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

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Poll Results

OptionVotes
Willin' 13
Truckin' 3


ian, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:12 (fifteen years ago)

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

some dude, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:13 (fifteen years ago)

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.

ian, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:16 (fifteen years ago)

better than the feat version that i've heard.

ian, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:16 (fifteen years ago)

oh wait, here it is

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

ian, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:17 (fifteen years ago)

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

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

Brad C., Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:23 (fifteen years ago)

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

Grisly Addams (WmC), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:38 (fifteen years ago)

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

Trip Maker, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:39 (fifteen years ago)

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

get your bucket of free wings (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:45 (fifteen years ago)

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".

the soul of the avocado escapes as soon as you open it (Laurel), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:45 (fifteen years ago)

that's a jackson browne song, laurel.

ian, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:52 (fifteen years ago)

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.

the soul of the avocado escapes as soon as you open it (Laurel), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 15:57 (fifteen years ago)

jackson browne was 16 when he wrote that song

get your bucket of free wings (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 16:00 (fifteen years ago)

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

kkvgz, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 16:01 (fifteen years ago)

lol what is that from kkvgz

get your bucket of free wings (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 16:02 (fifteen years ago)

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.

kkvgz, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 16:04 (fifteen years ago)

Oh Billy Bragg! xp damn it

the soul of the avocado escapes as soon as you open it (Laurel), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 16:06 (fifteen years ago)

-"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"

peacocks, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 16:36 (fifteen years ago)

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

Grisly Addams (WmC), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 01:09 (fifteen years ago)

voting willin' cause hippie truck drivers rule

waffle stomper (m coleman), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 03:16 (fifteen years ago)

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

waffle stomper (m coleman), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 03:18 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Thursday, 10 June 2010 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

dudes what the hell even are whites? reds?

legalize gay pot (jdchurchill), Thursday, 10 June 2010 23:42 (fifteen years ago)

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

kkvgz, Friday, 11 June 2010 00:28 (fifteen years ago)

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

johnny la rue's pajama party (m coleman), Friday, 11 June 2010 03:52 (fifteen years ago)

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

johnny la rue's pajama party (m coleman), Friday, 11 June 2010 03:54 (fifteen years ago)

xp: Thank you!

kkvgz, Friday, 11 June 2010 10:26 (fifteen years ago)

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

Trip Maker, Friday, 11 June 2010 14:18 (fifteen years ago)

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

legalize gay pot (jdchurchill), Friday, 11 June 2010 18:52 (fifteen years ago)

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."

legalize gay pot (jdchurchill), Friday, 11 June 2010 18:55 (fifteen years ago)

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

System, Friday, 11 June 2010 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

OTM.

ian, Saturday, 12 June 2010 01:16 (fifteen years ago)

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

Jonae Mitchelle (some dude), Sunday, 13 June 2010 11:37 (fifteen years ago)

Young Linda Ronstadt was so freakin' cute.

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

kkvgz, Sunday, 13 June 2010 11:42 (fifteen years ago)

^ would

ian, Sunday, 13 June 2010 16:02 (fifteen years ago)

three months pass...

i love the johnny darrell willin' so much.

not everything is a campfire (ian), Monday, 4 October 2010 23:16 (fifteen years ago)


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