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Bryan Ferry — Goin' Down
Album: Frantic
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Released: 2002
Length: 3:01
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I'm goin' down
down down down
I'm going down
Down down down
I've got my big feet on the ground
I'm goin' down
down down down
I'm goin' down
going back underground
oh let me down without a sound
I'm going down down down down
I'm going down down down down down
you gonna miss me when I'm gone
oh again, all my tears are gone
I'm goin' down
down down down
I'm goin' down
down down down
you're gonna miss me after all
at midnight, when all your tears are gone
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Ok, it isn’t the Jeff Beck version, but JB is rare on RP. Written by Leon Russell, first recorded by Freddie King.
Posted 2 weeks ago by iloveradio    [ Reply ]
Oh dear! I can’t unhear it now, but it sounds like Tiny Tim doing the falsetto in the chorus. Dig up Tiny Tim’s version of ‘Stairway to Heaven’ and you’ll hear what I mean. Oh well!
Posted 3 weeks ago by dirtbagpook    [ Reply ]
Whoa

Cover Freddie King!  

This is kind of trippy
Posted 3 months ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Who's playing the guitar?
Posted 4 months ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
Great track but Bryan really ought to put down the harmonica and let the guitarists come to the fore.  
Posted 4 years ago by fraserji    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
I'm going nuts trying to remember where I first heard this song - it was by Jeff Beck, and I think he had Cozy Powell on drums, and the vocal was... Oh, damn - I can HEAR it, but I can't identify it! Help? (Ronnie Dio?) I know it'll come to me at about two ayem and I'll sit up in bed and yell the name out... (I guess this makes me a pretty scary person.)

Um, my point was that Bryan Ferry should never have attempted this powerhouse.  And I'll shut up now.
 

Maybe this will help ... Assuming with your ability to stream RP you have internet access ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Beck_Group_(album)
Posted 4 years ago by opaceo    [ Reply ]
 peter_james_bond wrote:

You should try it with a nice chianti...{#Tongue}


 

Or a big Amarone...
Posted 4 years ago by derhey9416    [ Reply ]
Great music to start the week of Researchers' Night. Let's dance!
Posted 4 years ago by guillekr    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
I'm going nuts trying to remember where I first heard this song - it was by Jeff Beck, and I think he had Cozy Powell on drums, and the vocal was... Oh, damn - I can HEAR it, but I can't identify it! Help? (Ronnie Dio?) I know it'll come to me at about two ayem and I'll sit up in bed and yell the name out... (I guess this makes me a pretty scary person.)

Um, my point was that Bryan Ferry should never have attempted this powerhouse.  And I'll shut up now.
 
Another classic from our dearly departed and never to be forgotten RP friend.  RIP Anne 😥
Posted 4 years ago by Pedro1874    [ Reply ]
 boober wrote:
BF doesn't do the blues very well......a 3
 
'In Every Dream Home a Heartache' says you're wrong.
Posted 4 years ago by memoryboxer    [ Reply ]
Chill...
Posted 4 years ago by wolverine    [ Reply ]
Image result for sick on piano
Posted 4 years ago by jahgirl8    [ Reply ]
My rating is going down... can't grasp the appeal right now.
I'll give it some time :)
Posted 5 years ago by Atombender    [ Reply ]
 primm wrote:
{#Devil_pimp}zesty ! yet another version the don nix classic
 
Agree.  This one's pretty good.
Posted 5 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
wonderfully cool and understated - :-))
Posted 5 years ago by saellig668552    [ Reply ]
It gets a nine from me but on reflection half of that score really goes to RP for playing it.  Lounge lizard Ferry is the apparent antithesis of "Going Down".  So 4.5 to Ferry and 4.5 to RP.
Posted 5 years ago by WeAdmire    [ Reply ]
This song holds a special significance for those of us who like to play bridge.
Posted 5 years ago by countryrds    [ Reply ]
Briyan Ferry - Old but not Cold{#Bananajam}
Posted 6 years ago by peter.gerzner    [ Reply ]
{#Devil_pimp}zesty ! yet another version the don nix classic
Posted 6 years ago by primm    [ Reply ]
Another version, at the opposite end of the spectrum:

Jeff Beck/ Beth Hart/Tal Wilkenfeld - bass / Lizzie Ball - violin/ Jonathan Joseph - drums

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVc4RSjnb00

Posted 6 years ago by Algis    [ Reply ]
Bryan is sounding very enervated of late.  
Posted 6 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Bryan Ferry represents a clear, cool departure from the everyday world of groovy "Rock-n'-Roll-It's-Got-A-Good-Beat-And-You-Can-Dance-To-It- Mister-Clark-I'll-Give-It-A-95" standard bullsh*t. You have to watch out as he pitches the curve-ball/curve-ball/SINKER! Unique musician; perhaps an acquired taste  I can see from the comments. Tjhe first time I nheard thie, I'd NEVER IMAGINED that someone had covered this, one of our truly favorite songs. It quite blew me away. 
Posted 6 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
 88 wrote:
I love Brian Ferry but this is not my favaorite.
 
You should try it with a nice chianti...{#Tongue}


Posted 13 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
I love Brian Ferry but this is not my favaorite.
Posted 13 years ago by 88    [ Reply ]
Musically this is pretty nice, the vocals though sound like he is mailing it in or on 'ludes..  Take your pick.
Posted 13 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
 boober wrote:
BF doesn't do the blues very well......a 3
 
He sure doesn't. He should stick to yuppie rock and questionable militaristic dress fetishes. Nice backing, but his voice is entirely unconvincing.

Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
LOVE a few cuts from this effort - especially Cruel - unfortunately this is not one of them
Posted 13 years ago by tulfan    [ Reply ]
What would Freddie King say?
Posted 13 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
Why is his head lying on the sidewalk?
 
Posted 13 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
I'm going nuts trying to remember where I first heard this song - it was by Jeff Beck, and I think he had Cozy Powell on drums, and the vocal was... Oh, damn - I can HEAR it, but I can't identify it! Help? (Ronnie Dio?) I know it'll come to me at about two ayem and I'll sit up in bed and yell the name out... (I guess this makes me a pretty scary person.)

Um, my point was that Bryan Ferry should never have attempted this powerhouse.  And I'll shut up now.
 
Jeff Beck Group (1972) with Bobby Tench on vocals.

Posted 14 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Bobby Tench see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Beck_Group_%28album%29

 Cynaera wrote:
I'm going nuts trying to remember where I first heard this song - it was by Jeff Beck, and I think he had Cozy Powell on drums, and the vocal was... Oh, damn - I can HEAR it, but I can't identify it! Help? (Ronnie Dio?) I know it'll come to me at about two ayem and I'll sit up in bed and yell the name out... (I guess this makes me a pretty scary person.)

Um, my point was that Bryan Ferry should never have attempted this powerhouse.  And I'll shut up now.
 


Posted 14 years ago by rspeicher    [ Reply ]
BF doesn't do the blues very well......a 3
Posted 14 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
I'm going nuts trying to remember where I first heard this song - it was by Jeff Beck, and I think he had Cozy Powell on drums, and the vocal was... Oh, damn - I can HEAR it, but I can't identify it! Help? (Ronnie Dio?) I know it'll come to me at about two ayem and I'll sit up in bed and yell the name out... (I guess this makes me a pretty scary person.)

Um, my point was that Bryan Ferry should never have attempted this powerhouse.  And I'll shut up now.
Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Sorry my friends but this I think is a bad cover. I just say Don Nix, rock on all of you.
Posted 14 years ago by nalle    [ Reply ]
You know, I'm used to Beck and Cale's version of this, so initially I'm thinking blech!
But Ferry's smoothness connotes something a little different than the others. 
Posted 14 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
This isn't working.
Stick with the JJ Cale version!

Posted 15 years ago by flatpicker    [ Reply ]
Like Bryan but not this choice of song.
Posted 15 years ago by maroubra    [ Reply ]
That's a good point.

djengs wrote:
Just can't buy it. Doesn't sound like he knows where down is, nor what he we would do when he got there. Kind of begs the Dirty Harry comment, "A man's gotta know his limitations"



Posted 15 years ago by FallOutOfWindow    [ Reply ]
Hm, I kinda like this streamlined version of BF.
Posted 15 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
He's cool...even when he is going down.
Posted 15 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
Just can't buy it. Doesn't sound like he knows where down is, nor what he we would do when he got there. Kind of begs the Dirty Harry comment, "A man's gotta know his limitations"
Posted 15 years ago by djengs    [ Reply ]
I love Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry but NOT THIS! Try some early Roxy, like Mother of Pearl.
Posted 15 years ago by jgaishin    [ Reply ]
I like Bryan as a covers artist.  His Dylan covers work far better than you'd think.  Seen him live a couple of times & he's a great show.
Posted 16 years ago by ROSSinDETROIT    [ Reply ]
 vit wrote:
Not even close.
 
I totally concur. Some things BF hits out of the park. This is a complete strike-out, as when he showed up at Clapton's in pursuit of Jerry Hall. (She was already being, uh, pursued by Jagger's dagger.)

Posted 16 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Does anyone else hear a Mark Knofler sound with the guitar?
Posted 16 years ago by sbegf    [ Reply ]
Some nice guitar work, but where is it he's going again?  Oh yeah - down. 
Posted 16 years ago by ober9000    [ Reply ]
Not even close.
Posted 16 years ago by vit    [ Reply ]
me like
Posted 16 years ago by k_trout    [ Reply ]
wmstadler wrote:
How dare he butcher a classic Albert King tune. Or was it a Freddie King tune? I don't remember - I frequently get those Kings mixed up.
< Yeah and I get those Kings mixed up with the Kingks: you know, Ray and the lads.
Posted 16 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
nalle wrote:
Have you asked Don Nix?
Exactly!
Posted 16 years ago by ruthless    [ Reply ]
Play Virginia Plain or something like that.
Posted 16 years ago by AphidA    [ Reply ]
Please play the Freddie King version, not this piece of shit!
Posted 16 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
Love Ferry and Roxy Music but this is nothing special. I second the call for more old Roxy Music.
Posted 16 years ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
I agree. This song ruins the vibe of the previous two: Turn On Your Lovelight-->Feelin' Alright. Ashame. The acid reflux is bubbling up in my throat. A sure sign of impending vomitting.
Posted 16 years ago by Wisecrowe    [ Reply ]
junebaby65 wrote:
I love Bryan Ferry. How about more old Roxy Music here in RP? This is an intersting choice...It's okay...nothing like the original though
yeah this version is breathtaking at least don't make him follow Joe Cocker and Bobby Bland, that's a set-up for failure Bill... Roxy Music!
Posted 17 years ago by lophrequa    [ Reply ]
Oh my god this is so painfully bad even my feelings are getting hurt listening to this.
Posted 17 years ago by OldFrenchie    [ Reply ]
Better than Brittany Spears, so at least a 2.
Posted 17 years ago by jbeadle5868    [ Reply ]
Well this sucks.
Posted 17 years ago by Alpine    [ Reply ]
Bryan Ferry cannot do blues.
Posted 17 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
Yech, this is not so hot. Albert and Hound Dog are turning over in their graves. Of course, I've not ever liked Bryan Ferry, so I be predisposed towards giving this cut a "two".
Posted 17 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
WTF was Bryan thinking? Did someone have a gun to his head? The horror.
Posted 17 years ago by ThirdRail_33    [ Reply ]
Yeah, like how the Byrds butcher Dylan tunes, such a travesty. wmstadler wrote:
How dare he butcher a classic Albert King tune. Or was it a Freddie King tune? I don't remember - I frequently get those Kings mixed up.
Posted 17 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
Mugro wrote:
Glad I missed this one today.
Wish I had
Posted 17 years ago by TreborG2    [ Reply ]
wmstadler wrote:
How dare he butcher a classic Albert King tune. Or was it a Freddie King tune? I don't remember - I frequently get those Kings mixed up.
Have you asked Don Nix?
Posted 17 years ago by nalle    [ Reply ]
Glad I missed this one today.
Posted 17 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
This being a kiddie-friendly 'family' radio station, I forebear to say what the lyrics of this beastie make me think of
Posted 17 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
jts11 wrote:
What the heck is this????????
... what the heck is this: Gender: Not Specified? come on out!
Posted 17 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
Ia agree 100% pomally, its just disapointing to hear this song and have it not be Jeff Beck.
Posted 17 years ago by Dusk    [ Reply ]
What the heck is this????????
Posted 17 years ago by jts11    [ Reply ]
Sorry, Jeff Beck owns this song.
Posted 17 years ago by pomalley    [ Reply ]
Jacksonstat wrote:
Appropriate song for Valentine's Day
I was just thinking, "that's what I'll be doing tonight."
Posted 17 years ago by LizDeines    [ Reply ]
Appropriate song for Valentine's Day
Posted 17 years ago by Jacksonstat    [ Reply ]
BB? Ben E? Billy Jean? Don? The King Family? wmstadler wrote:
How dare he butcher a classic Albert King tune. Or was it a Freddie King tune? I don't remember - I frequently get those Kings mixed up.
Posted 17 years ago by fretman    [ Reply ]
wmstadler wrote:
How dare he butcher a classic Albert King tune. Or was it a Freddie King tune? I don't remember - I frequently get those Kings mixed up.
Freddie
Posted 17 years ago by gdhog79    [ Reply ]
eman wrote:
Yeah, well...Love BF but can't touch Jeff Beck's version...pah-leez...
Saw Jeff two nights ago and his encore was Going Down followed by a cool version of. Somewhere Over the Rainbow, he ripped the Chicago Theater apart.
Posted 18 years ago by bergjr    [ Reply ]
I love Bryan Ferry. How about more old Roxy Music here in RP? This is an intersting choice...It's okay...nothing like the original though
Posted 18 years ago by junebaby65    [ Reply ]
How dare he butcher a classic Albert King tune. Or was it a Freddie King tune? I don't remember - I frequently get those Kings mixed up.
Posted 18 years ago by wmstadler    [ Reply ]
Roverfish wrote:
Yeah, he could get away with it...once. After which they'd promptly beat the living crap out of him, and tell him to come back when he's sold his soul.
Are you sure they'd tell him to come back?
Posted 18 years ago by cattgirl813    [ Reply ]
I second the motion of the song title...lowering this one to a 2. Utterly boring.
Posted 18 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
Yeah, well...Love BF but can't touch Jeff Beck's version...pah-leez...
Posted 18 years ago by eman    [ Reply ]
Great song. Great set.
Posted 18 years ago by dadsays    [ Reply ]
Maybe I'm biased by the below avarage stuffe played in the two hours leading to this song, but I'm really surprised by the low avarage rating of this very very nice song. I add an 8.
Posted 18 years ago by Tux    [ Reply ]
Simon Cowell would rip Ferry a new one on his "song choice."
Posted 18 years ago by Death_to_Clear_Channel    [ Reply ]
I like Ferry, and I like this song done by JJ Cale. I dont particularly like this song done by Mr Ferry.
Posted 18 years ago by algrif    [ Reply ]
This razor-blade song was not meant for Sir Ferry, Beck blazes, Sir Ferry's Avalon is divine...nice P.M. 801 guitar licks though!
Posted 18 years ago by guiguy    [ Reply ]
Great song! BUT: Do you know the G3-Version? That hits you from the ofice chair!
Posted 18 years ago by iMacomania    [ Reply ]
ChardRemains wrote:
Yeah how about the Jeff Beck version.... He's a lot less likely to get beat up behind the roadhouse. If we're going to listen to Bryan Ferry covers, how about Hard Rain's Gonna Fall?
Nothin'n wrong with this, but now that you mention it....the intensity of the Jeff Beck version peals the paint off the walls. And this place could use some new paint....
Posted 18 years ago by Cdog    [ Reply ]
Roverfish wrote:
This song still does even less for me than it did the next time. ;-)
Yeah how about the Jeff Beck version.... He's a lot less likely to get beat up behind the roadhouse. If we're going to listen to Bryan Ferry covers, how about Hard Rain's Gonna Fall?
Posted 19 years ago by ChardRemains    [ Reply ]
I really like most BF I hear, but his interp of this Don Nix chestnut didn't seem to work.. for me anyway.
Posted 19 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
I love Bryan Ferry, and mostly his older stuff, but this is great nonetheless!! Thanks!! ~Helene VIVA "Frantic"
Posted 19 years ago by Helchat    [ Reply ]
snarf wrote:
Even slickboys get the blues. Imagine him singing this in a roadhouse down in Mississipi.
Yeah, he could get away with it...once. After which they'd promptly beat the living crap out of him, and tell him to come back when he's sold his soul. This song still does even less for me than it did the next time. ;-)
Posted 19 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
crankypage wrote:
Yep, it's been covered by a lot of bands. A southern-fried classic. Beck's version is on the "orange" album, and it's great. I like the Jeff Beck version better than this Bryan Ferry one. As Beck himself would say, it's "just an excuse for being flash on guitar" and he certainly is on that track. It was last played on RP in 2002... time for a request?
I agree!!! Please play the Jeff Beck version.. purdy pleez?
Posted 19 years ago by jberko    [ Reply ]
He sounds like he catched a cold, but (if so) it only seems to do (more) justice to the song. I like the way they keep from overdoing it.
Posted 19 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
gregorbill wrote:
Beck may have covered it, but it's a Don Nix song.
Yep, it's been covered by a lot of bands. A southern-fried classic. Beck's version is on the "orange" album, and it's great. I like the Jeff Beck version better than this Bryan Ferry one. As Beck himself would say, it's "just an excuse for being flash on guitar" and he certainly is on that track. It was last played on RP in 2002... time for a request?
Posted 19 years ago by crankypage    [ Reply ]
Patrick wrote:
Too short. Stopped when the groove was just starting.
You are kidding....right?
Posted 19 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
Mugro wrote:
I like Bryan Ferry, but this is hard to take. NEXT!!!
going down- frome a 5 to a 3 on the scale.
Posted 19 years ago by bajafisher    [ Reply ]
Too short. Stopped when the groove was just starting.
Posted 20 years ago by Patrick    [ Reply ]
Thanks for the correction! Didn't know that.
Posted 20 years ago by jberko    [ Reply ]
jberko wrote:
This was originally a Jeff Beck song from 1971.
Beck may have covered it, but it's a Don Nix song.
Posted 20 years ago by gregorbill    [ Reply ]
When I first heard this version last year on RP I immediately bought the CD. When I play it for friends they freak out and do the same! Love it!!!
Posted 20 years ago by ediTed    [ Reply ]
This was originally a Jeff Beck song from 1971.
Posted 20 years ago by jberko    [ Reply ]
flatiron wrote:
Is this a cover of the Monkees' song?
or an ELO song???? or I know Tom Waits did a song with the chorus of "going down, down, down" also. but Is that what this noise is? Help I am confused
Posted 20 years ago by ralpki    [ Reply ]
snarf wrote:
Even slickboys get the blues. Imagine him singing this in a roadhouse down in Mississipi.
Can't imagine that they'd allow this in a Mississippi roadhouse.
Posted 20 years ago by steeler    [ Reply ]
Sorry Brian, you've gone down with this one! The good thing about this song, is that everything that comes before and comes after this song sound better in comparison!
Posted 20 years ago by ScopArch    [ Reply ]
I like Bryan Ferry, but this is hard to take. NEXT!!!
Posted 20 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
snarf wrote:
Even slickboys get the blues. Imagine him singing this in a roadhouse down in Mississipi.
Mississipi, or Avalon... ;-)
Posted 20 years ago by alanb    [ Reply ]
flatiron wrote:
Is this a cover of the Monkees' song?
Ferry's solo work never turned me on......
Posted 20 years ago by rulebritannia    [ Reply ]
I still like Jeff Beck's cover the best, but Ferry's is good too--it is the understated complement to Beck's driving version. As to the album, Frantic, nothing Ferry does really fits that description, but it is slightly livelier than his typical croon. It also grows on you with repeated listenings; at first I was not thrilled with the Dylan covers, I have changed my tune completely.
Posted 20 years ago by LaChinchon    [ Reply ]
drH wrote:
what the hell is Bryan Ferry doin' singin' da Blues?
Even slickboys get the blues. Imagine him singing this in a roadhouse down in Mississipi.
Posted 20 years ago by snarf    [ Reply ]
what the hell is Bryan Ferry doin' singin' da Blues?
Posted 20 years ago by drH    [ Reply ]
I don't think anyone has yet to out perform Freddie King. I sure wished he had lived a bit longer. I think he died at the age of 36? Year 1976? Freddie King! Long live Freddie King! One serious (Texas) blues master for those who have not heard of him. Goin' down!
Posted 20 years ago by OfficeUseOnly    [ Reply ]
Jeff Beck does a fine version of this, too.
Posted 21 years ago by jberko    [ Reply ]
Gregorama wrote:
Loved this song & bought the album. Bummed out. The merit of covering It's All Over Now, Baby Blue, Don't Think Twice It's All Right & Goodnight, Irene--was lost on me. It seemed a little lower that what I expected from Mr. Ferry. Was hoping it would be as good as Boys & Girls or Mamouna. I hope others like it. I thought it wasn't up to his potential. Would rather hear him sing his own excellent material. I don't get it...
Completly agree with that. I'd throw about 80 percent of the songs on that album and send BF back to the studios...
Posted 21 years ago by iggy33    [ Reply ]
Loved this song & bought the album. Bummed out. The merit of covering It's All Over Now, Baby Blue, Don't Think Twice It's All Right & Goodnight, Irene--was lost on me. It seemed a little lower that what I expected from Mr. Ferry. Was hoping it would be as good as Boys & Girls or Mamouna. I hope others like it. I thought it wasn't up to his potential. Would rather hear him sing his own excellent material. I don't get it...
Posted 21 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]
BF can still be groovy..if only Roxy Music could get back together !!
Posted 21 years ago by iggy33    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Tom_L: For contrast, play the Stevie Vai/Joe Satriani/Eric Johnson version.
or even the Masters of Reality version!!
Posted 21 years ago by gata420    [ Reply ]
Good musicians backing a soul-less vocal (I know, that's the definition of Bryan Ferry)...it just doesn't have any bite. Sorry.
Posted 21 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
Groove god. Bow to him.
Posted 21 years ago by Patrick    [ Reply ]
Cool cover. The first version was recorded by Freddie King and produced by Nix for Leon Russell\'s Shelter label.
Posted 21 years ago by AuralSects    [ Reply ]
Love it....clap clap clap. Music this morning has been extrodinarily great!
Posted 21 years ago by Heathen954    [ Reply ]