17 years ago by lattalo    [ Reply ]
Vocals are kind of annoying on this one...
Posted 17 years ago by junebaby65    [ Reply ]
OldFrenchie wrote:
More like Bonnie Crappish.
You'll only find wit like that in "Winterpeg".
Posted 17 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
mattt wrote:
Bad. Could've been good without that falsetto jumping thing she's doing. But it's there, so, bad.
i can't imagine there's a song without it though.
Posted 17 years ago by govna    [ Reply ]
mattt wrote:
Bad. Could've been good without that falsetto jumping thing she's doing. But it's there, so, bad.
Agree, it's irritating
Posted 17 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
Hey, ya'll lighten up on Lucinda! Looks like a terrible dogpile below.
Posted 17 years ago by Geecheeboy    [ Reply ]
Bad. Could've been good without that falsetto jumping thing she's doing. But it's there, so, bad.
Posted 17 years ago by mattt    [ Reply ]
The_Seeker wrote:
Sounds very Bonnie Raitt-ish doesn't it?
More like Bonnie Crappish.
Posted 17 years ago by OldFrenchie    [ Reply ]
I love Lucinda (and the rest of this album) but this song is positively wretched. Whoever advised her to keep that high register vocal should be drawn and quartered.
Posted 17 years ago by Rickvee    [ Reply ]
Hey - I knew they invented the suck-o-barf-o rating for something.
Posted 18 years ago by davin    [ Reply ]
Lucy, Lucy, Lucy! Like the sly lyrics and dark humor in this one... -- Saw LW at the Boulder Theater a couple years ago...She and her guitar-man can JAM! and the incredible Michelle Moanin' Mallone played The Trilogy the day or two before... how about some o' THAT, there, Bill? Thanks!
Posted 18 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
VV wrote:
Ugh, I feel compelled to jab Q-tips into my eardrums to make this pain stop.
Totally agreed!
Posted 18 years ago by tesserakt    [ Reply ]
More vocal variety needed.
Posted 18 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]