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Leanin' on the back door
A couple Jills with their eyes on a couple bills
Their eyes was statin'
They was waitin'
To get their hands on some easy money
They flipped a dime
One said " well, I'll take heads this time"
One stepped up
One stepped back
One loosened her shoulder strap
She couldn't speak,
Her knees got weak
She could almost taste that easy money
There was this old black cat
Sittin' in a old black cadillac
The Joe smelled sweet
She curled up at her boyfriend's feet
She said "I got a plan
Listen, Sam, how'd ya like to make some easy money ? "
He say, "yes! oh yes!
Jus' tell me what you want me to do "
She said, "Baby, you can trust me
Baby, but you must be hidin' in my room
At a quarter to two"
Well, the cat told the boy
"Come up to the room and play with my toy"
But the Jill set the bait
And she wasn't gonna sit around and wait
But this guy was wise to all the lies
And he flies out the door
With the easy money
Because there ain't no man
Who got the money in his hand
Who got any of that bread
Bein' slow in the head
The easier it looks
The hotter it hooks
There ain't no such thing as easy money
We say, "yes! oh yes!"
Saturday night
There was a terrible, terrible fight
Between two dames who was losin' the same game
It wasn't clear,
But I hear somebody was lookin' for some easy money
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So her and Tom Waits were a couple for awhile.
Can ya imagine being in a room with them when they wanted to make music, talk, eat dinner, etc.?
Etc? LOL!
Can ya imagine being in a room with them when they wanted to make music, talk, eat dinner, etc.?
Just a mis-match in styles-much the same way that I respect both her and Dylan, but don't really 'get' them.
This, on the other hand, just hooks me. Don't know why, just a solid, happy roll with it thing.
Nice.
Busted - Ray Charles
Mercedes Benz - Janis Joplin
Easy Money - Rickie Lee Jones
too good......
Yup, same April 28, 2023 - still good
Busted - Ray Charles
Mercedes Benz - Janis Joplin
Easy Money - Rickie Lee Jones
too good......
Posted 11 months ago by Phlegmaticman:I'm Busted - Ray Charles
Mercedes Benz - Janis Joplin
Easy Money - Rickie Lee Jones
It's a Black Friday consumer set.
and again lovin this
Enjoying the money playlist:
I'm Busted
Mercedez Benz
Easy Money
Often Bill is too subtle for me. Sometimes a full-frontal is helpful for those of us are not paying full attention.
Perhaps some Pink Floyd would be an obvious addition to the list? Too obvious?
Too Pink Floyd already.
Enjoying the money playlist:
I'm Busted
Mercedez Benz
Easy Money
Often Bill is too subtle for me. Sometimes a full-frontal is helpful for those of us are not paying full attention.
Perhaps some Pink Floyd would be an obvious addition to the list? Too obvious?
How about King Crimson? Ultra-obvious, would be my guess.
Enjoying the money playlist:
I'm Busted
Mercedez Benz
Easy Money
Often Bill is too subtle for me. Sometimes a full-frontal is helpful for those of us are not paying full attention.
Perhaps some Pink Floyd would be an obvious addition to the list? Too obvious?
Hearing it again on Black Friday, 2021.
dmcanany wrote:
Enjoying the money playlist:
I'm Busted
Mercedez Benz
Easy Money
Often Bill is too subtle for me. Sometimes a full-frontal is helpful for those of us are not paying full attention.
Perhaps some Pink Floyd would be an obvious addition to the list? Too obvious?
I'm Busted
Mercedez Benz
Easy Money
Often Bill is too subtle for me. Sometimes a full-frontal is helpful for those of us are not paying full attention.
Perhaps some Pink Floyd would be an obvious addition to the list? Too obvious?
It's as much of a song as any blues song ...
For a career that spans 30 plus years how do you "peak" with your debut album?
Ask Orson Welles about "peaking" with one's debut work. Well...you can't because he's dead, but still...you likely know what I mean.
Speaking of Orson Welles, there's this classic.
Indeed. Even more remarkable for a debut.
They dated for a while but I don't think they ever recorded any music together. As mentioned further down in the thread, Lowell George did a version of this song before this release.
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For a career that spans 30 plus years how do you "peak" with your debut album?
....... and me
Spot on! This woman is is in all ways gorgeous (imo), this delightful tune sounds Dr. Rebenack-ee
I see that one of the more interesting cuts, "Night Train," isn't in rotation. Pity. Some marvelous acoustic guitar work on that track.
One of my all-time favorites too. Ain't she great?
I see that one of the more interesting cuts, "Night Train," isn't in rotation. Pity. Some marvelous acoustic guitar work on that track.
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I'd like to hear that! (Or did you mean, "She sounds like Jewel when I'm drunk"?)
Aud wrote:
agree!
agree!
The Beatles - Baby You're a Rich Man
Pink Floyd - Money
The RP "Money" suite.
Rickie Lee Jones - Easy Money
Warren Zevon - Lawyers, Guns And Money
The Psychedelic Furs - All That Money Wants
The other one...
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I assumed she was covering it, but I just discovered she wrote it.
He covered it.
She's been around for a while I guess.
The Beatles - Baby You're a Rich Man
Pink Floyd - Money
The RP "Money" suite.
Tom Waits's ex-, in this life.
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Ricky Lee Jones by ~IElioI
©2007-2010 ~IElioI
Ricky Lee Jones during the concert at the Abbabula Festival, Sassari, Sardinia Island.
I disagree - it's a story song that's delightfully wicked. The way the thing progresses from two women trying to rip off a guy to the guy flying out the door with their "easy money," and the subsequent cat fight... Oh, it's great. And I agree - she does it right. Always.
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who's real ?
you real ?
Studio album? Not so much.
Live? Phenomenal.
Very true. I saw her live in Denver during the PopPop tour, and she blew me away.
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Studio album? Not so much.
Live? Phenomenal.
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Great opening band, and then she came out and sang lead. Awesome set.
Old Man Rivers was 'da place in those days. They were booking acts that 6 months later were national names. John Prine, The Police, Red Rockers, etc, etc,