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Cowboy Junkies — Me and the Devil
Album: Whites Off Earth Now!!
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Released: 1986
Length: 4:21
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Early this morning, he knocked on my door
Early this morning he knocked on my door
I said Hello, Satan, I believe it's time to go
Me and The Devil are walkin' side by side
Me and The Devil are walkin' side by side
Well, I'm goin' to beat my man until I get satisfied
He says I don't do him right
That I dog him around
Well, babe, you know you ain't treating me right
He says I don't do him right
that I dog him around
Well, it must be this old evil spirit
So deep down within the ground
You may bury my body down by the highway side
...oh, babe I don't care what you do with my body
You may bury my body down by the highway side
So my old evil spirit can catch a Greyhound bus and ride
Early this morning, he knocked on my door
Now me and The Devil are walking side by side
Side by side
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Cowboy junkies are a damn good group enough said 
Posted 5 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

"Cartesian anxiety"? Is that along the lines of "I think, but I'm still not sure that I exist"? Or, as Monty Python put: "Rene Descartes was a drunken fart, 'I drink therefore I am'" ;-)

Nice segue from "Conversation with the Devil", but boy, is this song boring. So soporific it could cure insomnia, so numbing it could be used for anaesthetic in open heart surgery. Pure Aural Mogadon {#Sleep}
We don’t have Mogadon Stateside. Sounds an awful lot like a hundred-foot creature bent on terrorizing Tokyo. However from the context I’m guessing that’s wrong.  ; P

On another note, it could well be Cartesian Anxiety that's stalking us all these dire days.

Oh, 7 for me on this song.  : )
Posted 5 years ago by easmann    [ Reply ]
I generally like the Cowboy Junkies.  But cannot stand this piece.   
Posted 6 years ago by AbileneTexas    [ Reply ]
Awful, awful, awful. Please stop playing so much of the Cowboy Junkies. Most overrated "alternative" band of the last 30 years. Are they subconscious Velvet Underground clones, or Demics clones, or Teenage Head, or, Bauhaus, or a Debbie Harry tribute band played at 33 1/3 instead of 45 rpm? Or a Natalie Merchant botch job because the lead singer couldn't get passionate enough about what she's singing. Awful. Please stop.

Sorry to be brutal, but I'm from Toronto and this band is 4th rate vs. the plethora of others RP could be playing from that region of the Nafta zone, if they want to celebrate Canadiana. No other reason to play this maudlin Toronto-suburb no-talent stuff otherwise. Will keep paying $10/month anyway, until I've heard too much CJ; getting close.
Posted 6 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
Wow, that's a pretty racist album title isn't it?
Posted 6 years ago by murrayn    [ Reply ]
Brooooooooootal.
Posted 6 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
 nickshortie wrote:
most annoying bass line ever...

 
I disagree and I'm more right than you.  It's an unusual line, quite unique.
Posted 7 years ago by Jota    [ Reply ]
 nutrod42 wrote:
ZZZZZ

 
ZZ down ?
Posted 7 years ago by French_Ferdinand    [ Reply ]
Boring...
Posted 7 years ago by yooby    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:
Right behind you. This just meanders aimlessly. 
 
I guess that's better than meandering calculatedly.
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

"Cartesian anxiety"? Is that along the lines of "I think, but I'm still not sure that I exist"? Or, as Monty Python put: "Rene Descartes was a drunken fart, 'I drink therefore I am'" ;-)

Nice segue from "Conversation with the Devil", but boy, is this song boring. So soporific it could cure insomnia, so numbing it could be used for anaesthetic in open heart surgery. Pure Aural Mogadon {#Sleep}

 
This is my favorite comment on the site.  Pulled abstraction into sharp concrete relevance .  Thanks!
Posted 7 years ago by lissen    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
"Cartesian anxiety"? Is that along the lines of "I think, but I'm still not sure that I exist"? Or, as Monty Python put: "Rene Descartes was a drunken fart, 'I drink therefore I am'" ;-)

Nice segue from "Conversation with the Devil", but boy, is this song boring. So soporific it could cure insomnia, so numbing it could be used for anaesthetic in open heart surgery. Pure Aural Mogadon {#Sleep}
 
Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of elevators loves this groovy song...  we think; therefore we do...  we be slowly dancing like happy hippies...  love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll...  hope your existence is grand these days and you are sleeping well, fredriley...
Posted 7 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
2 -> 7
I suddenly like it. 
Posted 8 years ago by Kaw    [ Reply ]
most annoying bass line ever...
Posted 8 years ago by nickshortie    [ Reply ]
the absolute worst. everything they touch is turned to stone and oh, so pretentious.
Posted 8 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Great track.  Most oldies wont get it though.
Posted 8 years ago by Jota    [ Reply ]
 Bleyfusz wrote:

It meanders? Are you sure?

 
No, come to think of it! {#Roflol}

That PSD button sure did get me out of a "me or it" deadly moment tonight. Talk about coma-inducing. 
Posted 8 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 black321 wrote:

I'm actually a bit of a fan, but will disclose, the only time I almost fell asleep at a show (without drugs of course) was when I saw the Junkies.

 
for me it was watching the Marriage of Figaro in a box in the opera house in Orvieto.  I missed the entire 3rd and 4th acts.
Posted 8 years ago by NoEnzLefttoSplit    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:
This just meanders aimlessly. 

 
It meanders? Are you sure?
Posted 8 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
Are they cowboys who are also junkies, or are they just crazy for cowboys?
Posted 8 years ago by LaurieinTucson    [ Reply ]
ZZZZZ
Posted 8 years ago by nutrod42    [ Reply ]
 tiggers wrote:

Hate is going a bit far, they are just terminally dull!

 
I'm actually a bit of a fan, but will disclose, the only time I almost fell asleep at a show (without drugs of course) was when I saw the Junkies.
Posted 9 years ago by black321    [ Reply ]
 Lazarus wrote:

everybody in my alien space crafts loves this song more than Cartesian anxiety...

 
"Cartesian anxiety"? Is that along the lines of "I think, but I'm still not sure that I exist"? Or, as Monty Python put: "Rene Descartes was a drunken fart, 'I drink therefore I am'" ;-)

Nice segue from "Conversation with the Devil", but boy, is this song boring. So soporific it could cure insomnia, so numbing it could be used for anaesthetic in open heart surgery. Pure Aural Mogadon {#Sleep}
Posted 9 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]

Too much sunshine for this song.
Would be better in small hours. maybe cold and fog.

Need wine... lots of dark black-red wine
Posted 9 years ago by AndyJ    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
I usually like the Junkies. This is not doing it for me. Next.

 
Right behind you. This just meanders aimlessly. 
Posted 9 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 tiggers wrote:

Hate is going a bit far, they are just terminally dull!

 
No, you are not alone. I have always found her voice and their music insipid and unworthy. Just my opinion.
Posted 9 years ago by skyian    [ Reply ]
 bondgirl-007 wrote:
Am I the only one who absolutely hates the Cowboy Junkies?

 
Hate is going a bit far, they are just terminally dull!
Posted 9 years ago by tiggers    [ Reply ]
 25demayo wrote:

Must not have been feeling it when you posted this. Where is the green lettering? {#Smile}

 
Like the song, probably feeling a bit blue 
Posted 9 years ago by Emwolb    [ Reply ]
 Lazarus wrote:

everybody in my alien space crafts loves this song more than Cartesian anxiety...



 
Must not have been feeling it when you posted this. Where is the green lettering? {#Smile}
Posted 9 years ago by 25demayo    [ Reply ]

everybody in my alien space crafts loves this song more than Cartesian anxiety...


Posted 9 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 bondgirl-007 wrote:
Am I the only one who absolutely hates the Cowboy Junkies?

 
No
Posted 9 years ago by The_Walrus    [ Reply ]
I really liked The Trinity Sessions when it came out.  So my girlfriend got me this for my birthday.  I don't think I ever got past the first 2 songs.
Posted 10 years ago by By_The_Bay    [ Reply ]
Has it started yet?
Posted 10 years ago by MrsTom    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
I usually like the Junkies. This is not doing it for me. Next.

 
Agree

edit: scary looking bunch on the album cover.
Posted 10 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
this has a lovely sound, a bit dreamy like Mazzy Star, but more like a crisp moonlit night than a warm bath
Posted 10 years ago by suesblues    [ Reply ]
totally awf.. it's not often i want to switch off because of a weird song, but i beg of you, please take this off the rotation! you're still my fav thoe, love ya forever RP
Posted 10 years ago by minibangs    [ Reply ]
Am I the only one who absolutely hates the Cowboy Junkies?
Posted 10 years ago by bondgirl-007    [ Reply ]
I think there is a much cooler version of this song on the Pump up the Volume soundtrack. Gots backward guitar (violin) in it? I think?
Posted 10 years ago by abbey_normal    [ Reply ]
I usually like the Junkies. This is not doing it for me. Next.
Posted 11 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Love the Cowboy Junkies...hypnotic.
Posted 11 years ago by Lardobait    [ Reply ]
ARRRRGGGGHHH! The Boring Flunkies never got out of the ''lonesome whippoorwill' mode.
After a quarter century, please do an uptempo number...you used to be a drop-dead stunner, Margo,
but you never learned how to SCREAM!
Posted 11 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Oops, wrong radio station... Sorry!
Posted 11 years ago by Orodrigues    [ Reply ]
nice song, overplayed.  psd.
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Posted 11 years ago by markthecarp    [ Reply ]
guitar, bass, voice, how wonderful! {#Music} simple recipe for pure pleasure!
Posted 11 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
What  great Sunday morning song!
Posted 11 years ago by Radar416ams    [ Reply ]
You nailed it UncleHud!  that bass action sincerely (almost silently) commandeers this piece,  it has me liking them junkies again
Posted 11 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Nothing a good dose of Rock and Roll through a Marshall amp won't cure.
Posted 11 years ago by junebaby65    [ Reply ]
 lily34 wrote:
this is godawful.
 
I'd agree normally, but I'm listening tonight on a stereo with the bass turned WAAAAY up, and for the first time ever, I hear some activity in a Junkie tune.  Singer and guitar zonked out on Xanax, bass player on speed and/or LSD.
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 govna wrote:

"(former member)"?  did we lose Romeotuna?
 

I be here...  hope you are having a marvelous day right this minute...

love this groovy song...
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 ddbz wrote:
so them but not them...So Cool...maybe even more lovely..always wondered why they were so good?

 
Margo Timmins could sing the phone book and sound cool.
Posted 11 years ago by MuzikLover    [ Reply ]
so them but not them...So Cool...maybe even more lovely..always wondered why they were so good?
Posted 11 years ago by ddbz    [ Reply ]
Not their best or nowhere near but a pleasant blast from the past... 







 
Posted 11 years ago by mrstyke    [ Reply ]
 govna wrote:
"(former member)"?  did we lose Romeotuna?
 
methinks he is risen - see:

https://www.radioparadise.com/?name=Members&file=userinfo&uname=Lazarus
Posted 11 years ago by MinMan    [ Reply ]
 I totally concur

lily34 wrote:
this is godawful.
 


Posted 11 years ago by jocelynsart    [ Reply ]
Love this. Sort of has a Velvet Underground sound to it.
Posted 11 years ago by leafmold    [ Reply ]
 (former member) wrote:


brilliant...  love this...

 
 
"(former member)"?  did we lose Romeotuna?
Posted 11 years ago by govna    [ Reply ]
 Colorado wrote:
Love the haunting flow of this music.
 
She sounds a bit like Morrison on this one...kind of sounds like a live Doors tune... to
me anyway.

Posted 11 years ago by drewd    [ Reply ]
this is godawful.
Posted 12 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 aspicer wrote:
I can't believe this is a 5.8?! This is cool tune!
 

indeed
solid 8 for CJ

 
Posted 12 years ago by t00lur    [ Reply ]
ho hum
Posted 12 years ago by camatcba    [ Reply ]
I can't believe this is a 5.8?! This is cool tune!
Posted 12 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Liking the flow and her voice. A bit repetitive.
Posted 12 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
I could have sworn she was singing about Emmerdale until I looked at the song title.
Posted 12 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Bought this album when it first came out.. apparently only 10K copies were pressed so i treasure my copy like you can't imagine. Always thought this was their best...spare and minimalist with deep feeling. If you're looking for incredible musicianship, no this album ain't it. But if you want to hear an original blues sound, played sparingly and under the influence of a hangover...this is it. S
Posted 12 years ago by yellowfish    [ Reply ]
devil's advocate
For me, this song is like this movie.
Star appeal? Yes, I love CJ. Like it?
...yes, but not sure I would want
repeated runs of either. 5
Posted 12 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
Hurt me Margo
Posted 12 years ago by DanO-1    [ Reply ]
Naked beauty.
Posted 12 years ago by cdysthe    [ Reply ]
Love the haunting flow of this music.
Posted 13 years ago by Colorado    [ Reply ]
Love it, nice and slow. 
Posted 13 years ago by nalle    [ Reply ]
 geckofly wrote:
sounds soooo like pj harvey.....
 
I was convinced that it was! When it saw it was CJ I thought my media player was doing that thing where the stream info gets stuck.
Posted 13 years ago by Elliot    [ Reply ]
 MojoJojo wrote:
I have always been pretty much neutral on the CJ's.  Don't dislike them, but I don't get a lot from their music.  I suppose that means I give their body of work an "Acceptable" or maybe a "Decent" if I'm feeling generous, but they don't really motivate me to post rankings for their songs. I'm sure they are disappointed.

 

Actually, I just don't like her voice, plain and simple. Kinda hard to like a band when you can't stand the lead singer's voice ya know?
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]

What they did best. The old stuff is straight from the heart. Loved it then Love it now. This one- haunting and coool.


Posted 13 years ago by DD rabbi_phil    [ Reply ]
Weirdest. Album Title. Ever.
Posted 13 years ago by SinisterDexter    [ Reply ]
Happy
Posted 14 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
I had a friend, who could sing like Pantera, and was the spitting image of Reznor, who was abused by his woman.  Brave for a woman to sing a protest song about it.
Posted 14 years ago by nerakdon    [ Reply ]
Ouch
Posted 14 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
Nice song,
Insert Here : B-52's Revolution Earth 
Posted 14 years ago by DanFHiggins    [ Reply ]
Usually love 'em, but this is far from their best. A very disappointed 4....
Posted 14 years ago by Akaiila    [ Reply ]
sounds soooo like pj harvey.....
Posted 15 years ago by geckofly    [ Reply ]
certainly exellent!

Posted 15 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 chirpie wrote:
Yup... a pattern emerges... ^_^

Cowboy Junkies - Me and the Devil
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Conversation with the Devil
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hell
Grateful Dead - Friend Of The Devil 
 
Got lucky this time; no Ray Wylie.

Edit:  Arrgg!  But now we have Sympathy for the Devil.  God help me.  Bring Ray Wylie Hubbard back, pls.

Posted 15 years ago by alanthecowboy    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:
This smooth song is soooo good for the ears...
 
I think she is just playing with us here, like a cat plays with a mouse before it eats the mouse.  
Posted 15 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
mr. Robert Johnson would be pleased to here this version.
unfortunately the devil took him away from us....
Posted 15 years ago by bobcat1963    [ Reply ]
The bass line sounds very middle eastern, I like that.{#Cool}
Posted 15 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 Frater_Kork wrote:
She could sing about life, love and fluffy kittens and still make it sound like a dirge.
 


Posted 15 years ago by rosedraws    [ Reply ]
Cowboy Junkies - Me and the Devil
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Conversation with the Devil
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hell
Grateful Dead - Friend Of The Devil

{#Devil_pimp}

Nice lineup...if you're SATAN!!!
Ahh-haa-haa-ha.....

Posted 15 years ago by btilrn    [ Reply ]
I love her voice and all, but...
She could sing about life, love and fluffy kittens and still make it sound like a dirge.
Posted 15 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
I like the subtle bass and guitar in this.
Posted 15 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
Gorgeous, haunting voice.
Posted 15 years ago by coffee-eyes    [ Reply ]
Yup... a pattern emerges... ^_^

Cowboy Junkies - Me and the Devil
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Conversation with the Devil
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hell
Grateful Dead - Friend Of The Devil 
Posted 15 years ago by chirpie    [ Reply ]
I have always been pretty much neutral on the CJ's.  Don't dislike them, but I don't get a lot from their music.  I suppose that means I give their body of work an "Acceptable" or maybe a "Decent" if I'm feeling generous, but they don't really motivate me to post rankings for their songs. I'm sure they are disappointed.

Posted 15 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
 jhorton wrote:
smokyhotbreathlessness
 
Many female vocalists attempt this and fall flat.  Not familiar with this one, but so far I like.  

Posted 15 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
It's an 8.
Posted 16 years ago by WhiteWater    [ Reply ]
I cannot decide if this is a 3 or an 8!
Posted 16 years ago by paraclete    [ Reply ]
 ThePoose wrote:
... the beauteous Margo Timmins, who had the worst photo ever taken of her used on the cover.
 
I can't tell which one is her the photos are so bad


Posted 16 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
 snowcat wrote:
This woman could sing the phone book to me and I'd still be in love with her voice...
 
Well said!!!!

Posted 16 years ago by HarrO    [ Reply ]
I generally like these guys.
BUT GOD, THIS IS ANNOYING!!!!!!!
Posted 16 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
i.  uh.  gree.

cowboy junkies get the insta-1 from me.  they have a perfect record.

sfListener wrote:
hor. ib. bul.




Posted 16 years ago by govna    [ Reply ]
margo is a queen..
Posted 16 years ago by vlastavoo    [ Reply ]
Oh, so THAT's what you're king of. thewiseking wrote:
what dull pretentiousness.
Posted 16 years ago by alux    [ Reply ]
smokyhotbreathlessness
Posted 16 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
very hypnotic... I like!
Posted 16 years ago by spaceman    [ Reply ]
hor. ib. bul.
Posted 16 years ago by sfListener    [ Reply ]
thewiseking wrote:
no way. at least PJ's got balls!
So does the "P" stand for Pete then?..or Percy?
Posted 16 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
One of my all time fave albums - thanks for slotting this one.
Posted 16 years ago by doctec    [ Reply ]
This woman could sing the phone book to me and I'd still be in love with her voice...
Posted 16 years ago by snowcat    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
rocco1207 wrote:
I thought it was PJ Harvey, I'll have to reconsider my distaste for CJ
no way. at least PJ's got balls!
Posted 16 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
what dull pretentiousness.
Posted 16 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
I thought it was PJ Harvey, I'll have to reconsider my distaste for CJ
Posted 17 years ago by rocco1207    [ Reply ]
Ride the snake, the snake he's lost...
Posted 17 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Maaaaaaaarrrrrrrgo
Posted 17 years ago by Red_Dragon    [ Reply ]
I like this one lots, but if you have the speakers to handle the bass, Shining Moon\'s the gem on this one
Posted 17 years ago by chiggins    [ Reply ]
KermitDfrog wrote:
Mid afternoon sleepy coming on quick now....
Posted 17 years ago by felix_the_man    [ Reply ]
I'm Canadian and I'm not complaining but I swear, I hear more Canadian music on this station than any station I've ever listened to in Canada-including the CBC! Cowboy Junkies, Bruce Cockburn, Neil Young, Sarah Harmer, Tragically Hip, Leonard Cohen, on and on..... is Bill a closet Canadian?!
Posted 17 years ago by goo    [ Reply ]
Mid afternoon sleepy coming on quick now....
Posted 17 years ago by KermitDfrog    [ Reply ]
this number is so cool i could listen for ages yet, pity it's not longer, great voice, great sound all together! rated highly! Govi wrote:
Ethereal and moody.
Posted 17 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
I wish the Boring Monkeys--as I call them--would take their own advice from the title of this LP and take a sidereal hike. This despite the fact that I lust profoundly for the beauteous Margo Timmins, who had the worst photo ever taken of her used on the cover.
Posted 17 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
...reminds me a lot of mazzy star's more spartan moments (or vice-versa, i suppose)...
Posted 17 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
boy, the cowboy junkies sure know how to make boring music.
Posted 18 years ago by govna    [ Reply ]