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Wilco — Casino Queen
Album: A.M.
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6.8

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Total ratings: 1353









Released: 1995
Length: 2:42
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Well, the money's pouring down and the people all look down
And it's floating out of town
I hit the second deck and I spent my paycheck
And my wife that I just met, she's looking like a wreck

Casino Queen
My lord you're mean
I've been gambling like a fiend on your tables so green

I always bet on black, blackjack
I'll pay you back
The room fills with smoke and I'm already broke
And the dealer keeps on joking as he takes my last token

Casino Queen
My lord you're mean
I've been gambling like a fiend on your tables so green

Casino Queen
My lord you're mean
I've been gambling like a fiend on your tables so green
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I see what you did there Bill

nice segue
Posted 1 year ago by doktorkev    [ Reply ]
 nmb wrote:

sounds a bit like the Stones .....



 without the british accents?


more cowbell.
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
I would have bet $100 this was the Rolling Stones... would have lost that bet

Rocking tune however
Posted 1 year ago by doktorkev    [ Reply ]
sounds a bit like the Stones .....
Posted 2 years ago by nmb    [ Reply ]
Good tune!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
wow

seen these guys a month ago at outdoor venue.

freaking great show.

they really do still surprise you at times at live shows, which is difficult to do. 

fyi: this song is about gambling boats on Mississippi River in STL area. Remnant of their Uncle Tupelo days.  

Posted 3 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
love it, Wilcos first album
Posted 3 years ago by Lowdown    [ Reply ]
Great song
Posted 3 years ago by jsegal21132    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by shirleywillson964    [ Reply ]
 slates13 wrote:
You've gotta be kidding, only a 6.7 average rating!! This song rocks!!  Wilco rocks!! I've seen them live at least 4 times now.  You need to see them live to really appreciate them.
 

You should have seen Uncle Tupelo.  What a band!
Posted 4 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 marcel wrote:
From one of their best albums...
 

Yep. Goes toe to toe with the better disc of Being There.
Posted 4 years ago by ace-marc    [ Reply ]
You've gotta be kidding, only a 6.7 average rating!! This song rocks!!  Wilco rocks!! I've seen them live at least 4 times now.  You need to see them live to really appreciate them.
Posted 4 years ago by slates13    [ Reply ]
This song does rock!!!
Posted 4 years ago by slates13    [ Reply ]
 mrdak wrote:
whoever's playin' guitar on this is a monster.    {#Bananajam}
 


That would be guest guitarist Brian Henneman of the Bottle Rockets.

Posted 5 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
Interesting, while his voice is different than Rod Stewart, the tune sounds a lot like a Rod Stewart throw back, prior when Rod became "poppy."  The guitar work is fun.
Posted 5 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
Luv Ms Tunstall.... I feel it all.
Posted 7 years ago by LizK    [ Reply ]
He who has ears, let him hear.
Posted 7 years ago by GTT    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:
Obama Cowbell

 
WOOO-HOOOOO!!!  {#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 7 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 bluematrix wrote:
Casino Queen, a bit long in the tooth, but still taking paychecks from locals here in St. Louis. Great song though.

 

Hey Blue,

Your location must be in Alton, Il.  It once was larger than Chicago!

I assume you've been to the Bonn Air-Fast Eddies, for burgers. Good old bar.   
Posted 8 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Casino Queen, a bit long in the tooth, but still taking paychecks from locals here in St. Louis. Great song though.
Posted 8 years ago by bluematrix    [ Reply ]
 dubberdan wrote:
Opening few bars are just like a Black Cowes tune

{#Bananajam} 

 
and  then they started doing Kinks
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Table is clean.
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
This once was a great RnR band.

Don't know what they are now. 
Posted 8 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Nice: took that sour John Prine taste right out of my mouth. Thanks rp...
Posted 8 years ago by Crumblebum    [ Reply ]
Opening few bars are just like a Black Cowes tune

{#Bananajam} 
Posted 8 years ago by dubberdan    [ Reply ]
Toe-tappin' good!
Posted 9 years ago by AbileneTexas    [ Reply ]
This is 20 YEARS OLD...and even though they've had some great ones since, I still think it's their best song.
Posted 9 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
Shit-kicking groove.
Posted 9 years ago by gjeeg    [ Reply ]
 coding_to_music wrote:
Sounds like Rolling Stones?

 
Yep—It's "Exile on Wilco Street"!
Posted 10 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
YEE-HAAAAAAAAH!

Black Jack!

I'll pay ya back...
Posted 10 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
This was one heck of an initial album  

Songs of love, sex, and hope, and dreams...and gambling on a river boat on the St. Louis landing. Across the river from Belleville, IL.
Birthplace of Uncle Tupelo.
Posted 10 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Sheer unadulterated rock music. {#Bananajam}{#Drummer}{#Bananasplit}
Posted 10 years ago by bexhillos    [ Reply ]
No. He haw. Yuck.
Posted 10 years ago by Shmelo    [ Reply ]
"The dealer keeps on jokin' and he takes my last token"

That's pretty much what happens to everybody if you play enough blackjack...
Posted 10 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
 a bit Stonesy, and yeah cowbell plonkin' fun


Cynaera wrote:
Yeah, maybe a little more cowbell, but even without it, this song makes me do the chair-dance, unless I'm actually on my feet, in which case it makes me do some weird dance that you don't ever want to see. LOVE this song. Thanks, Wilco, as always... {#Dancingbanana}

 


Posted 11 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Touches of Sting Me by Black Crowes, with the insistent drumming and similar guitar tone.
Posted 11 years ago by cosmiclint    [ Reply ]
Obama Cowbell
Posted 11 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
hey man,

Play this whole album!

This is a great RnR album form the first derivative band of Uncle Tupelo.


Yeah baby, midwest RnR about a freakin casino on the Missisippi River in St Louis.    
 
   
Posted 11 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
WOW!  This is really good.  Where you guys been hiding?
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
I was just asked:

"Are they saying Cee-lo Green, you're so mean?"

Ha!

 
Posted 11 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 mrdak wrote:
whoever's playin' guitar on this is a monster.    {#Bananajam}
 

Brian Henneman. Check out his band The Bottle Rockets if you dig that style.
Posted 11 years ago by dig    [ Reply ]
Hell of a song!  Turn it UP!
Posted 11 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 coding_to_music wrote:
Sounds like Rolling Stones?
 


That's exactly what I thought!
Posted 12 years ago by shakitten    [ Reply ]
{#Clap} 
jameshay wrote:
Bill,  You've worn me down.  After years as a listener, for the first time I found myself turning up the volume when Wilco were playing. {#Surprised}
 


Posted 12 years ago by linz_bobinz    [ Reply ]
Bill,  You've worn me down.  After years as a listener, for the first time I found myself turning up the volume when Wilco were playing. {#Surprised}
Posted 12 years ago by jameshay    [ Reply ]
 Jeff09 wrote:
a little more cowbell...
 
good one
Posted 12 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
Not the half-wimpy Wilco I've been hearing here or on the radio. These dudes got some cojones. Gimme more. 
Posted 13 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
whoever's playin' guitar on this is a monster.    {#Bananajam}
Posted 13 years ago by mrdak    [ Reply ]
I say, this is jolly good!
Posted 13 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
Yeeeah
Posted 13 years ago by madebytim    [ Reply ]
 superfido wrote:


In a million years I would have never wanted to hear Wilco on RP!!  Hopefully it is a once in a lifetime occurrence.
 

Well I heard it a second time on RP.  Blech...At least I'm consistent in my tastes. {#Drunk}
Posted 13 years ago by superfido    [ Reply ]
 superfido wrote:


In a million years I would have never wanted to hear Wilco on RP!!  Hopefully it is a once in a lifetime occurrence.
 

You could do a lot worse than Wilco here and they have!{#Stop} (Muse, Metric, Pearl Jam, Tori Amos, Vienna Tang, Bat for Lashes and that whole operatic, electronica, commercial crap genre). 
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Rolling Stones?
Posted 13 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
 rajah53 wrote:
Is that Will Ferral on cowbell?
 

Iggy blowing the Comb!
Posted 13 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Is that Will Ferral on cowbell?
Posted 13 years ago by rajah53    [ Reply ]
 marcel wrote:
From one of their best albums...
 
Totally, Totally, Totally, agree with you Marcel...

Posted 13 years ago by figi    [ Reply ]
The only thing bad about this song is that it's too short !!!!!
Posted 13 years ago by figi    [ Reply ]
in the Rolling Stones vein... pretty cool!
Posted 13 years ago by andigenu    [ Reply ]
 superfido wrote:


In a million years I would have never wanted to hear Wilco on RP!!  Hopefully it is a once in a lifetime occurrence.
 
I believe that if you knew Wilco you would love to hear them on RP more then once in a lifetime.
Posted 14 years ago by petrfas    [ Reply ]
Yeah, maybe a little more cowbell, but even without it, this song makes me do the chair-dance, unless I'm actually on my feet, in which case it makes me do some weird dance that you don't ever want to see. LOVE this song. Thanks, Wilco, as always... {#Dancingbanana}
Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
a little more cowbell...

Posted 14 years ago by Jeff09    [ Reply ]
 Businessgypsy wrote:
Ha! Play James McMurtry's Choctaw Bingo next!
 
Noooooooo......
Posted 14 years ago by Pieter    [ Reply ]
 heytomkay wrote:
More Cowbell!!
...uh, wait...
enough cowbell.

I said, enough!
 
Yes.  There are cattle farmers that are shaking their heads right now.  {#Think}
Posted 14 years ago by suebee3    [ Reply ]
It's Floatin' Downtown!—-remember back in the mid-90's when gambling first hit the midwest and casinos had to be in crappy paddleboats moored on dirty rivers?

Posted 14 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
From one of their best albums...
Posted 14 years ago by marcel    [ Reply ]
Ha! Play James McMurtry's Choctaw Bingo next!

Posted 14 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
 starfishNcoffee wrote:
Reminds me of The Stones
 
Spot on.

Posted 14 years ago by osbyec    [ Reply ]
A good rockin' tune - Wilco should try this more often.
Posted 14 years ago by Rick_V    [ Reply ]
More Cowbell!!
...uh, wait...
enough cowbell.

I said, enough!
Posted 15 years ago by heytomkay    [ Reply ]
 lawman wrote:

OK - I needed Horstmann's reply to make me twig this ... I duly clicked "More" next to Wilco's name ...
"37 Search Results for "Wilco" on Radio Paradise:"

Duhhhhhh.

 
Dude,

You've been had by Excelsior.  He's being sarcastic.  He spent the entire summer of 2008 giving Wilco, along w/"Uncle Tupe", Son Volt and pretty much everybody else a collective kick in the balls.

But for some reason, he quit commenting at the end of last October.  I hope Tweedy & the boys didn't strike back. 

Come back Excelsior!!  We need more "blatant dissent" here at RP (obscure No. Illinois band reference).

Posted 15 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:
Irony, right? Isn't that what doomed Uncle Tupelo?
 
{#Ask}

Posted 15 years ago by Tim_in_N_FL    [ Reply ]
AHHH ... classic Wilco.  Love it.  {#Drummer}
Posted 15 years ago by Middleton    [ Reply ]
Excelsior wrote:
Wow, never in a million years would I have expected to hear Wilco on RP!! This is truly a once in a lifetime occurrence.

OK - I needed Horstmann's reply to make me twig this ... I duly clicked "More" next to Wilco's name ...
"37 Search Results for "Wilco" on Radio Paradise:"

Duhhhhhh.

Posted 15 years ago by lawman    [ Reply ]
Raw and painful, like a barked shin.
Posted 15 years ago by Govi    [ Reply ]
 Stefen wrote:
Is this the same Wilco who seems to constantly churn out insipid drivel?
 
The same. This album came out back when my love for them was justified.


Posted 15 years ago by Smoove_D    [ Reply ]
Is this the same Wilco who seems to constantly churn out insipid drivel?


Posted 15 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of The Stones
Posted 16 years ago by starfishNcoffee    [ Reply ]
 Excelsior wrote:
Wow, never in a million years would I have expected to hear Wilco on RP!!  This is truly a once in a lifetime occurrence.
 

In a million years I would have never wanted to hear Wilco on RP!!  Hopefully it is a once in a lifetime occurrence.
Posted 16 years ago by superfido    [ Reply ]
 Excelsior wrote:
Wow, never in a million years would I have expected to hear Wilco on RP!!  This is truly a once in a lifetime occurrence.
 
LOL. That was good.

Posted 16 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
Great segue from Euro Trash Girl to Casino Queen. Bill, do you know this woman? Seems she's run into many of us over the years.

Ah, Gamblin.
Posted 16 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
{#Beat}
Posted 16 years ago by spiritual76    [ Reply ]
Cow bells yee hah, But Wilko = southern rockers?
Posted 16 years ago by drews    [ Reply ]
More Wilco, please. Thanks.
Posted 16 years ago by sporkster    [ Reply ]
Oh my God!!!  Wilco AGAIN!!!   We have truly been blessed by a very rare occurrence.
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
Wow, never in a million years would I have expected to hear Wilco on RP!!  This is truly a once in a lifetime occurrence.
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
prickelpit96 wrote:
The music has ingredients from the Stones and AC/DC in it... Anyone with me in this case? Wilco is a good thing!
And Kinks' vocals (not bad).
Posted 16 years ago by Jack_Jefferson    [ Reply ]
I like the driving drum beat!
Posted 16 years ago by ddog    [ Reply ]
Amazing transition from Euro-Trash Girl!! haha
Posted 16 years ago by kelty    [ Reply ]
UncleChig wrote:
Ya gotta hoist a clinking beer bottle to that track!
Irony, right? Isn't that what doomed Uncle Tupelo?
Posted 16 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
prickelpit96 wrote:
The music has ingredients from the Stones and AC/DC in it... Anyone with me in this case? Wilco is a good thing!
Definately sounds like Stones' guitars.
Posted 16 years ago by MTachyon    [ Reply ]
The music has ingredients from the Stones and AC/DC in it... Anyone with me in this case? Wilco is a good thing!
Posted 16 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
Me likey Wilco.
Posted 16 years ago by coffee-eyes    [ Reply ]
I try to bring myself to rate at least one Wilco song under an 8 ... but I just can't. Their music is just too good. When Tweedy's vocals/lyrics aren't up to par, the band makes up for it, vice versa, or they're all dead on. And once you see Wilco live, respect goes through the roof.
Posted 17 years ago by themotion    [ Reply ]
UncleChig wrote:
.. from the last reminants of their alt-country repetoire, the much overlooked debut album. Ya gotta hoist a clinking beer bottle to that track!
To the whole CD! And I don't even drink.
Posted 17 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
Dang straight!
Posted 17 years ago by hamer12string    [ Reply ]
.. from the last reminants of their alt-country repetoire, the much overlooked debut album. Ya gotta hoist a clinking beer bottle to that track!
Posted 17 years ago by UncleChig    [ Reply ]
Love the song, love the album. I think Wilco is great but I second the motion that Ghost is Born or YHF could have used a driving number like this one. I also recognize that's like asking the Cowboy Junkies to record a non-mopey song without Margo's voice. The difference being this song: Exhibit A in the case that Wilco could stretch if Tweedy still wanted to.
Posted 17 years ago by crankypage    [ Reply ]
Yep, that's rock and roll. Hold the Mustard and the Ketchup, Please. Just some extra Mayonnaise.
Posted 17 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
Ah yes, I have had many mean night at the Casino Queen. Weird to hear a band singing about your hometown. (click here) "Home of the loosest slots" ::snicker::
Posted 17 years ago by thekid    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of early Stones a bit.
Posted 17 years ago by AlienRelic    [ Reply ]
I hadn't heard this song before but I was chair dancin' before the first word! Neat-O Cool
Posted 17 years ago by Bad_Art    [ Reply ]
queenjill wrote:
Wow do I ever wish you hadn't said that. Bleah. This is my second least-favorite song on this album, and I'm giving it an 8. This album rules.
What's your least favorite song on Wilco's debut?
Posted 17 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
treatment_bound wrote:
I wish Wilco still rocked out like this once in awhile...
Roger that! Roger Wilco!
Posted 17 years ago by veegez    [ Reply ]
Chris Robinson is nodding his head with approval..
Posted 17 years ago by healyf52    [ Reply ]
I wish Wilco still rocked out like this once in awhile...
Posted 17 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
kevin36 wrote:
What's with the rumor they were going to name this "Twat Mustard"?
Wow do I ever wish you hadn't said that. Bleah. This is my second least-favorite song on this album, and I'm giving it an 8. This album rules.
Posted 17 years ago by queenjill    [ Reply ]
had to laugh hearing this one...jeff tweedy singing about this dilapidated casino right across from the st. louis arch in his former and my current city of residence .
Posted 17 years ago by bluematrix    [ Reply ]
Catchy like the flu.
Posted 18 years ago by Lazy8    [ Reply ]
Stay away from the Casino, period!
Posted 18 years ago by ecocommie    [ Reply ]
It's not Wilco's best - The lyrics are a bit underdeveloped ("Casino Queen/My lord, you're mean!") but it's got a great Stones-y groove. It was the sign of better things to come. Plus - I'm feeling much better now. A few minutes ago I had a fever and the only prescription was more cowbell. Problem solved. TJ
Posted 18 years ago by TJOpootertoot    [ Reply ]
What's with the rumor they were going to name this "Twat Mustard"?
Posted 18 years ago by kevin36    [ Reply ]
Probably the worst of this fine debut album. They have changed alot....
Posted 18 years ago by dbenwen    [ Reply ]
blech
Posted 18 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]