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14 Oct 15 - 11:13 PM (#3744009) Subject: Lyr Req: i thought i heard new orleans say From: GUEST,Ian Need lyrics for the Dr John song. Can anyone help? |
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15 Oct 15 - 02:47 AM (#3744019) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: i thought i heard new orleans say From: Joe Offer Can't say I'm familiar with Dr. John. I found a YouTube video of I Thought I Heard New Orleans Say": This Website (click) has an excerpt of the lyrics: Red beans and pinball machines/Chicory coffee and hoodoo queens/File gumbo and pralines/Everything's hot down in New Orleans/I thought I heard New Orleans say/They is a street parade/Down on Esplanade/If it rains we'll feel no pain/Cause we gonna march today. So that's a start. But it's too late and I'm too tired to attempt a transcription tonight. Great song, though. -Joe- |
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15 Oct 15 - 03:01 AM (#3744021) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: i thought i heard new orleans say From: GUEST Thanks Joe. A transcription some time would be a GREAT help. I have the song on YT - I just don't understand the Dr with his accent and dialect. |
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15 Oct 15 - 04:15 AM (#3744033) Subject: DRAFT: i thought i heard new orleans say From: Joe Offer It's an intriguing song, so I got out my headphones and a glass of whiskey. Here's what I came up with in 45 minutes. It's hopeless, but maybe some nice person like Jim Dixon will make sense of it. -Joe- I Thought I Heard New Orleans Say (Mac Rebennack & Doc Pomus) I was in my brougham (?) dreaming Of the Fat man Antoine Domino Singin' rock 'n' roll and blues Red beans, pinball machines Chicory coffee and hoodoo queens File gumbo and pralines Everything's hot down in New Orleans I thought I heard New Orleans say They is a street parade Down on Esplanade If it rains we'll feel no pain Cause we gonna march today. (3x) Professor Longhair now An he world renowned 'bout Rampart Street He got a high-class sympathy orchestra Oh, you know they can't be beat Watch out around Shakespeare Park You don't know what's cookin' in the ovens in the dark Look out refute (?) is stay away Startin from them breakdown today (?) I thought I heard New Orleans say They is a street parade Down on Esplanade If it rains we'll feel no pain We gonna shoo-be-doo-be-doo-dah-day. (3x) French (??) Susiana's a Melotone. Second line Flambeau's carryin' on Big chief and the tribe done come and gone Won't be no Mardi Gras down here Police took it over this year Mardi Gras won't stray too far We have no Mardi strike and no funky Gras I thought I heard New Orleans say They is a street parade Down on Esplanade If it rains we'll feel no pain Cause we gonna march today. Shoo-be-doo-be-doo-dah-day (multiple times, then fade) |
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15 Oct 15 - 04:40 AM (#3744038) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: i thought i heard new orleans say From: Joe Offer Apparently, this song is based on Buddy Bolden's Blues, by Jelly Roll Morton. |
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15 Oct 15 - 06:36 AM (#3744052) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: i thought i heard new orleans say From: GUEST You're a champion Joe. Thanks. That'll do...I'll fill in the blanks with my own gibberish. I think it's based on Iko Iko....? His autobiography is written the same way as his lyrics. As a gesture of thanks a truckload of 1925 Laphroaig is on it's way to Mudcat HQ. "Ian" |
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15 Oct 15 - 08:20 PM (#3744243) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: i thought i heard new orleans say From: Joe Offer Hi, Ian - This being a virtual community, I suppose that's virtual Laphroaig we'll be drinking... Cheers! -Joe- |
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15 Oct 15 - 10:01 PM (#3744260) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: i thought i heard new orleans say From: D-String Unfortunately I've drunk it all. Being 'virtual' there was no alcohol content. Wasn't quite the same. |
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18 Oct 15 - 12:36 AM (#3744837) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Thought I Heard New Orleans Say From: Jim Dixon Joe: I think line 2 is: "Of the Lower Ninth buckaroos" – referring to the Lower Ninth Ward. |
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19 Oct 15 - 01:26 AM (#3745077) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Thought I Heard New Orleans Say From: GUEST You're right Jim and I also think it's "Fat man with fine diamonds" in a reference to Fats Domino. This is like deciphering the Egyptian tombs! |
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19 Oct 15 - 02:25 AM (#3745082) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Thought I Heard New Orleans Say From: Joe Offer Oooh, ooh, where's the diamonds? In the first verse, I hear quite clearly: Fat man Antoine Domino I don't hear a second fat man. -Joe- |
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19 Oct 15 - 08:53 PM (#3745316) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Thought I Heard New Orleans Say From: Charley Noble Excellent work! Keep digging! |
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20 Oct 15 - 08:26 PM (#3745547) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Thought I Heard New Orleans Say From: GUEST You're right Joe, it IS 'fat man Antione Domino'. It's the way he sings "Do-ME-no" made me hear 'diamonds'. What other mysteries will be revealed. Mr Rebennack should have gone to elocution class but then we wouldn't have had his delightful vocal stylings. Here's a thought: Dr John and Van Morrison in conversation.They're both indecipheral. To my antipodean ears anyway. Ian |
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20 Oct 15 - 08:32 PM (#3745548) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Thought I Heard New Orleans Say From: GUEST I've just realised I've invented a new word, "indecipheral", which is also indecipherable. |