WEED, WHITES AND WINE. vs. REDS, VITAMIN C AND COCAINE.

for me it's about Feat vs. Dead and I choose Feat

my favorite version of Willin' is by Johnny Darrell but I can't find it on youtube. I think truckin' is my least favorite song on American Beauty. I like the Ronstadt "Willin" too, tbh.

better than the feat version that i've heard.

oh wait, here it is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uQLlquHbik

Treating whites vs. reds as a toss-up, weed and wine sounds healthier.

I am not a Dead hater, but "Willin'" >>>>>>>>> "Truckin'"

I like "Truckin'," but this is "Willin'" by light-years. One of the greatest American songs of its century.

All a friend can say is "ain't it a shame."

"Willin" is incredible but I doubt there's a version of it I'd call better than the version of "Truckin" on Europe '72

I didn't know who Johnny Darrell was but the nice picking made me look up all the songs on California Stop-Over and the very first one, "These Days", is undoubtedly where Belle & Sebastian got the closing melodic line for "If You're Feeling Sinister".

that's a jackson browne song, laurel.

I thought it sounded familiar, but I only know the Nico version which is more different and obv I wasn't paying a ton of attention.

jackson browne was 16 when he wrote that song

he's 17 now but he won't be long

lol what is that from kkvgz

Billy Bragg "A New England."

Does anybody have any historical perspective on whites vs. reds?

I think despite my pref for the Dead over Little Feat, I'd go for some corny alliteration over the awkward rhyme of cocaine/shame.

Oh Billy Bragg! xp damn it

-"if the good lord's willin and the creek don't rise."

-"but if the good lord's willin then the creek won't rise."

-"well, you're right about that"

I've had "Willin'" stuck in my head all day.

voting willin' cause hippie truck drivers rule

http://franklarosa.com/vinyl/BigImg/slab.jpg

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

dudes what the hell even are whites? reds?

They are both amphetamines, but I don't have any firsthand knowledge of what drugs were in them or how much.

http://www.atelier-us.com/upload/2008/11/red_pills.jpg
http://www.sixthseal.com/archive/March2003/dexlook.jpg

whites are speed aka "white cross" ^^. reds are downs - seconal

livin on reds vitamin c and cocaine - all a friend can say is aint a shame

xp: Thank you!

"Weed Whites and Wine" but it's got nothing to do with the songs.

i gonna put on my sailin shoes
http://991.com/newGallery/Little-Feat-Sailin-Shoes-473470.jpg

also wow(from they wiki page):
"There are three legends about the genesis of Little Feat. One has it that George showed Zappa his song "Willin'," and that Zappa fired him from The Mothers of Invention, because he felt that George was too talented to merely be a member of his band, and told him he ought to go away and form his own band. The second version has Zappa firing him for playing a 15 minute guitar solo—with his amplifier off. The third version says that Zappa fired him because "Willin'" contains drug references ("weed, whites and wine"). George often introduced the song as the reason he was asked to leave the band. On Oct. 18, 1975 at The Auditorium Theater in Rochester New York while introducing the song, George comments that he was asked to leave the band for "writing a song about dope".[1]

In any version, Zappa was instrumental in getting George and his new band a record contract. When "Willin'" was recorded for the Little Feat album, George hurt his hand in an accident with a model airplane, so Ry Cooder sat in and played the song's slide part. Lowell's accident is referenced on the cover art of the band's 1996 album Under the Radar. "Willin'" was re-recorded (this time with Lowell playing) on Little Feat's second album Sailin' Shoes, which was also the first Little Feat album to include cover art by Neon Park, who had painted the cover for Zappa's Weasels Ripped My Flesh.

The first two albums received nearly universal critical acclaim, and "Willin'" became a standard, subsequently popularized by its inclusion on Linda Ronstadt's album Heart Like a Wheel."

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

OTM.

on the real though "Willin'" is cool but there are like 30 Little Feat songs i love more

Young Linda Ronstadt was so freakin' cute.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4Q6kYEuAPg&feature=related

^ would

i love the johnny darrell willin' so much.