Topic: What'd I Say - Quote Drive 2008

[Rivers]

Um, don't understand BB... it does say 'remembered by', meaning Williams is recounting Blake's behavior. Easy enough to change. The former English teacher in me prefers your version since it avoids the passive voice, but they both mean the same.

[Bricktown Bob]

Hi, Rivers.

Well, no, they really don't mean the same, at least to me.  When I read a quote, I expect the first name following it to be the person who said the quote, not the person the quote is about.  That's the only necessary part of the ascription.  The rest, following a comma (to show that it's not really necessary), merely places the quote in context.

And yeah, avoiding an unnecessary passive is a plus.

But as I said, it's probably excessively anal on my part, and if it doesn't bug the sheep dip out of anyone else, I can live with it.

[Johnm]

Hi all,
Here's one of my long-time favorites:

   "I'm gonna get drunk one of these nights, and tell my sober thoughts"
     
   Bill Gaither, "Georgia Barrelhouse"

All best,
Johnm

[CF]

"I'm gonna get drunk one of these nights, and tell my sober thoughts"
     
   Bill Gaither, "Georgia Barrlehouse"



Now that's a great quotation!

[Johnm]

I agree, Mike.  My mother's version of the same sentiment is, "Drunk men speak sober mens' thoughts."  I reckon it's an old saying, but I like the way Bill Gaither put it.  Speaking of which, here is another beaut from him that I've been meaning to post for a while:

   "If you don't know what you're doing, stop and ask somebody who knows"

   Bill Gaither--"You Done Ranked Yourself With Me"

All best,
Johnm

[waxwing]

Also, I think the missing words in "Tooten Out" also conveniently explain the title of the song. I'm about 95% sure he sings:
She's a long, tall woman and she toot way out behind.

I think he means that there's a shelf there, not that she has an intestinal problem. 

banjochris discussing Ed Bell's Tooten Out Blues.

Chris, you are a master, at hearing lyrics, and glibness of explanation. This really deserves to be in the quote generator.

All for now.
John C.

[Bricktown Bob]

Women are like wet bars of soap.  Hold on to em too hard and they pop outta your hands.
     -- John Lee Hooker

[outfidel]

"Now it's important that you understand that there were three things I never wanted to own when I was a kid: a dog, a cane, and a guitar. In my brain, they each meant blindness and helplessness. Seems like every blind blues singer I'd heard about was playing the guitar."

Ray Charles
from Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story

[uncle bud]

"I never did consider myself no fancy guitar player." - Tampa Red, quoted in the liner notes to Don't Jive Me.

[uncle bud]

"There's some fellows -- I shouldn't say nothing because I made some of those jive records, too -- but they should have at least two meanings to what their song is. There is going to be little children hearing those songs, you know." - Tampa Red, quoted in the liner notes to Don't Jive Me.

[Bunker Hill]

Whilst with Tampa Red, what he said to Jacques Demetre and Marcel Chauvard in October 1959 for not wanting to talk to them in any great detail has always tickled me:

"You know, I want to write a book about my life...I don't want to tell you too much until I've got a chance to have it printed. Apart from my music, my main interests are fishing and making bicycle rides".

[unezrider]

hello friend,
this has absolutely nothing to do w/ country blues, it's actually something tom waits said he read on a bathroom wall. 

"i'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy."

it's just too good to not repeat.
sort of off subject, would it be better to start another quote drive - that has nothing to do w/ blues per se, in the 'jam session', or would that just confuse things? i'm sure we all know a few, & learn a few throughout the year others would like to know. just a thought.
chris

[Stuart]

"i'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy."

Jam Session material, but staying in the thread...

It's been around for a while. Barry Hansen put it on his top ten list years ago when it was done by Randy Hanzlick (M.D.) as "I'd Rather Have A Bottle In Front Of Me (Than A Frontal Lobotomy)." Supposedly it's origin lies with Dorothy Parker, but who knows for sure. From what I can gather, it also was Fernwood 2 Night / Tonight material. --memories of "Baby Bottle Blues"--Here's a link to a Tom Waits YouTube vid in which he speaks the line.



Anyone catch the PBS show last week on the doctor who performed lobotomies? Gruesome. 

Keep Smiling

[Great Bear]

The Woodpecker flew to the school house yard,
He wanted to peck because his pecker was hard,
The Woodpecker flew to the school house door,
He pecked so long 'til his pecker got sore,
The Woodpecker, he pecked so all night 'til the break of day,
When the sun rose up he flew away.

Howard Armstrong - from Terry Zwigoff's film Louie Bluie

[unezrider]

hello friend,
these are taken from steve calt's notes in the yazoo release, 'bo carter - banana in your fruit basket.'

" 'Race' records of the 1920's revealed only too obviously that the chastity projected by spirituals or groups like the Fisk Jubilee Singers did not truly reflect black social values, any more than Pat Boone represents the typical American male."

"It is a strange reflection on our own society that the country blues of rancor & belligerence should be touted for their sincerity of expression, while the easy-going & relatively innocuous songs of Bo Carter can be written off as 'trite pornographic ditties.' "

the latter a friendly jab at Stefan Grossman's comments in his 'the country blues guitar' instruction book