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Sam Phillips — Go Down
Album: Cruel Inventions
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Released: 1991
Length: 3:28
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you face the blue and wish the roof would open up
but arches of commerce have made the sky corrupt

go down

break the code of death for profit break the guns
break the silence of money break the greedy unison

go down

maybe someday you'll come back to me

find the mystical connection find the dreams
under cynical wreckage find the winding conscious stream

go down

maybe someday you'll come back to me
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 idiot_wind wrote:

Here's the dream tour: Sam, Lucinda, KT, and Kathleen Edwards. 

In small  venues with good acoustics, somewhat clean restrooms, and moderately priced cocktails.

And security people that don't scream" "Sit Down!"   

Wow, that would be quite the lineup! Imagine them doing a Puss’n’Boots or Case-Lang-Viers type project. That would be fun (or terrible, if for some reason they don’t get along).

Posted 3 months ago by Talus1    [ Reply ]
Hold it. 

The lyrics:  "Go down". Repeated. Almost like an order.  Then I look at her face.   

Hey!  I mean hey!  You know what I'm saying?  
Posted 10 months ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
I would prefer Shawn Phillips!
Posted 10 months ago by ericlemarie    [ Reply ]
those chorus harmonies are quirky, kinda funny
Posted 11 months ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Here's the dream tour: Sam, Lucinda, KT, and Kathleen Edwards. 

In small  venues with good acoustics, somewhat clean restrooms, and moderately priced cocktails.

And security people that don't scream" "Sit Down!"   
Posted 1 year ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 jjbix37 wrote:

love Sam!!


Couldn't have said it better myself.
Posted 1 year ago by nutrod42    [ Reply ]
love Sam!!
Posted 1 year ago by jjbix37    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:

She looks so young to have discovered Elvis.




Elvis lives. Visit Vegas.
Posted 1 year ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
 ziakut wrote:
...Maybe it's about elevators and escalators.
 
THAT'S IT!
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
Quite possibly the last cassette I ever bought and only because the shop didn't have this on CD. And I wore that cassette out. A really great example of 90s alternative.
Posted 2 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
 timmus wrote:
"Go down"
 
*starts wondering if this song is really about something else*


...Maybe it's about elevators and escalators.
Posted 2 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
"Go down"
 
*starts wondering if this song is really about something else*
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
Great voice!!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
Been listening to Sam forever and T-Bone Burnett produced this album - he’s a God.
Posted 3 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
Love Sam's voice.  
Posted 4 years ago by DW4554    [ Reply ]
Something like a triangle doing morse is hitting my resonant spot in my hearing...
Posted 4 years ago by kbs    [ Reply ]
I don't know much Sam Phillips but I just learned to play Reflecting Light.. in the very few songs I know I really like her lyrics. 
Posted 5 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
 Losman wrote:
jeepers, creepers, her eyes on that album cover keep following me around the room

(no opinion on the song yet)
 
sam phillips is great when she's on. introduced to her by a norwegian soldier on leave with his mega hot girlfriend when they discovered the same deserted hotel in jamaica that errol flynn owned in the 30's. it was a ruin that no one seemed to pay attention to at night. the guy was a power keg, and they apologized for playing sam phillips as we stood really stoned hoping they didn't kill us. good times.

BTW after what 12 years, they still follow you. 
Posted 6 years ago by jambo    [ Reply ]
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH OMG HAHAHAHAHAHAH you have GOT to be kiddin ... Quite the opposite. 

Excelsior wrote:
Like listening to Stevie Nicks, but stripped of any and all talent. 1.
 


Posted 6 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
Never heard it before. RP does it again. And a timely, evocative, spot-on song it is. 
Posted 7 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Love it!  Thanks for playing more Sam, RP!
Posted 8 years ago by mardisoninnc    [ Reply ]
Odd voice, odd as the Silversun Pickups guy.
Posted 9 years ago by By_The_Bay    [ Reply ]
 Beez wrote:
Ever get the urge to stick yourself in the ear with an ice pick?
 


Feel free!
I like it :-)
Posted 13 years ago by daedalus    [ Reply ]
Down in the sewer...
Posted 13 years ago by LSC    [ Reply ]
Ever get the urge to stick yourself in the ear with an ice pick?
Posted 13 years ago by Beez    [ Reply ]
DOWN AGAIN ?!?!?
Posted 13 years ago by zanref    [ Reply ]
So what's next when we finally get down? Don't Bring Me Down, Down By The Seaside, Down to the Waterline, Down On The Corner, Down In The Boondocks, Down Under?

Posted 13 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
Following Bruce. In a double sense. Huh?
Posted 13 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
She looks so young to have discovered Elvis.
Posted 14 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Love this album!
Posted 14 years ago by KermitDfrog    [ Reply ]
First listen, sweet to the ears.
Posted 15 years ago by michaelgmitchell    [ Reply ]
Coppertop wrote:
I would purely love to be on the dinner-invite list she and T-Bone must put together every once in a while.
God yes. I also like to imagine an alternate universe where Rickie Lee Jones and Tom Waits are still together. And invite me to dinner once in a while.
Posted 16 years ago by Koan    [ Reply ]
Like listening to Stevie Nicks, but stripped of any and all talent. 1.
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
Great album, great song.
Posted 16 years ago by sdn    [ Reply ]
I used to have this disc. It was stolen from my car and I never got around to replacing it but I always loved this track.
Posted 16 years ago by Welly    [ Reply ]
Yep, I'm liking this very much. Tasty, intelligent, impressive indeed.
Posted 16 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
Coppertop wrote:
I would purely love to be on the dinner-invite list she and T-Bone must put together every once in a while.
Oh wouldn't that be a hoot! The dinner music would be fantastic. I absolutely LOVE the chorus on this song too!
Posted 18 years ago by Krispian    [ Reply ]
jeepers, creepers, her eyes on that album cover keep following me around the room (no opinion on the song yet)
Posted 18 years ago by Losman    [ Reply ]
stalfnzo wrote:
Sam has the most erotic, hypnotizing, wonderful voice I've ever heard.
Really? I find her voice nauseating.
Posted 18 years ago by Clobyn    [ Reply ]
It's not that it's horrible, but nothing about this song I seem to enjoy much.
Posted 19 years ago by Gish05    [ Reply ]
any relation to utah philips?
Posted 19 years ago by sugarbrown    [ Reply ]
Really interesting and innovative backing - I liked it a lot - can't quite pin down what the 'Bendy Banjo' sound's coming from - must do a search to find out.
Posted 19 years ago by daedalus    [ Reply ]
RongoTBurg wrote:
This seems like Crowded House somehow. I like it.
It's the minor to major key resolutions...
Posted 19 years ago by Nuance    [ Reply ]
I would purely love to be on the dinner-invite list she and T-Bone must put together every once in a while.
Posted 19 years ago by Coppertop    [ Reply ]
Trustocity wrote:
I'm usually very forgiving of poor vocalizing as long as its emotive, but Sam is, well, TOO emotive. Read: pouty. Rubs me the wrong way. (shrug)
I can see that but Sam is not nearly as bad as some - Melissa Ehtridge is one of those emotive singers I just can't stand. She does it on EVERY song.
Posted 19 years ago by rasta_tiger    [ Reply ]
This seems like Crowded House somehow. I like it.
Posted 19 years ago by RongoTBurg    [ Reply ]
bubble_headed_beach_blond wrote:
amazing? the staples singers? aretha? joe tex? little richard? otis redding? james brown? al green? whitney houston? lou rawls? amy grant? gladys knight? and dozens more?
Can't believe you even put Amy Grant on that list.
Posted 19 years ago by chathambing    [ Reply ]
Didn't she used to own Sun Records and record Elvis and Johnny Cash and all those guys? Actually, I'm indebted to RP for introducing me to both Sam Phillips and Patti Griffin. Love each of them.
Posted 19 years ago by radiojunkie    [ Reply ]
bubble_headed_beach_blond wrote:
amazing? the staples singers? aretha? joe tex? little richard? otis redding? james brown? al green? whitney houston? lou rawls? amy grant? gladys knight? and dozens more?
Posted 19 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
stalfnzo wrote:
... To think that she started her career as a Christian singer is amazing ...
amazing? the staples singers? aretha? joe tex? little richard? otis redding? james brown? al green? whitney houston? lou rawls? amy grant? gladys knight? and dozens more?
Posted 19 years ago by bubble_headed_beach_blond    [ Reply ]
Sam has the most erotic, hypnotizing, wonderful voice I've ever heard. To think that she started her career as a Christian singer is amazing. Keep playing all the Sam you have.
Posted 19 years ago by stalfnzo    [ Reply ]
I'm usually very forgiving of poor vocalizing as long as its emotive, but Sam is, well, TOO emotive. Read: pouty. Rubs me the wrong way. (shrug)
Posted 19 years ago by Trustocity    [ Reply ]
Frodo had his Sam, I've got mine... A 9.
Posted 20 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
*yawn* was my first reaction, but it is a nice chorus and it is well produced. Not bad that bad....
Posted 20 years ago by rulebritannia    [ Reply ]
*yawn*
Posted 20 years ago by AdamBomb    [ Reply ]
yessrinc wrote:
Being married to T-Bone Burnett has something to do with it. He's produced Counting Crows, Wallflowers, Jackson Browne, Los Lobos ,and the soundtrack to O Brother among others.
Didn't take much for Copans to bait you into that one did it? I can still hear the "duh" more than a year later.
Posted 20 years ago by camden_hampden    [ Reply ]
yikes...painful song
Posted 20 years ago by mikedill    [ Reply ]
Turn. It. UP!
Posted 20 years ago by bev    [ Reply ]
What a chorus.
Posted 20 years ago by phineas    [ Reply ]
Exciting, raw. Wotta woman.
Posted 21 years ago by Patrick    [ Reply ]
A great song from one of her better albums. :)
Posted 21 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
As little as I\'ve listened to RP lately this song is already getting very old.
Posted 21 years ago by meatload    [ Reply ]
I wonder how come her albums are always so well produced :roll:
Posted 21 years ago by copans    [ Reply ]
Sam rules.
Posted 22 years ago by lordcruloze    [ Reply ]
Never heard of Sam Phillips before and I have one word for this song: Yawn!
Posted 22 years ago by tdogboy    [ Reply ]
Love this album and Martinis & Bikinis!!! :D
Posted 22 years ago by El_Monty    [ Reply ]
Her sound on this song reminds me a lot of Laura Love.
Posted 22 years ago by tawanda    [ Reply ]