Blitzen Trapper — Thirsty Man
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I've been driving all night
On a road to nowhere
With the devils convoy, black smoke upon my tracks
Girl, I hardly knew you
But I could never fool you
You was always sitting still
While the world raced to its grave
When the morning breaks
I've been driving wide awake
Cause I've been running so long
Can't recall what it means to stay
Cause I let you slip away like water right through my hands
Oh baby, your love's like rain in a desert to a thirsty man
Thirsty man
You know I've seen the mountains
And the flatlands too
I've seen all these city streets
But I still go out searching for you
Now in the captain's chamber
There's a ball and chain
You can run for a million miles but you'll never outrun your name
When the morning breaks
I've been driving wide awake
Cause I've been running so long
I can't recall what it means to stay
And all the children sing
And all the old men sing
It's better to love and lose
Than to gain a world on a string
Cause I let you slip away
Like water right through my hands
Oh baby, your love's like rain in a desert to a thirsty man
Yeah, thirsty man
When the morning breaks
I've been driving wide awake
Cause I've been running so long
Can't recall what it means to stay
Cause I let you slip away like water right through my hands
Oh honey, your love's like rain in a desert to a thirsty man
Yeah, thirsty man
On a road to nowhere
With the devils convoy, black smoke upon my tracks
Girl, I hardly knew you
But I could never fool you
You was always sitting still
While the world raced to its grave
When the morning breaks
I've been driving wide awake
Cause I've been running so long
Can't recall what it means to stay
Cause I let you slip away like water right through my hands
Oh baby, your love's like rain in a desert to a thirsty man
Thirsty man
You know I've seen the mountains
And the flatlands too
I've seen all these city streets
But I still go out searching for you
Now in the captain's chamber
There's a ball and chain
You can run for a million miles but you'll never outrun your name
When the morning breaks
I've been driving wide awake
Cause I've been running so long
I can't recall what it means to stay
And all the children sing
And all the old men sing
It's better to love and lose
Than to gain a world on a string
Cause I let you slip away
Like water right through my hands
Oh baby, your love's like rain in a desert to a thirsty man
Yeah, thirsty man
When the morning breaks
I've been driving wide awake
Cause I've been running so long
Can't recall what it means to stay
Cause I let you slip away like water right through my hands
Oh honey, your love's like rain in a desert to a thirsty man
Yeah, thirsty man
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Soundss like a background music for Sons of Anrchy.
This band is fantastic… Thanks William and Co. Great set
Toronto Make Believes.
Laptopdog wrote:
I agree. With Ray Manzarek on keyboard.
Exactly
I agree. With Ray Manzarek on keyboard.
Exactly
i hear this very often....
philonair wrote:
I am from germany and i never heard the word capacitor before! Then i googled and found out what it is. In germany we say "Akku"! But Blitzen Trapper for me doesn´t sound like an "Akku".
Actually a capacitor is a Kondensator. Definitely a blitzen trapper! :-)
I am from germany and i never heard the word capacitor before! Then i googled and found out what it is. In germany we say "Akku"! But Blitzen Trapper for me doesn´t sound like an "Akku".
Actually a capacitor is a Kondensator. Definitely a blitzen trapper! :-)
Hannio wrote:
Hello, I'm from Germany, the German word for "capicitor" is what you call a condenser. Blitzen Trapper´s german meaning is in Englich "Lightning Trappers".
eng. capicitor = ger. Kondensator
eng. Blitzen Trapper = ger. Blitz Trapper (that´s what it sound like).
eng. Lightning = ger. Blitz. Blitzen we say in germany when you drive into a radar control. And there is often a lightning with it!
Hope you are not worried
Blitzen Trapper sounds like what a German would call a capacitor.
Hello, I'm from Germany, the German word for "capicitor" is what you call a condenser. Blitzen Trapper´s german meaning is in Englich "Lightning Trappers".
eng. capicitor = ger. Kondensator
eng. Blitzen Trapper = ger. Blitz Trapper (that´s what it sound like).
eng. Lightning = ger. Blitz. Blitzen we say in germany when you drive into a radar control. And there is often a lightning with it!
Hope you are not worried
The slideshow needs to stop showing pictures of beer, it's too early here on the East Coast for that!
Hannio wrote:
I am from germany and i never heard the word capacitor before! Then i googled and found out what it is. In germany we say "Akku"! But Blitzen Trapper for me doesn´t sound like an "Akku".
Blitzen Trapper sounds like what a German would call a capacitor.
I am from germany and i never heard the word capacitor before! Then i googled and found out what it is. In germany we say "Akku"! But Blitzen Trapper for me doesn´t sound like an "Akku".
Similar riff to Moving In Stereo
Is there a little Strawberry Letter 23 in this?
Hannio wrote:
That's fantastic. I need to start putting that on the wiring diagrams.
Blitzen Trapper sounds like what a German would call a capacitor.
That's fantastic. I need to start putting that on the wiring diagrams.
Any transition from the B52s is a good one
Im curious to know if this song is rated high compared to other B52 songs or other songs in general.
Nice transition there from the B-52's "Planet Claire" :)
Gosh Dang Snap it Bill and Rebecca----I keep adding great tunes to My Favorites from you two! Love RP Thanks B and R. Looks like you both need hair cuts as bad as we do! Go!
Loving this. Might be good in a set list also containing Neil Young's Devil's Sidewalk track from Greendale. But the breaks between verses are something totally other, and really break this song out. Love new stuff, and it's a bonus when it invokes other great tracks.
Hannio wrote:
Blitzen Trapper sounds like what a German would call a capacitor.
Eros92450 wrote:
I agree. With Ray Manzarek on keyboard.
Reminds me of JJ Cale with added flavors. Good listening this warm Colorado morning.
I agree. With Ray Manzarek on keyboard.
Rad
Bit o Doors riff there?
Got turned on to these guys when local NPR station (WUKY, Lexington, KY) played "Shine On" a few times. I think it got some FM airplay - AAA or whatever they call that nowadays. Everyone seems to be trying to make comparisons; I find them to have a rather unique sound. Bought a couple of their albums.
Other really good tracks to check out are "Furr" and "Black River Killer", both on "Furr".
Other really good tracks to check out are "Furr" and "Black River Killer", both on "Furr".
Time for a Guinness
ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Totally agree, was listening and trying to recall what it sounded like.
Totally agree, was listening and trying to recall what it sounded like.
Hannio wrote:
Clever.
Blitzen Trapper sounds like what a German would call a capacitor.
Clever.
Blitzen Trapper sounds like what a German would call a capacitor.
Thirsty Man drinks blood like lemonade.
Damn cool, a mighty groove with great feel.
TerryS wrote:
Hmm, I could rather fancy a kebab now ;-)
A bit of linguistic trivia - if you "tek a donner" in Glasgow, you're going for a walk.
Donner!
Hmm, I could rather fancy a kebab now ;-)
A bit of linguistic trivia - if you "tek a donner" in Glasgow, you're going for a walk.
pumpkins3 wrote:
hahahaha, I love the hills of Kentucky and its music. I generally don't like banjo loops either but thats another whole thing.
This song is terrible. Incredibly monotonous. Makes me feel like I'm lost in the hills of Kentucky and all I keep hearing is the torturous sound of a banjo stuck in a loop.
hahahaha, I love the hills of Kentucky and its music. I generally don't like banjo loops either but thats another whole thing.
This song is terrible. Incredibly monotonous. Makes me feel like I'm lost in the hills of Kentucky and all I keep hearing is the torturous sound of a banjo stuck in a loop.
Thought I was hearing Slow Train Coming
Eros92450 wrote:
"added flavors". good one, nice explanation.
Reminds me of JJ Cale with added flavors. Good listening this warm Colorado morning.
"added flavors". good one, nice explanation.
Dig it!
Donner!
i've liked everything i've heard by this outfit. good stuff.
Reminds me of JJ Cale with added flavors. Good listening this warm Colorado morning.
Giselle62 wrote:
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i like it 'cuz it's like, the people are playing real instruments and you can hear 'em and stuff.
i really like the keyboard...
i really like the keyboard...
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i like it 'cuz it's like, the people are playing real instruments and you can hear 'em and stuff.
i really like the keyboard...
i really like the keyboard...
Dancing_banana wrote:
Sounds a bit like Sonny Landreth to my ears.
This is so catchy. Sounds like taj mahal
Sounds a bit like Sonny Landreth to my ears.This is so catchy. Sounds like taj mahal
Bumping from 6 -> 7. Liking it more and more.
Webfoot wrote:
I thought it was a Dead ringer...sorry.
Ha, I can totally see this as being from the Dead. I have liked it every time I have heard it, I was not a big dead fan but it does fit.
I thought it was a Dead ringer...sorry.
Overall pace and mood, plus the plinking style of the guitar. Upon a couple more listens, I do think there is more going on here than I first heard.
Ha, I can totally see this as being from the Dead. I have liked it every time I have heard it, I was not a big dead fan but it does fit.
Frater_Kork wrote:
It really sounds like a rework of the Joan Armatrading song RP's been playing.
And my mama and my papa...
It really sounds like a rework of the Joan Armatrading song RP's been playing.Hearing Dylan all over this. Like it a lot.
Frater_Kork wrote:
And my mama and my papa...
too country for you Frater?And my mama and my papa...
Jelani wrote:
I can't stand The Dead.
This sounds nothing like them.
I can't stand The Dead.
This sounds nothing like them.
I thought it was a Dead ringer...sorry.
Overall pace and mood, plus the plinking style of the guitar. Upon a couple more listens, I do think there is more going on here than I first heard.
This is good stuff....
daveesh wrote:
i like this. i think it's the manzarekian keyboard that sucked me in...
lily34 wrote:
me either. i'm with you.
Yeah, I don't see it either.
me either. i'm with you.
Yeah, I don't see it either.
Webfoot wrote:
They sound like a Grateful Dead tribute band.
Jelani wrote:
I can't stand The Dead.
This sounds nothing like them.
me either. i'm with you.
I can't stand The Dead.
This sounds nothing like them.
me either. i'm with you.
Not their best work, but still good.
Webfoot wrote:
I can't stand The Dead.
This sounds nothing like them.
They sound like a Grateful Dead tribute band.
I can't stand The Dead.
This sounds nothing like them.
They sound like a Grateful Dead tribute band.
i like this. i think it's the manzarekian keyboard that sucked me in...
What a great song. I don't know how RP does it, but I've consistently heard new-to-me music on Radio Paraíso for years.
I'm liking this.
One hit wonder, I guess. This is a mess. Maybe it'll grow on me. 5
Hey, Blitzen Trapper! I wondered what they were up to; glad to hear some new stuff.
Reminds me of JJ Cale with added flavors. Good listening this warm Colorado morning.
I heard some J.J too