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J.J. Cale — City Girls
Album: Grasshopper
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Released: 1982
Length: 2:43
Plays (last 30 days): 1
City girls they're all right
They just want you for the night
But when the morning comes at dawn
City girls they all gone

You know the daylight can be sad
When you feel that you've been had
Only night time brings the price
City girl she thinks it's right

What's a poor boy going to do
If he wants a girl like you
Can't afford no diamond rings
Or all those other fancy things

Only one thing I can give
A song down where you live
I'll sing to you hear the sound
City girl please stay around
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This may have been the first song that I ever heard J.J. Cale sing, it was popular on the radio.  I love J.J. Cale.  While this my first, it wasn't his best for me. Every song he did is equal or greater.  God Bless that man!  Miss him so much!
happy
 maxvonevil wrote:
JJ sounds a bit like Mark Knopfler on this track, or maybe Mark sounded like Cale all along? I'm freaking out here


Maybe Chet Atkins belongs in that mix as well. I don't know much about him but IIRC he was a big influence on Mark. 
Smooth synthesizer harmonies + country guitar + tight reverb = Always means it's 1981-1982.
JJ sounds a bit like Mark Knopfler on this track, or maybe Mark sounded like Cale all along? I'm freaking out here
So many people hearing other songs in this. I hear George McCrae's Rock Your Baby.
an upbeat 'good time charlie's got the blues' - they both are lovely to hear
Anyone else hearing Blondie - Heart Of Glass?
I love it when a song comes on RP that makes me walk in from the other room to see who it is. City Girls by JJ Cale.
 Cynaera wrote:
J. J. Cale just makes me happy.  {#Bounce}



... and me too.
When this song starts, I always think it's going to be the Amazing Rhythm Ace's "The End Is Not in Sight". I'd love to hear that one too.
Yee haw!  Kuos to RP for the breath of music.
Tune inn from
nice tune!
Long Live                                                                                                                          Radio Paradise
Rating to me                                                                                                               8 - Most Excellent
Awe, swing dancing, boot scooting, twirling, and swizzling beer.  The good ole' days in those Country and Western honkey tonks.
BEAUTIFUL SONGWRITER
rainy afternoon, raise the volume, pour abit more deep red wine in this little cup and close them eyes... smile
 Cynaera wrote:
J. J. Cale just makes me happy.  {#Bounce}

 
me too Ann.{#Yes}   RIP to the most eloquent poster we have ever had on RP {#Sunny} This is the first track off a 5* album too {#Bounce}
 more-more-more wrote:
That flagellating, two-note, instrumental chorus on the high end is really nice. 

But it's driving me crazy — where have I heard it before?  Jive Talkin'?

 
probably not what you were hearing...although my first thoughts are this track sounds sorta like Leo Sayer's "More Than I Can Say" - which is one of those pop tunes I LOVE because of fond memories with my mom; in fact it was one of the songs at her funeral. 

I've got this cool JJ track at a 7 currently...heck I'm gonna bump it to an 8 right now knowing the rest of the album is great!. LONG LIVE RP!


Long may you run.
 elliotgoettelman wrote:
this entire album is amazing.  if you are not sure about j.j. - don't let this song decide for you.  buy this cd used from amazon and you'll see what i mean, and then you'll realize that this song fits to the album.  

 
Absolutely!
I've tried not to hear it, really I have.  I can't help it ...

"If I said you had a beautiful body ....."

Sorry. 
Maybe it's the Florida cracker in me but I like his pickin'.  An 8 from me.
 LPCity wrote:
Pick up "The Breeze" if you are in a mood for some more J.J.Cale music.  It's fine.

 
"After midnight", too
 Cynaera wrote:
J. J. Cale just makes me happy.  {#Bounce}
 
miss you so much, Cynaera...  love this song...
Pick up "The Breeze" if you are in a mood for some more J.J.Cale music.  It's fine.
Sounds like he was channelling Jimmy Buffett with this song...
{#Heartkiss}

luv J J, god rest his soul, great track, Godlike album
That flagellating, two-note, instrumental chorus on the high end is really nice. 

But it's driving me crazy -- where have I heard it before?  Jive Talkin'?
Great songwriter. He will be missed for that anyway! 
RIP JJ. Loved your music since the '70's and still get pleasure from listening to you.
 Huey wrote:
I really like J.J. but not this...
 
....{#Yes}.....
Did the art director quit before this was released? WTF is the point of that text treatment?
 manzanitafire wrote:
What's next? Girl from Impanema?
 
That would be good.
As a country fan (okay okay, sue me!) i'm loving this!

9
this entire album is amazing.  if you are not sure about j.j. - don't let this song decide for you.  buy this cd used from amazon and you'll see what i mean, and then you'll realize that this song fits to the album.  
Ive always heard about JJ Cale and what a legend and an influence he is and how respected by the greats. But honestly I dont enjoy his music at all. The people he influenced? Absolutely.
 Huey wrote:
I really like J.J. but not this...
 


Agree...from fiddle to twang...not too tolerant of either
J. J. Cale just makes me happy.  {#Bounce}
this is fantastic
I really like J.J. but not this...
some girls?
...or you could have just played Jay-Z, and gotten it over with, Bill!

J.J. Cale - City Girls
Bruce Springsteen - Girls in Their Summer Clothes
Mike Doughty - Sunken-Eyed Girl
Wow... how about segueing into May I? by Kevin Ayers, on the same theme...?
Wow, that's scary....

RadioDoc wrote:
Sunken-Eyed Girl, into Girls In Their Summer Clothes into City Girls. Now we need the Girl from Ipanema {#Cheesygrin}

edit: Damn. You beat me to it.

 
manzanitafire wrote:

What's next? Girl from Impanema?

Sunken-Eyed Girl, into Girls In Their Summer Clothes into City Girls. Now we need the Girl from Ipanema {#Cheesygrin}

edit: Damn. You beat me to it.

What's next? Girl from Impanema?
I usually really like JJ Cale's music but this song does nothing for me.
Pulled from the vaults? Nice segue...
My sister likes J.J. Cale and I love my sister. Her musical taste, tough, has gotten pretty strange. Sorry sis. Just not my thing.
Your sister has excellent taste :nodhead: :nodhead:
My sister likes J.J. Cale and I love my sister. Her musical taste, tough, has gotten pretty strange. Sorry sis. Just not my thing.
Nice guitar work - sounds a lot like Mark Knoffler's Sultan's of Swing. You have to appreciate JJ for his immense songwriting talent that has been capitalized on by so many artists including Mr. Clapton, among others.
this song has a nice vibe. everything hangs together nicely. thought for a moment that it was a cover of a song by CRACKER. enjoy.