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ZZ Top — Just Got Paid
Album: Rio Grande Mud
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Released: 1972
Length: 4:22
Plays (last 30 days): 2
I just got paid today
Got me a pocket full of change
Said, I just got paid today
Got me a pocket full of change
If you believe like workin' hard all day
Just step in my shoes and take my pay

I was born my papa's son
When I hit the ground, I was on the run
I had one glad hand and the other behind
You can have yours, just give me mine
With the hound dog barkin' in the black of the night
Stick my hand in my pocket, everything's all right

I just got paid today
Got me a pocket full of change
Said, black sheep, black, do you got some wool?
Yes, I do, man, my bag is full
It's the root of evil and you know the rest
But it's way ahead of what's second best
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 idiot_wind wrote:

Reminds me of another band that was just starting at the same time: Frank Moreno and Mahogany Rush. 




That would be Frank Marino...
Reminds me of another band that was just starting at the same time: Frank Moreno and Mahogany Rush. 
Minimum wage in 1972 was $1.60 per hour. Let that sink in. Now it's only $7.25. How much hard labor are you willing to do for $7.25 and hour?
my dad loved this album. 

the beginning of this song always makes me think it's going to be this song:
"...i can't sing i ain't pretty and my legs are thin. don't ask me what i think of you..."

oh, well. 
gotta love the earlier ZZ Top albums
Dudes are the inspiration for my beard and my clothing style, can't believe they are from Texas, way too cool for that place man
You know you've got a great song when the rhythm guitar part in the solo would make a great lead track in a lesser song.
RIP Dusty Hill. 50 years in a band is amazing
Great Friday song!
Billy Gibbons at his BEST ~~~

Shaka R.P
How awesome is this song placed here and just after lunch as I het mesemerized from Quickbooks entries. One of fave from the boys, so cool!
OMG.....the memories this album brings back topped off by a drug and alcohol fueled weekend seeing them and some unknown opening act (Aerosmith  ) at the LA Forum in '75 (or was that '76?).  Woke up in the nice 'n' shiny Inglewood City jail. 

Good times............
PEARLY GATES.

FAVORITE ZZT song... so good!
I esp lov the 1970's ZZ top. This is more like typical southern rock from the time.
I always liked Steve albinis’s take on this but first time I heard the original. Never really listened to these guys but this is excellent.
absolutely brilliant segue! demonstrates where Bombino got that ruff tone! It is NOT about perfect technique, clean shredding, theatrics..............Rock N Roll sounds best RUFF
I can name this tune in two notes or fewer.

Heard this for the first time in a smoke-filled apartment, volume at a modest level, but all twelve of us were solemnly quiet.  Album cover got passed around with reverential consideration of art and liner notes.   I remember asking for the album cover a couple of extra times, astonished at this full-on funky blues and the three weirdos that created it.

Blew my mind.  Still does.
every playlist needs a  dose of ZZ Top
 bitbanger wrote:
Gender pay gap was $0.17 in 2015 in the US, down from $0.36 in 1980. Given that this condition has persisted for millennium that is significant progress. Not done yet, but getting close to the point where gender discrimination isn't the primary reason for the inequity.

kcar wrote:


Women still make about 3/4 of what men do while doing the same jobs as the guys. It's been like that for decades. 

ZZ Top was a great band but they seemed to pretty much hang it up after they came out with Eliminator and Afterburner. A shame.  

  
 
Nonsense.  Controlling for education and work history, woman make 98% of what men make, and that difference is accounted for by men be more aggressive in seeking raises and new work (best way to get a raise). The other evidence is that in blind studies, women are slightly MORE likely to be hired.
 wagontent1902 wrote:
Love payday
 

It is the 1st of the month 
          
 

TODAY
Wow! First time I've heard this played on soething that wasn't my stereo. My fun-bumps be growin' beards and sippin' JD in the sun to this
 kcar wrote:

Women still make about 3/4 of what men do while doing the same jobs as the guys. It's been like that for decades. 

ZZ Top was a great band but they seemed to pretty much hang it up after they came out with Eliminator and Afterburner. A shame.  
 
Nah, listen to Rhythmeen.  It rocks.
Only a 7  to me  
Love payday
woof! photo of 3 cowpokes in the ol' Rio and that guy in the center has left a dark duck shaped stain, ee-gads
wicked tune just the same
same 3 guys.... same 3 chords.
ZZ-Bob-ZZ
Is there a hidden message in this 3-song set?
A true power trio. Sizzzzle!

Gender pay gap was $0.17 in 2015 in the US, down from $0.36 in 1980. Given that this condition has persisted for millennium that is significant progress. Not done yet, but getting close to the point where gender discrimination isn't the primary reason for the inequity.

kcar wrote:


Women still make about 3/4 of what men do while doing the same jobs as the guys. It's been like that for decades. 

ZZ Top was a great band but they seemed to pretty much hang it up after they came out with Eliminator and Afterburner. A shame.  

 


gloriously kick-ass  : )
 Jota wrote:
We need more early ZZ. {#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana}

 
yeah this sounds like a real band
 ziggytrix wrote:

On the surface of that comment, that sounds illegal what they're doing.

 
Women still make about 3/4 of what men do while doing the same jobs as the guys. It's been like that for decades. 

ZZ Top was a great band but they seemed to pretty much hang it up after they came out with Eliminator and Afterburner. A shame.  
We need more early ZZ. {#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana}
{#Dancingbanana_2} was good then is good now ! the beards rock
Whatever happened to that good ole Texas sound: Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, ZZ, Johnny Winter, Townes...so many greats
 
Jus a couple guys puttin out ALOT of sound
A fine groove from the Texans - I'm off for another futile twiddling with my amplifier to try to get close to that sweet guitar sound... {#Guitarist}
I likes me some Zed Zed.
Why is it that the only guy in the band without a beard is named Frank Beard? That is sooooo messed up...{#Lol}
 calypsus_1 wrote:

ZZ Top Wallpaper by ~JohnnySlowhand
Nikola Plecas ©2009-2010 ~JohnnySlowhand

ZZ Top RULES, one of my favourite music bands!


 
I had a bass just like that around 1971 except Fender had reissued it as the Fender Telecaster Bass. (It had) One single coil pick up, one tone and one volume control, and a neck like a log. The tone was great. 
 Cynaera wrote:
I'm still trying to understand why the guys who work at the nursery get ten dollars an hour and I work just as hard as they do and only make $8.25 an hour...{#Ask}
 
On the surface of that comment, that sounds illegal what they're doing.
 RobRyan wrote:

What do they do now (asking seriously by the way)?
 
Whatever they want to do.
 just recognized that today is payday. thanks!

Perhaps it's because they are both from the same part of the country, but I'm hearing a lot of Billy Gibbons phrasings in many of Lucinda Williams's recordings.   Wow... what a duet that would make: ZZTop w/ Lucinda on lead voca!
 
 RobRyan wrote:

What do they do now (asking seriously by the way)?
 

Well they suck ass of course.
I am SO in the mood for this now!  Long, hot day working outside (the wind had blown over all the trees and shrubs so I spent about an hour standing everything upright so I could water it - I'm still trying to understand why the guys who work at the nursery get ten dollars an hour and I work just as hard as they do and only make $8.25 an hour...{#Ask}) I just got home, watered my garden, cleaned three litterboxes, and then came in to hear this song.  Suddenly, everything is okay again. {#Meditate}{#Sunny}
 sirdroseph wrote:
Yea back when ZZ used to rok!{#Bananajam}
 
What do they do now (asking seriously by the way)?
Yay! ZZ at their best!!! Joe Bonamassa does a killer cover of this as well!
{#Cool}{#Cowboy}{#Dance}
 Cynaera wrote:
Wow, calypsus_1 - that pic makes me realize how commercial the Top has become... Those trademark beards, the matching hats and ponchos... Yikes. Still, this song is very, very ZZ - stripped down, ragged and tough enough to survive a flood.

I love it.... And the segué into James Brown's "I Feel Good" is unexpected, but somehow perfect... {{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bounce}


 
Maybe went a lil commercial, but got to see them here in a real small hall Oct 2008.

Shit howdy was it fun,  They don't take themselves seriously, they were just plain having fun, enjoying being enjoyed.

I am definitely here for ZZ Top.  Among other things :)

Kudo's for RP to bring out golden oldies but I don't come here for ZZ Top.


This is the kind of song that is perfect live, on a hot day, with a couple of beers on board.  Wish I was there now . . .
 ddog wrote:
One of the better ZZ Top songs that you seldom hear, in my opinion. Thanks Bill!
 
You don't live in Texas, do you?

Billy, Frank and Dusty are de riguer 'round these parts. Now if Bill would just play 'Manic Mechanic' once in awhile...

 ddog wrote:
One of the better ZZ Top songs that you seldom hear, in my opinion. Thanks Bill!
 
Yep, love those days.....this one sort of reminds me of the group Mississippi
If the boogie woogie kill me, I don't mind dyin'!
One of the better ZZ Top songs that you seldom hear, in my opinion. Thanks Bill!
Yeah babay!!!
 david1045 wrote:
A lot of ZZ Top songs, this one included, are considerably better than average. 
  I love it! great comment.
They do seem to be a bit underrated.

A lot of ZZ Top songs, this one included, are considerably better than average. 
In the mid 90s, Dusty Hill could quite often be found just hanging out at places like the Ginger Man and the Barley House in Dallas.  He sat in with all kinds of miscellaneous local acts, and it was a lot of fun just to talk to him.
 Cynaera wrote:
Wow, calypsus_1 - that pic makes me realize how commercial the Top has become... Those trademark beards, the matching hats and ponchos... Yikes. Still, this song is very, very ZZ - stripped down, ragged and tough enough to survive a flood.

I love it.... And the segué into James Brown's "I Feel Good" is unexpected, but somehow perfect... {{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bounce}


 
Agreed, and how apropos is "Just Got Paid?"


This RAWKS, from back when the Top were a guilty pleasure of mine.

"Jesus Has Just Left Chicago" is on that list, too. 
 romeotuma wrote:


Very apropos for Friday...  love it...

 
 
Um, I get paid every other Wednesday... Still, I love to do that whole "pocket full of change" thing... *g*

Wow, calypsus_1 - that pic makes me realize how commercial the Top has become... Those trademark beards, the matching hats and ponchos... Yikes. Still, this song is very, very ZZ - stripped down, ragged and tough enough to survive a flood.

I love it.... And the segué into James Brown's "I Feel Good" is unexpected, but somehow perfect... {{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bounce}



ZZ Top Wallpaper by ~JohnnySlowhand
Nikola Plecas ©2009-2010 ~JohnnySlowhand

ZZ Top RULES, one of my favourite music bands!


Institution .....
Love the pre-beard ZZ Top.
My 2nd concert:  Alice Cooper w/ ZZ opening.  Those were the days. 
forgot how gooood this is!   thanks rp for draggin out.  makes work so much easier.
Well, this just is, you know,...


GOOD!! 

Yea back when ZZ used to rok!{#Bananajam}
one of the positive outcomes of Texas
great album
Check out Joe Bonnamassa versions of this tune.....far superior imho.
Sorry, but it's just im-frackin-possible to argue with this tune.{#Notworthy}

tiggers wrote:

Meandering - check
Overlong - check
Dreck - check

On drugs when they recorded it? Of course!

Sucko-barfo? You bet!




On drugs when you wrote this?.....of course!

Good to see you're still with us tiggers..

Wow, a ZZTop song that I can still listen to without cringing! Who would have thought?!!{#Lol}

Meandering - check
Overlong - check
Dreck - check

On drugs when they recorded it? Of course!

Sucko-barfo? You bet!


 unclehud wrote:
Orginally from Rio Grande Mud, I believe, with many other lesser-known classics of the electronic boogie blues genre.  Try "Goin down to Mexico," for example ...

Rockin already this morning!  Thanks from your Eastern Time Zone fans ...
 
Yeah, the first two albums contain some great Texas-style blues-rock.

Thank you, Bill - jamming song this beautiful morning! {#Bananasplit}
Hell yeah...that's what I'm talking about.{#Cowboy}
Orginally from Rio Grande Mud, I believe, with many other lesser-known classics of the electronic boogie blues genre.  Try "Goin down to Mexico," for example ...

Rockin already this morning!  Thanks from your Eastern Time Zone fans ...
TOP!
{#Drummer} 
Rapeman did a decent cover of this.  I think I prefer it to the original, but not by much.  Good tune either way.

Good song to get us started on a holiday weekend!! {#Dancingbanana_2}
Wooooo Hoooooo! REAL ZZ!!!
This early stuff is about the only ZZ Top I can handle . . . before they became a cartoon self-parody, churning out cheesy videos and recycling the same tired riffs ad nauseum. I'll take "Waiting for the Bus" over "Legs" any day (the song that is).
Ahhhh................ a little Texas boogie to start the day... NICE!{#Wave}
 ScottN wrote:
Now if Bill would just add Jesus Just Left Chicago to the playlist....
 
OH Yea!
Pretty please, Bill? {#Hearteyes}
Now if Bill would just add Jesus Just Left Chicago to the playlist....
 squidish wrote:

You're so right. My Republican friend moved out of Austin because she was tired of the intolerant behavior she was getting from liberals.
 
 Ehh? Someone had to leave a city because she did not like the political climate? I mean — perhaps that was not the only factor?

 squidish wrote:

You're so right. My Republican friend moved out of Austin because she was tired of the intolerant behavior she was getting from liberals. That opened my eyes to strive to be an open minded liberal, which is kinda boring, but much more fair.

Let's leave these good ol'boys alone and just enjoy the music.
 
Not that I wanted to turn this into a political discussion... but...

It is nice knowing there are folks on the left that see this.  One of my best friends is a socialist, which makes for very interesting conversations as you could imagine.  It's not the fact that someone is "left" that I dislike.  It's when they are so sure that anybody that disagrees with them is "evil"... and this is coming from the supposed tolerant crowd.

So, squidish, I probably agree with you on very little politically.  But I sure have a ton of respect for you after your comments.  {#Clap}
The unfortunate part for your friend is... Austin is such a great city, too bad she misses out on that due to intolerance.
i really like beethoven -  just have so much trouble getting past his lack of hearing
{#Cowboy}

 bobringer wrote:
This is just like the craiglist ads from people looking for a roommate.

"Roommate must be open minded.  No Republicans allowed"
 
You're so right. My Republican friend moved out of Austin because she was tired of the intolerant behavior she was getting from liberals. That opened my eyes to strive to be an open minded liberal, which is kinda boring, but much more fair.

Let's leave these good ol'boys alone and just enjoy the music.

 Papernapkin wrote:
ZZ has some good songs. I have trouble getting past that they're pro-Republican.
  That's consistent - they seem to clown around like our C in C.
 Papernapkin wrote:
ZZ has some good songs. I have trouble getting past that they're pro-Republican.
 
Seriously?  Are you really serious?

This is just like the craiglist ads from people looking for a roommate.

"Roommate must be open minded.  No Republicans allowed"

The laughability of all those ads are lost on those that are so sure they are so "open minded".  The left is amazingly funny and they don't even realize it.
If you can't listen to ZZ Top because they are pro-Republican, I must be a saint being republican and a music fan... because if I was as judgemental as you, I wouldn't be able to listen to the radio at all.

Amazing... 
 Papernapkin wrote:
ZZ has some good songs. I have trouble getting past that they're pro-Republican.
 
I know nothing about their politics, I do know that Billy Gibbons donates a lot of money to art museums and to aging blues stars.

 buddy wrote:
Back in 1970-73 ZZ Top was the national band of Texas and not yet widely known in the US. They were an incredible live act - I've seen them be called back for up to 5 encores. This song is from their second kick-ass album. Buy it - you won't be disappointed.

Ah-haw-haw-haw....
 
Check out Clapton's Crossroads benefit DVD (the Dallas one in 2004, I think). I'm not going to say anything more, ah-haw-haw-haw.

woozurbuddy wrote:
I grew up in Texas and we were all into ZZ as a regional band through their first two albums. Their third, Tres Hombres, shot them to national status in 1973. For my money, this is possible their best cut ever, off of their second album called Rio Grande Mud. The entire album is killer - download it today! (and ZZTop's First Album, which was more raw and just as great)....

What about 'Manic Mechanic'?

The Top's early stuff is by far their best. Nice to hear Bill play some stuff many people dismiss as 'classic rock'.

c.

woozurbuddy wrote:
I grew up in Texas and we were all into ZZ as a regional band through their first two albums. Their third, Tres Hombres, shot them to national status in 1973. For my money, this is possible their best cut ever, off of their second album called Rio Grande Mud. The entire album is killer - download it today! (and ZZTop's First Album, which was more raw and just as great)....

Yes, yes, yes, the first 3 CDs are great stuff.  And Tres Hombres has been reissued with some bonus live tracks.
It sounds better than ever!

...i got paid yesterday, but haven't had a chance to make it to the bank yet... ...not quite the same ring to it, i suppose...
Papernapkin wrote:
ZZ has some good songs. I have trouble getting past that they're pro-Republican.
Well dang. This information makes me feel worse than knowing Beck is a Scientologist.
ZZ has some good songs. I have trouble getting past that they're pro-Republican.
Texas is a state of mind.
Love it!
ahhhhhh ain't nothin like early ZZ...Hell Yeah!
bigB_3 wrote:
/signed
d00kie wrote:
Hell yeah!
Hell yeah!
The little ol' band from Texas--hell yeah!
Nothing but 2 for me!!
SWEET!
Gov't Mule does an awesome version of this; the video is on You Tube. Check it out.
Mugro wrote:
ZZ Top!
ZZ Top!
'Bad Little Doggie' by Govt Mule would be an excellent follow up to this...someone should upload it...
jredd2 wrote:
Love anything from ZZ Top!! Rock on!!!
2nd That! Anything from that lil' ol' band from Texas sounds Good on a Friday!!
dixiedeb wrote:
I remember my best friend and I dancing to this at our favorite bar, and getting free beer. ZZ Top rocks!
I wonder if it wasn't the free beer...
Niiiiiiiiice....
mojoman wrote:
If you had an infinte number of rednecks with an infinite number of shotguns and an infinite number of stop signs, could they reproduce the works of Shakespeare in Braille?
In an infinite universe, anything possible will happen an infinite number of times in an infinite number of places.
Love anything from ZZ Top!! Rock on!!!