A Perfect Circle — When the Levee Breaks
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If it keeps on raining, levee's going to break,
If it keeps on raining, levee's going to break,
And the water gonna come in, have no place to stay
Well all last night I sat on the levee and moan,
Well all last night I sat on the levee and moan,
Thinking about my baby and my happy home,
If it keeps on raining, levee's going to break,
If it keeps on raining, levee's going to break,
And all these people have no place to stay
Now look here mama what am I to do?,
Now look here mama what am I to do?,
I ain't got nobody to tell my troubles to
I works on the levee mama both night and day,
I works on the levee mama both night and day,
I ain't got nobody, keep the water away
Oh crying won't help you, praying won't do no good,
Oh crying won't help you, praying won't do no good,
When the levee breaks, mama, you got to lose
I works on the levee, mama both night and day,
I works on the levee, mama both night and day,
I works so hard, to keep the water away
I had a woman, she wouldn't do for me,
I had a woman, she wouldn't do for me,
I'm going back to my used to be
It's a mean old levee, cause me to weep and moan
It's a mean old levee, cause me to weep and moan
Gonna leave my baby, and my happy home
If it keeps on raining, levee's going to break,
And the water gonna come in, have no place to stay
Well all last night I sat on the levee and moan,
Well all last night I sat on the levee and moan,
Thinking about my baby and my happy home,
If it keeps on raining, levee's going to break,
If it keeps on raining, levee's going to break,
And all these people have no place to stay
Now look here mama what am I to do?,
Now look here mama what am I to do?,
I ain't got nobody to tell my troubles to
I works on the levee mama both night and day,
I works on the levee mama both night and day,
I ain't got nobody, keep the water away
Oh crying won't help you, praying won't do no good,
Oh crying won't help you, praying won't do no good,
When the levee breaks, mama, you got to lose
I works on the levee, mama both night and day,
I works on the levee, mama both night and day,
I works so hard, to keep the water away
I had a woman, she wouldn't do for me,
I had a woman, she wouldn't do for me,
I'm going back to my used to be
It's a mean old levee, cause me to weep and moan
It's a mean old levee, cause me to weep and moan
Gonna leave my baby, and my happy home
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Something about this reminds me of the theme music to John Carpenter's "Vampires"...
Originally written & performed by Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe McCoy in 1929 about the Great Missisisppi Flood of 1927.
GREAT!! Thanx RP! 
zigzag wrote:
Huh? "Not a lot of invention here" - this version is nothing like the original or the LZ version, how much much more should they be inventing? Also, the bass sounds pretty darn good from what I can hear, I don't think APC is going to release anything that wouldn't measure up.
Wears out its welcome pretty quickly. Not a lot of invention here.
And seriously, if you're going to attempt this kind of thing please purchase a bass player that can play in time. This one is faulty.
And seriously, if you're going to attempt this kind of thing please purchase a bass player that can play in time. This one is faulty.
Huh? "Not a lot of invention here" - this version is nothing like the original or the LZ version, how much much more should they be inventing? Also, the bass sounds pretty darn good from what I can hear, I don't think APC is going to release anything that wouldn't measure up.
ScottN wrote:
precisely
Mildly interesting. At least, in covering this blues classic, they did try for innovation. As Hendix did for Dylan's All Along the Watchtower, or LZ in their much earlier cover, when they redefined the song through their covers, APC, unfortunately, fails. But props for trying.
precisely
So...not Radiohead working with Moby? Who knew.
TerryS wrote:
I like the idea of walking into a Bass emporium and telling the counter clerk that I'd like to purchase a replacement bass player. This one I have is faulty. He is out of time. He cannot keep time. He is cadence challenged. He is not the Norwegian Blue you promised.
I never went through all of that monkey biz. I just threw my snare drum at the bad ones and yelled "GET THE FOCK OUT NEOW!!!"
Hey it's only rock n' roll!
I like the idea of walking into a Bass emporium and telling the counter clerk that I'd like to purchase a replacement bass player. This one I have is faulty. He is out of time. He cannot keep time. He is cadence challenged. He is not the Norwegian Blue you promised.
I never went through all of that monkey biz. I just threw my snare drum at the bad ones and yelled "GET THE FOCK OUT NEOW!!!"
Hey it's only rock n' roll!
WonderLizard wrote:
Electric guitars in 1929?
Right down to the electric guitar riff. Had they no shame?
Electric guitars in 1929?
zigzag wrote:
I like the idea of walking into a Bass emporium and telling the counter clerk that I'd like to purchase a replacement bass player. This one I have is faulty. He is out of time. He cannot keep time. He is cadence challenged. He is not the Norwegian Blue you promised.
Wears out its welcome pretty quickly. Not a lot of invention here.
And seriously, if you're going to attempt this kind of thing please purchase a bass player that can play in time. This one is faulty.
And seriously, if you're going to attempt this kind of thing please purchase a bass player that can play in time. This one is faulty.
I like the idea of walking into a Bass emporium and telling the counter clerk that I'd like to purchase a replacement bass player. This one I have is faulty. He is out of time. He cannot keep time. He is cadence challenged. He is not the Norwegian Blue you promised.
Very interesting take and I quite like it. I too enjoy when a band does a cover that does something new with the song. That said, it does drag on a BIT too long for me.
Jota wrote:
Right down to the electric guitar riff. Had they no shame?
I like it when a band does a cover and doesn't slavishly copy the original, much like Zeppelin did with their version of the original 1929 version.
Right down to the electric guitar riff. Had they no shame?
Wears out its welcome pretty quickly. Not a lot of invention here.
And seriously, if you're going to attempt this kind of thing please purchase a bass player that can play in time. This one is faulty.
And seriously, if you're going to attempt this kind of thing please purchase a bass player that can play in time. This one is faulty.
very undecided
Mildly interesting. At least, in covering this blues classic, they did try for innovation. As Hendix did for Dylan's All Along the Watchtower, or LZ in their much earlier cover, when they redefined the song through their covers, APC, unfortunately, fails. But props for trying.
I don't know
why you bother.
Nothing's ever good enough for you.
I was there.
It wasn't like that.
You've come here just to start a fight.
That's what I hear anyway. :)
why you bother.
Nothing's ever good enough for you.
I was there.
It wasn't like that.
You've come here just to start a fight.
That's what I hear anyway. :)
I like it when a band does a cover and doesn't slavishly copy the original, much like Zeppelin did with their version of the original 1929 version.
When the levee does break, you're under water with no way out, and you've accepted that, the fight is gone - this is what you hear in your mind before you lose consciousness and drift off onto another place.
Ok - too many donuts for me this morning....
Ok - too many donuts for me this morning....
perikleshokie wrote:
I don't think they were intent on holding any candles, they probably just felt inspired to do a cover version - the majority of this album was covers. Many musicians have been inspired by Led Zeppelin - no crime in that. Anyhow, Zeppelin's version was also a cover.
I like it, but right after Robert Plant? Really? It can't hold a candle to the ONLY version.
I don't think they were intent on holding any candles, they probably just felt inspired to do a cover version - the majority of this album was covers. Many musicians have been inspired by Led Zeppelin - no crime in that. Anyhow, Zeppelin's version was also a cover.
The autotuned/synth voice is just annoying. Would rate it higher without the vocals.
So very odd, but that is not a bad thing.
It didnt register right away, but it is.....it is When the Levee breaks!.....didnt sound like it, at all.....
I like it, but right after Robert Plant? Really? It can't hold a candle to the ONLY version.