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28 Sep 99 - 03:53 PM (#118585) Subject: Talking Nothin' Blues From: DownEast Bob A guitar picker named Pete Stone at the U. of Chicago in the 50s, wrote a great talking blues called "Talking Nothin' Blues. Does anybody have the lyrics? I don't think it was ever recorded, and as far as I know, Pete never recorded, unless he was on Chicago Mob Scene released by Riverside in the late 50s or early 60s. |
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28 Sep 99 - 04:50 PM (#118602) Subject: RE: Talking Nothin' Blues From: Art Thieme Pete Stone did record that song---and he did that on, as you say, the Chicago Mob Scene LP on Riverside.Bob Gibson (as Sam Hall) and Larry Ehtlich and Bob March & others were also on the album. I posted the song on an earlier thread with this same title I think. Art |
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29 Sep 99 - 12:11 AM (#118747) Subject: RE: Talking Nothin' Blues From: Bill D from memory:
"Well, I looked from the porch to the top of the wall,
There's a man in this town, goin' around,
I went downtown, some nothin' to buy..
Well, this song was written with nothin' in mind (your mileage may differ..) |
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29 Sep 99 - 12:37 PM (#118904) Subject: RE: Talking Nothin' Blues From: Downeast Bob Wow! Thanks for the lyrics. I've been trying for about 45 years to remember how it went. You guys just made my decade. |
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29 Sep 99 - 03:21 PM (#118968) Subject: RE: Talking Nothin' Blues From: Bill D *had some notion there may be another verse, but 'nothing' comes to mind.* "I got plenty of Nothin',and nothin's plenty for me" |
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29 Sep 99 - 09:10 PM (#119137) Subject: Lyr Add: TALKING NOTHIN' BLUES From: DownEast Bob Yes, Bill, there was more. With the help of what you posted, plus my own memory, plus a little add-versing of my own, I came up with: Last night I looked upon the stair. I saw nothin'. Nothin' was there. From my front porch to the top of the wall, There was lot's of nothin', nothin' at all.... Nothing.... A pree-ponderance of vacancy. There's a man in town, he's goin' around, Spreadin' lots of nothin' all over the ground. I heard some passin' people say, "All that nothin' gets in the way.... There oughta be a law." My wife said, "Honey, don't you know, Nothin' makes my flowers grow." So I figured I better lay in a supply And I went downtown, some nothin' to buy. Took along an empty... Wallet. The man in the store, he smile an' say, "We got plenty o' nothin'; nothin' today. Boxes, bottles, cans, and jars, Semi-trailers and big boxcars,... All vacuum-packed. He says, "How do you want it? Large or small? Fat or slender? Short or tall?" I says, "Gimme a slightly rounded pile, Empty as a politician's smile... Full of hot air.... Wrap it up as a gift." Well, this song was written with nothin' in mind, Nothin' at all of any kind, Nothin' at all in any degree, Nothin' to it that I can see,... Nothin'... Nothin'... It just grew... Out of a poverty of intellect. |
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30 Sep 99 - 04:31 PM (#119475) Subject: RE: Talking Nothin' Blues From: Bill D Hey! neat..there are some there I never saw..(I found it printed somewhere once)so now we BOTH have more...thanks! |
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03 Jan 05 - 10:51 AM (#1370023) Subject: RE: Talking Nothin' Blues From: GUEST,cushenge@direcway.com Hi, Lyrics to two of the verses of Talking Nothin' Blues: Well, I looked from the hall to the top of the stairs, didn't see nothing that wasn't there, nothin, nothin', nothin, nothin' at all, nothin', nothin all over the wall Well, a man on the corner standing around, Spreading nothin' all over the ground, Heard some passing people say, "All that nothin' gets in the way, Aught to be a law." If you hear of any more, let me known Thanks T |
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14 Apr 08 - 10:37 PM (#2315807) Subject: Lyr Add: TALKIN' NOTHIN' BLUES From: GUEST,Keith Hollis New Zealand TALKIN' NOTHIN' BLUES I looked from the hall to the top of the stairs, Didn't see a man who wasn't there, Nothin', nothin', nothin' at all, Nothin' at all, all over the wall. A predominance of vacancy. There's a man on the corner standing around, Spreading nuthin' all over the ground. Heard some passing people say, All that nothin' gets in the way. Ought to be a law. Went to the cupboard. The cupboard was bare. Nuthin', nuthin', nuthin' was there. Turned around, scratched my face. So much dammed nuthin' all over the place, On the floor and in the chairs. Well, I thought I’d better lay in a supply, So I went to the store some nuthin to buy. In the window a big display: "We got plenty of nuthin' today, All vacuum packed." Clerk came round, said, "What’ll it be?" "Nuthin', nuthin', nuthin' for me." "How do you want it? Large or small? Fat or skinny? Short or tall?" "I'll take some with bows on it, Wrap it up nice for a gift." Well, this song was written with nuthin' in mind, Nuthin' at all of any kind, Nuthin' at all of any degree, And there’s nuthin' in it as you can see, Nuthin', nuthin', nuthin'. We was aided by a poverty of intellect. |
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14 Apr 08 - 11:47 PM (#2315838) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Talking Nothin' Blues From: Art Thieme What goes around..,. Art |
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04 Sep 19 - 06:50 PM (#4007377) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Talking Nothin' Blues From: GUEST,Rick Squires I remember a slightly different opening verse: “I looked from the hall to the top of the stair, Didn’t see nothing, nothing anywhere. Nothing, nothing, nothing at all. Nothing at all, all over the wall. A predominance of vacancy...” That was from about 1961 or ‘62, o group of my brothers friends from Victoria University, New Zealand, folk club... |
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04 Sep 19 - 08:12 PM (#4007380) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Talking Nothin' Blues From: GUEST,Starship 'Chicago Mob Scene' LP on Riverside was released in 1957. No songwriters were credited on the album. |
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26 Jul 20 - 04:44 AM (#4065882) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Talking Nothin' Blues From: GUEST The first lines (in the version I listened to) went: I looked from the hall to the top of the stair, Didn't see the man that wasn't standing there, There was nothin, nothin, nothin at all. Nothin at all, all over the wall. |
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26 Jul 20 - 09:26 AM (#4065931) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Talking Nothin' Blues From: cnd Can't find a true original of the recording, but if you want to hear the song, there's a recording of the song by John T. Wurzer here, though his introductory comments make it seem like he used this site (or elsewhere on the internet) as a resource for his lyrics. |
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27 Jan 22 - 05:13 AM (#4133998) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Talking Nothin' Blues From: GUEST,Natsera I think the first verse was As I was going up the stair I saw a man who wasn’t there He wasn’t there again today I wish, I wish he’d go away! The rest of the verses were what Bill D posted. |
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26 Sep 22 - 02:28 PM (#4153864) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Talking Nothin' Blues From: GUEST,Guest: Robert My lyrics resembled Keith Hollis' from New Zealand - This version was published in "Sing Out (The Folk Song Magazine)"" Volume 3, published in 1961. No authorship given. |
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28 Apr 23 - 06:52 PM (#4171037) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Talking Nothin' Blues From: GUEST,Keith Hollis TALKIN’ NUTHIN’ BLUES I LOOKED FROM THE HALL TO THE TOP OF THE STAIRS, DIDN’T SEE A MAN WHO WASN’T THERE, NOTHIN’ NOTHIN’ NOTHIN’ AT ALL, NOTHIN’ AT ALL ALL OVER THE WALL. A PREDOMINENCE OF VACANCY. THERE’S A MAN ON THE CORNER STANDING AROUND, SPREADING NUTHIN’ ALL OVER THE GROUND, HEARD SOME PASSING PEOPLE SAY, ALL THAT NOTHIN’ GETS IN THE WAY, OUGHTA BE A LAW. WENT TO THE CUPBOARD, THE CUPBOARD WAS BARE, NUTHIN’ NUTHIN’ NUTHIN’ WAS THERE, TURNED AROUND, SCRATCHED MY FACE, SO MUCH DAMMED NUTHIN’ ALL OVER THE PLACE, ON THE FLOOR AND IN THE CHAIRS. WELL I THOUGHT I’D BETTER LAY IN A SUPPLY, SO I WENT TO THE STORE SOME NUTHIN TO BUY, IN THE WINDOW A BIG DISPLAY, WE GOT PLENTY OF NUTHIN’ TODAY, ALL VACCUM PACKED. CLERK CAME ROUND, SAID WHAT’LL IT BE, I SAID NUTHIN’ NUTHIN’ NUTHIN’ FOR ME, HOW DO YOU WANT IT LARGE OR SMALL, FAT OR SKINNY, SHORT OR TALL, I’LL TAKE SOME WITH BOWS ON IT, WRAP IT UP NICE IT’S FOR A GIFT. WELL THIS SONG WAS WRITTEN WITH NUTHIN’ IN MIND, NUTHIN’ AT ALL OF ANY KIND, NUTHIN’ AT ALL OF ANY DEGREE, AND THERES NUTHIN’ IN IT AS YOU CAN SEE, NUTHIN’ NUTHIN’ NUTHIN’ WE WAS AIDED BY A POVERTY OF INTELLECT |