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Muddy Waters — Rock Me
Album: I'm Ready
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Released: 1978
Length: 3:49
Plays (last 30 days): 2
Want you to rock me baby, rock me all night long
Want you to rock me baby, rock me all night long
Well I want you to rock me baby, like my back ain't got no bones

Sun goin' down, the moon begin to rise
Sun goin' down, the moon begin to rise
Well I want you to rock me baby, till you make me satisfied

See me comin', run get your rockin' chair
See me comin', run get your rockin' chair
Well you know I ain't no stranger, you know I used to live right here

Want you to roll me, like I roll a wagon wheel
Want you to roll me, like I roll a wagon wheel
You know I want you to roll me over, you know how good that makes me feel

Rock me easy, rock your baby slow
Rock me easy, rock your baby slow
Well you know I want you to rock me so easy, till I don't wanna rock no more

Put your arms around me, like a circle around the sun
Put your arms around me, like a circle around the sun
I want you to call, call me daddy, let me lay down in your arms
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Love it! Gots what Mr. Mojo Risin used (and he told us yes he did where he got it!) all over it! Ya gotta roll, roll, roll, gotta thrill my soul, ya gotta eachakoocha kawkawkaw, chaw chaw chaw, gotta eacha nooda bee bop a lula, ALL RIGHT... Blues is often my favorite color!
"raining down Delta beatitude".  
Excellent iconic song that influenced Rock in its pure essence. 
I always loved this album and its album cover. A watercolor portrait by my teacher Philip Hays, and the cover design by Paula Scher!
...alternate expression here too https://sinistersaladmusikal.f...
Johnny Winters production and guitar
How can ya go wrong?
ICONIC!!!!  GREAT TUNE!!!!!
 idiot_wind wrote:

Now what does he mean by "rock me all night long"?

Is there a "hoochie coochie" involved? 

Or maybe a "wang dang doodle"?

  



The rock me part I get, its the "roll me like an wagon wheel" I am not to sure about.
 idiot_wind wrote:

Now what does he mean by "rock me all night long"?

Is there a "hoochie coochie" involved? 

Or maybe a "wang dang doodle"?

  




If there's not you wake up feeling Blue!
Now what does he mean by "rock me all night long"?

Is there a "hoochie coochie" involved? 

Or maybe a "wang dang doodle"?

  
Oh yea I!
 jademon wrote:
Shagging.  I like the oh-so-subtle title.
 
kingart wrote:
What is this song about, again?  {#Mrgreen}

 


 
Where do you think the 'rock' in 'rock and roll' came from?
Had this vinyl. He and Johnny were so good together! 
 idiot_wind wrote:
Who on harp? Little Walter? James Cotton? 
 
Jerry Portnoy.
This is an OLD blues song.  Rock and Roll used to be slang for doin the nasty.

Oh lawdy Mr. Waters!!
Who on harp? Little Walter? James Cotton? 
We performed these songs & at 69 years old, i still dig the shit out of them, man!

...i guess when performed these songs for the people who care about stuff >way more important in those days< &  we always had  a great time doing it for the real people:

I don't think any of those people, many down on their luck, to say the least, give one sweet shit about what you stinking think...

Why don't you offer some constructive comment or shutup or would that be 
...so
very 
tired
worn
out
play
out
done
...too hard... 


GOODBye & good luck with that.

 
DocStrangelove wrote:
so
very
tired
worn
out
play
out
done
 

These Johnny Winter produced Muddy Waters albums were GOLDEN
Managed to see Muddy Waters at Fry Foggles in London, Ontario several times in 1974-75.   

That was the MDA period for me.  We danced like fiends.   
King Muddy  {#Crown}   Super A1
not my fav. song from him!
Shagging.  I like the oh-so-subtle title.
 
kingart wrote:
What is this song about, again?  {#Mrgreen}

 


Playing harp on this song...is that "Mr. Super Harp" himself....James Cotton?

 
 rdo wrote:

Lol...I am hopelessly missing the boat on this....
 
Yeah rdo, you and I don't always agree on the music, but as aforementioned, you are one of the people commenting on these boards that I seek out; Always an entertaining read, point of view, or commentary.
For me, the world's a lesser place for Muddy's absence.  But greatness like this song lives on.  Play the blues, Muddy.
 burdell wrote:
I think most people rate this song highly because they think they're "supposed to" like this. Bleh, boring and uninspiring. Geez that harmonica playing alone is simply awful.

 
{#No}  {#No}  {#No}   .... so very wrong. {#No}  {#No}  {#No}
I think most people rate this song highly because they think they're "supposed to" like this. Bleh, boring and uninspiring. Geez that harmonica playing alone is simply awful.
What is this song about, again?  {#Mrgreen}
 JIan wrote:

{#Arrowu}  {#Eh}.  Now as to the song...{#Music}  {#Jump}

 
Lol...I am hopelessly missing the boat on this....
Oh yea!! 
 2cats wrote:


Us Southern girls, too.

 
say amen chillen'
Used to sing this to my daughter at bedtime--story over, lights out, and one song for the road. She just loved the phrase, "Rock me, baby..."
{#Bananajam}what a band....{#Bananapiano}{#Guitarist}{#Drummer}{#Dancingbanana_2}
 rdo wrote:
{#Eh}

 
{#Arrowu}  {#Eh}.  Now as to the song...{#Music}  {#Jump}
Friday afternoon BLUES JAM!!
{#Eh}
Play that Harp Cotton !!
 Misterfixit wrote:


Oh yeah, Rockin' and Rollin' wid dat Kingsnake ... us Souothern boys do know what dat means!  Can I get an Amen and a Signify?

 

Us Southern girls, too.
Jerry Portnoy blowin' harp —-  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Portnoy  

Went out for a Maxwell Street Polish and a beer afterwards. 
Dang! I missed it this time ;-(  or not

Oh Hells Yeah!  I be bumpin' this one to a Ten!
 Gregorama wrote:
Diane needs a pigfoot and a bottle of beer, some reefer and some gin, and a crawlin' kingsnake..

If she don't understand, she needs mo' Bessie Smith records...
 

Oh yeah, Rockin' and Rollin' wid dat Kingsnake ... us Souothern boys do know what dat means!  Can I get an Amen and a Signify?

 lemmoth wrote:
Please come back after you have purchased a clue, young man. 

Doubt he could afford it.

 DaveInVA wrote:
I'm just glad I got to see/hear him live- good stuff!

 
I will second that!  I saw him in 78 or 79, memory is a bit fuzzy on the dates.  He just sat on his stool and jammed. 

I'm just glad I got to see/hear him live- good stuff!


Muddy Waters by ~JSaurer
©2008-2010 ~JSaurer

one of the most important musicians! without him no stones, no zeps and and and...
pencil drawing, 1983

Love this. Also the Airplanes version on Bless it's Pointed Little Head.
 lemmoth wrote:

Please come back after you have purchased a clue, young man.

 

Yea, no doubt!  This is good stuff man!{#Bananajam}
Sounds like something out of the blues brothers movie....rock me Jake!
 AdyMiles wrote:
yuck. annoying music
 
Please come back after you have purchased a clue, young man.

 jagdriver wrote:
Who's playing the harp on this? Is it James Cotton or Little Walter?
 
Well, the liner notes credit Big Walter Horton, not Little Walter Jacobs, both of whom incidentally co-authored a book about diatonic blues harp, Sourcebook of Little Walter/Big Walter Licks for Blues Harmonica, published by Centerstream. Don'cha love this site?
yuck. annoying music
 gofishbish wrote:
and can I get a, "oh, hell yeah."
 
Sure!



 gofishbish wrote:
and can I get a, "oh, hell yeah."
 

oh HELL yeah
and can I get a, "oh, hell yeah."
smooth..
Who's playing the harp on this? Is it James Cotton or Little Walter?


Mmmm...  what a tune to wake up to!!!
It would be even more fitting if I had a hangover.
Mr Morganfield one of the fathers of the electric blues, what a man

meower wrote:
what a horrible picture of him!
It's what's inside that counts - he's got a beautiful soul for sure!
lydias-lover wrote:
Django and Muddy Watters, this is heaven. Yes heaven indeed!
+1
Django and Muddy Watters, this is heaven. Yes heaven indeed!
da blues had a baby and they called it rock and roll..
How it's done nephew.
Wizzuvv_oz wrote:
captain ass for me (7)
lol
Rolling Fork (click here)
dkwalika wrote:
kicking major ass
captain ass for me (7)
dkwalika wrote:
kicking major ass
Ab-so-bleeping-lutely :)
what a horrible picture of him!
kicking major ass
i could listen to blues all day.
Man...these blues are giving me the blues!
Yessssss-gives me some interesting ideas for the little man later on tonight.....
hey, what happended to the MUSIC...? Mari wrote:
But some people's worst is better than some people's best, n'est-ce pas?" couldn't agree more
here to mud in yur eye...
tonypf wrote:
This is pretty good. However, there is great Muddy Waters out there, and this aint it. Bill: I realize this is a little better produced than some of the earlier stuff, but it lacks the real bite that Muddy brought to the scene then. I think your listeners might at least pay attention to the less varnished, more gutsy stuff. Especially the listeners (hard as it is to imagine) who've never heard Muddy.
But some people's worst is better than some people's best, n'est-ce pas?
This is great. I think I like blues as much as I dislike so-called "soul" music. One extreme like and one extreme dislike. Muddy Waters may be the avatar or the epitome. Whaddaya think?
Flying_Donut wrote:
Happy Birthday, Morgan!
McKinley Morganfield, maybe?
diane wrote:
Call me picky, but I insist any front line instrument - save a triangle - have more than the same two notes played over and over. The harmonica in this rendition seems to have gotten stuck or gypped. It just sucked my brain out through my ear. Waaaaa-aaaaa-aaa-aaaa, etc.....
Somebody here seriously needs to have their mojo in the upright and working position. I know some people; you can have that looked at professionally.
Yes'm, ROCK ME, baby! Muddy's the master, but loved hearing Hot Tuna play this recently in concert (Truckee, CA). See https://www.ca-dreaming.com/HotTuna
Gregorama wrote:
Diane needs a pigfoot and a bottle of beer, some reefer and some gin, and a crawlin' kingsnake.. If she don't understand, she needs mo' Bessie Smith records...
:nodhead: Rock Me!
Diane needs a pigfoot and a bottle of beer, some reefer and some gin, and a crawlin' kingsnake.. If she don't understand, she needs mo' Bessie Smith records...
diane wrote:
Call me picky, but I insist any front line instrument - save a triangle - have more than the same two notes played over and over... Waaaaa-aaaaa-aaa-aaaa, etc.....
Well, Diane it's like this: This is the Blues, if you don't like it then you don't like the Blues, that's all there is to it. Now as far as just two notes on the blues harp (harmonica), better take a closer hear. There's a bit more than two. If you want to complain about harmonica listen to Alanis Morisette's playing, now that's painfull! (pimp) 8)
diane wrote:
Call me picky, but I insist any front line instrument - save a triangle - have more than the same two notes played over and over. The harmonica in this rendition seems to have gotten stuck or gypped. It just sucked my brain out through my ear. Waaaaa-aaaaa-aaa-aaaa, etc.....
I would not call you picky, but ignorant with an extraordinaire lack of sensibility. but that is just me...
Call me picky, but I insist any front line instrument - save a triangle - have more than the same two notes played over and over. The harmonica in this rendition seems to have gotten stuck or gypped. It just sucked my brain out through my ear. Waaaaa-aaaaa-aaa-aaaa, etc.....
ludwig7 wrote:
And shocked a lot of people in the process....
Hah!! :D
From which soooo much sprang from \:D/
GregX59 wrote:
Muddy Waters invented 'lectricity...
And shocked a lot of people in the process....
I've never heard 'muddy waters' before...
Muddy Waters invented 'lectricity...
tht would be j winters on guitar. white boy and all. dot.
Originally Posted by MsfStl: Never heard of Muddy Waters? Oh Brother! After you finish learning how to spell, perhaps we could school you on some music too. (pimp)
That's the funniest thing I've ever heard!! MsfStl - you are awesome!
Originally Posted by solecist77: Some very tight writing and vocals although metiphisically insignificant. I've never heard 'muddy waters' before. Checked the site to see what travis album it was from, interesting surprise.
Never heard of Muddy Waters? Oh Brother! After you finish learning how to spell, perhaps we could school you on some music too. (pimp)
You know, I was never much of a blues fan but there is just something about Muddy Waters ... blues is just growing on me like a fungus... I\'m so glad RP opened the door to this great genre for me! thanks!!!
Happy Birthday, Morgan!
Great to hear this.More Muddy Waters,more blues,more roots music.
Originally Posted by solecist77: Some very tight writing and vocals although metiphisically insignificant. ...
What in God's name are you talking about, dude? and why can't you spell it?
This is pretty good. However, there is great Muddy Waters out there, and this aint it. Bill: I realize this is a little better produced than some of the earlier stuff, but it lacks the real bite that Muddy brought to the scene then. I think your listeners might at least pay attention to the less varnished, more gutsy stuff. Especially the listeners (hard as it is to imagine) who\'ve never heard Muddy.
Some very tight writing and vocals although metiphisically insignificant. I\'ve never heard \'muddy waters\' before. Checked the site to see what travis album it was from, interesting surprise.
Crossing Muddy Waters! Can\'t get enough of his stuff. (must be timeless music)