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Leo Kottke — World Turning
Album: Standing In My Shoes
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Released: 1997
Length: 3:43
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Everybody's trying to say I'm wrong
I just wanna be back where I belong

World turning
I gotta get my feet back on the ground
World turning
Everybody's got me down

Maybe I'm wrong but who's to say what's right
I need somebody to help me through the night

World turning
I gotta get my feet back on the ground
World turning
Everybody's got me down

Everybody's trying to say I'm wrong
I just wanna be back where I belong

World turning
I gotta get my feet back on the ground
World turning
Everybody's got me down

World turning
World turning
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Seamless segue from Texas Hold 'Em to this one!
Posted 2 weeks ago by thundrpants    [ Reply ]
Righteous segue, Bill!  Beyoncé to  Leo Kotke
Posted 2 weeks ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
 bseib wrote:
The backup vocals retain a Christine McVie sound IMO. According to wikipedia, the backup vocals on that album are Kim Parent, whom I had not heard of, but has performed and recorded with a long list of artists.
 
Thanks for that.  Went to her website.  A wonderful voice to listen to.  I have seen her name on album credits over the years but never went any deeper.
Posted 6 months ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
A nice cover. Different enough to be engaging. And thankfully doesn't fall into the cliche approach of merely covering a fast song slowly  (a pet peeve of mine.)
Posted 6 months ago by wilsonlb    [ Reply ]
Christine McVie! Thank you for all your work! RIP
Posted 1 year ago by Milano    [ Reply ]
RIP McVie
Posted 1 year ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
RIP Christine McVie.
Posted 1 year ago by leathepea    [ Reply ]
RIP Christine.  :(
Posted 1 year ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
What happened to the Wiki link btw?
Posted 1 year ago by dboseman    [ Reply ]
The backup vocals retain a Christine McVie sound IMO. According to wikipedia, the backup vocals on that album are Kim Parent, whom I had not heard of, but has performed and recorded with a long list of artists.
Posted 1 year ago by bseib    [ Reply ]
Sounds better then Fleetwood Mac
Posted 1 year ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
Surprised to see there's 19 Leo Kottke tracks in rotation on RP.  I've heard "Snorkel" which is pretty good and this one, but I have no idea what else he plays.
Posted 1 year ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
I'm a huge Leo fan and have seen him in concert several times.  Didn't even realize he did this song...  LLRP! 
Posted 1 year ago by smommits    [ Reply ]
...I still thinks he owes it all to Pamela Brown...
Posted 1 year ago by jef    [ Reply ]
Not really his song.  
Posted 1 year ago by jjbchansen159    [ Reply ]
Excellent!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 nance wrote:
saw him last year in a small bar in Annapolis and he was just the same.....awesome  {#Bananajam}guitarist.... and I love his voice! 


Ram's Head Tavern, I'll bet! Back in the day (early 2000's), before  it was bought out by Anheuser-Busch/InBev/Whatever I basically lived there. They had $2 drafts (housebrews!) and free all-you-can-eat food at Happy Hours five days a week:

Monday: Build your own tacos
Tuesday: Oysters on the half shell
Wednesday: Roast beef carving station
Thursday: Bratwurst
Friday: Buffalo wings

We made friends with the staff, tipped them really well, and we'd never pay for more than one two-dollar beer per day to eat and drink all we wanted. 

That was pretty much how I afforded college.
Posted 2 years ago by sjccroquet    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

Eastern people?  Like from Labrador and Newfoundland?

I've found "Newfies" to be quite violent when you mispronounce "Newfoundland." Just sayin' 
Posted 2 years ago by bahalana    [ Reply ]
Buckingham/McVie, marvelous musical coupling.....
Posted 3 years ago by k_trout    [ Reply ]
Posted 3 years ago by deadheadmark    [ Reply ]
Looks like they used Leo's RCA Building ID badge photo for the album cover.
Posted 3 years ago by Ok_Sobriquet    [ Reply ]
an amazing player, so unique. 
Posted 3 years ago by carmelmik    [ Reply ]
So much better than Fleetwood Mac
Posted 3 years ago by bigbobbybubba    [ Reply ]
Somehow, brings me back to that duelin' banjos scene...
Posted 3 years ago by john_m_hopkins    [ Reply ]
enjoy both versions equally...they seem quite similar
Posted 3 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
Nice, but still prefer FM's version
Posted 3 years ago by djanecek    [ Reply ]
this is a great tune , great find for me 
Posted 3 years ago by cillianbyrne    [ Reply ]
It’s very good. Kottke is rightly revered for skill with a guitar. It’s an interesting alternative to the original but it’s not, as I (as many?) would have expected, an improvement. 
Taking nothing away from Leo Kottke no, that’s not my purpose. 
I think over the years perhaps Lindsey Buckingham has been under-appreciated as a songwriter, musician, and producer. Less so on Radio Paradise maybe, but in general. Mystery that. 
Posted 3 years ago by easmann    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by ablada    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:

Hey, don't be too harsh on me. To put things in perspective: I come from the same country as Louis Van Gaal. English is not our native language. But at least we try to speak it and like to make a joke every now and then. The one you so carefully analysed wasn't that bad, was it? 

But no hard feelings. And as one of our dear fellow listeners would end: I hope life is grand for you right this moment Stephen_Phillips 
 
I'm English and your comment was perfectly understood, and in impeccable English too - second language English speakers always do it better than us!.  Don't mind Paddy... 
Posted 4 years ago by kbs    [ Reply ]
 CaffeineSam wrote:
The percussions get a bit annoying at times. No wonder the ancient Eastern people were so violent.
 
Does this explain why Americans are so violent?

Posted 4 years ago by radioparadise9    [ Reply ]
 RedGuitar wrote:

I think the original comparison was "geese farts on a muggy day."

  
I love his manly voice....
Posted 4 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
 cosmicjoe wrote:
Love his music! Even if he does sound like "A goose fart in a snow storm."

 
I think the original comparison was "geese farts on a muggy day."
Posted 6 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:
Eastern people?  Like from Labrador and Newfoundland?
 
Hey, what about Delaware?
Posted 6 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 elgreenie1 wrote:
I actually prefer Leo's version.  I think part of the reason is just being over-exposed to Fleetwood Mac's version.

 
yeah, I think you are correct, I like this
Posted 6 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Just 'orrible. 2>1
Posted 7 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
 CaffeineSam wrote:
The percussions get a bit annoying at times. No wonder the ancient Eastern people were so violent.
 
Eastern people?  Like from Labrador and Newfoundland?
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
I actually prefer Leo's version.  I think part of the reason is just being over-exposed to Fleetwood Mac's version.
Posted 7 years ago by elgreenie1    [ Reply ]
 GeorgeMWoods wrote:
Make it stop!

 
You try what he's doing on the guitar! This man is a genius. Ok, he can't sing so well ...
Posted 7 years ago by jab49    [ Reply ]
I prefer Fleetwood Mac's version...
Posted 7 years ago by mdfergy    [ Reply ]
Make it stop!
Posted 8 years ago by GeorgeMWoods    [ Reply ]
 CaffeineSam wrote:
The percussions get a bit annoying at times. No wonder the ancient Eastern people were so violent.
 
Yeah, all of them! And it's how they got those flat, smooth palms, too, good for making pottery. It's all making sense now.
Posted 8 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:

Bruce Co-burn (that's how you seem to pronounce it) would't burn his fingers on this one, let alone his co

 
Heh. _I_ got it.
Posted 8 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
 Stephen_Phillips wrote:

What he means is, in a crypic way, that Bruce Cockburn is a better guitarist and would not bother hurting his fingers playing this song as it is not technically challenging enough.  Also the play on words where Cockburn is correctly pronounced Co-Burn he says he would not "Burn" his "Cock" either.  Justin4kick is being rather too obscure or his grasp of English is not as good as he thinks it is. Anyway it is all too contrived to be funny.

 
Hey, don't be too harsh on me. To put things in perspective: I come from the same country as Louis Van Gaal. English is not our native language. But at least we try to speak it and like to make a joke every now and then. The one you so carefully analysed wasn't that bad, was it? 

But no hard feelings. And as one of our dear fellow listeners would end: I hope life is grand for you right this moment Stephen_Phillips 
Posted 8 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:

Bruce Co-burn (that's how you seem to pronounce it) would't burn his fingers on this one, let alone his co

 
What he means is, in a crypic way, that Bruce Cockburn is a better guitarist and would not bother hurting his fingers playing this song as it is not technically challenging enough.  Also the play on words where Cockburn is correctly pronounced Co-Burn he says he would not "Burn" his "Cock" either.  Justin4kick is being rather too obscure or his grasp of English is not as good as he thinks it is. Anyway it is all too contrived to be funny.
Posted 8 years ago by Stephen_Phillips    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:

Bruce Co-burn (that's how you seem to pronounce it) would't burn his fingers on this one, let alone his co

 
don't know what this means?
Posted 8 years ago by nance    [ Reply ]
saw him last year in a small bar in Annapolis and he was just the same.....awesome  {#Bananajam}guitarist.... and I love his voice! 
Posted 8 years ago by nance    [ Reply ]
 Bridieboo wrote:
Great job on this song.  I thought it was Bruce Cockburn.

 
Bruce Co-burn (that's how you seem to pronounce it) would't burn his fingers on this one, let alone his co
Posted 8 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
 Hey_Porter wrote:
I remember young Leo being profiled in People magazine of all things back in the 70's.  Twenty five years later my infant daughter and I listened to this album every night.  Twenty years later, Leo pops up on Radio Paradise!

 


Posted 8 years ago by brianlay    [ Reply ]
I remember young Leo being profiled in People magazine of all things back in the 70's.  Twenty five years later my infant daughter and I listened to this album every night.  Twenty years later, Leo pops up on Radio Paradise!
Posted 8 years ago by Hey_Porter    [ Reply ]
 CaffeineSam wrote:
The percussions get a bit annoying at times. No wonder the ancient Eastern people were so violent.
 
WTF?
Posted 8 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
Didn't like the original, this one even less.
Posted 8 years ago by GeorgeMWoods    [ Reply ]
 nagsheadlocal wrote:
Way back in the early 70s I was working for a concert venue as a stage hand (schlepping things around) and occasioinal "minder" for visiting acts. Leo came to town and I offered to walk him downtown to lunch. We passed a park where an old aircraft had been parked for kids to climb on and he was totally amazed. We spent the better part of an hour screwing around that old airplane and chatting. I liked him a lot.

I was able to see him recently and amazingly enough was able to exchange a few words with him after the show. I mentioned the old airplane in the park and he excitedly said: "I remember that! We had a great time!" He chatted for a few more minutes and said "You don't look a day older!" and all I could say was "Thanks, and you still play like a man in his 20s."

Truly nice guy. 

 
Very cool story.
Posted 8 years ago by OceanBlue    [ Reply ]
 CaffeineSam wrote:
The percussions get a bit annoying at times. No wonder the ancient Eastern people were so violent.
 
Yeah.  THAT's why!  
Posted 8 years ago by crogers    [ Reply ]
Excellent segue!
Posted 8 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
Way back in the early 70s I was working for a concert venue as a stage hand (schlepping things around) and occasioinal "minder" for visiting acts. Leo came to town and I offered to walk him downtown to lunch. We passed a park where an old aircraft had been parked for kids to climb on and he was totally amazed. We spent the better part of an hour screwing around that old airplane and chatting. I liked him a lot.

I was able to see him recently and amazingly enough was able to exchange a few words with him after the show. I mentioned the old airplane in the park and he excitedly said: "I remember that! We had a great time!" He chatted for a few more minutes and said "You don't look a day older!" and all I could say was "Thanks, and you still play like a man in his 20s."

Truly nice guy. 
Posted 8 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
The percussions get a bit annoying at times. No wonder the ancient Eastern people were so violent.
Posted 8 years ago by CaffeineSam    [ Reply ]
 BillG wrote:

Nope. All hand-crafted. I've always intended to add song keys to our database to help me find good segues, but I'm still doing it 100% by ear.

 
You've got a good ear. I just bumped this from an 8 to a 9. 
Posted 8 years ago by islander    [ Reply ]
Love his music! Even if he does sound like "A goose fart in a snow storm."
Posted 9 years ago by cosmicjoe    [ Reply ]
 old_shep wrote:
Nice seg from Thievery Corp.  All in same key (G) at same tempo.  I'm going to guess this is computerized, but I'd like to think not.

 
Nope. All hand-crafted. I've always intended to add song keys to our database to help me find good segues, but I'm still doing it 100% by ear.
Posted 9 years ago by William    [ Reply ]
why does this man not age? is the fountain of yyouth in the fingers? i mean i listeneed to him when i was 17 freakin years old. he does not even get tired!
Posted 9 years ago by averybadcat    [ Reply ]
Nice seg from Thievery Corp.  All in same key (G) at same tempo.  I'm going to guess this is computerized, but I'd like to think not.
Posted 9 years ago by old_shep    [ Reply ]
Fantastic version!
Posted 9 years ago by The_Walrus    [ Reply ]
überliked it :)
Posted 9 years ago by kimoki    [ Reply ]
Dog balancing fruits and vegetables on his head


Just a snippet of "100 fruits and vegetables on a dog's head in 100 seconds" (with Dick Dale-like soundtrack): 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDJEyAVZM80 
Posted 9 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 ladybinnath wrote:
This was filler on Fleetwood Mac, and it's filler here.

 
One band's filler is another band's gold - just ask Manfred Mann.
Posted 9 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]
This cover meets and exceeds the original, IMVHO.
Posted 9 years ago by ThirdRail_33    [ Reply ]

 

He was performing long ago... Saw him in Chicago one Summer's evening...

Always a great guitarist... I was wondering what had happened to him recently...

Thanks RP... the play schedule seems to be connected to my thought via ESP or something similar...

 


Posted 9 years ago by AndyJ    [ Reply ]
Excellent cover of a great song....
Posted 10 years ago by tulfan    [ Reply ]
I like it!  Great instrumentation, obvious Mac DNA throughout.
Posted 10 years ago by Stratocaster    [ Reply ]
Great way to start my Saturday!   Makes me happy{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 10 years ago by Quasicoonass    [ Reply ]
{#Sad} {#Sad} {#Sad} <----- 4?
Posted 10 years ago by DavidS_UK    [ Reply ]
{#Heartkiss}{#Heartkiss}   8 >>>>>>>>>>> 9
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
Cover must be because he loves the song.
Nice version but Mac runs deep through this version. 
Posted 10 years ago by ccjemmett    [ Reply ]
This was filler on Fleetwood Mac, and it's filler here.
Posted 10 years ago by ladybinnath    [ Reply ]
Under the influence...  8 ==> 9
Posted 10 years ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
 me too Bridieboo wrote:
Great job on this song.  I thought it was Bruce Cockburn.

 


Posted 10 years ago by Fada1000    [ Reply ]
Great job on this song.  I thought it was Bruce Cockburn.
Posted 10 years ago by Bridieboo    [ Reply ]
 MirageRF wrote:
Everyone at the Crab Shack loves this song!
 

You must have good people at your Crab Shack...  we be dancing here...  hope you are having a marvelous time right now...  love this cover...

Posted 10 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
NEVER thought that I would PSD to Leo. Awful.
Posted 10 years ago by owchita    [ Reply ]
Everyone at the Crab Shack loves this song!
Posted 11 years ago by MirageRF    [ Reply ]
 apd wrote:

so, what's the story with the new name, Romeo?
 

I have been saved!  Everybody in my church loves this groovy cover...
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
You're right.  Nothing can match the derivative drivel that Fleetwood Mac was singing at this point in the band's history.  ("That's, like, just your opinion, man."  Well, of course it is.)

Mr. Kottke infuses a sitar, bongos/congas, and (could it be true?) Christine McVie's background vocals to salvage it from utter banality.

(edit several months later):  Wikipedia says Kim Parent sings background vocals.  From Ms. Parent's website: "Kim Parent has backed up many of today’s biggest country stars with her strong sure vocals, being one of the most sought after vocalists in Nashville for some years now."
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Kottke's a brilliant guitarist. But really ... what's the point of this? Just because you can? C'mon. Nothing matches 'Mac's original.
Posted 11 years ago by michaelgmitchell    [ Reply ]
 Xing wrote:
Charming for the first minute. Then it becomes teeth-pulling. I wonder how you can stand this boring repetitiveness.
 
Lots of great rock and roll is repetititve in its rythyms, melodies and even lyrics.
Posted 11 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
 Xing wrote:
Charming for the first minute. Then it becomes teeth-pulling. I wonder how you can stand this boring repetitiveness.
 
Don't recall the FM version being all that...
Posted 11 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 Xing wrote:
Charming for the first minute. Then it becomes teeth-pulling. I wonder how you can stand this boring repetitiveness.
 
Yup. Kottke is much better that this.
Posted 11 years ago by DanO-1    [ Reply ]
Leo Kottke—- must be the most underrated artist in past 50 yrs
Posted 11 years ago by slieve    [ Reply ]
9->10
Perfect.
Posted 11 years ago by Deadwing    [ Reply ]
wow some rendition this... the whole right from the start grabs you and refuses to let go.. a masterful track...
Posted 11 years ago by Toke    [ Reply ]
 (former member) wrote:


This cover puts a spring in my step this summer night...

 
 
so, what's the story with the new name, Romeo?
Posted 11 years ago by apd    [ Reply ]
Outstanding!
Posted 11 years ago by Tjerome    [ Reply ]
 Xing wrote:
Charming for the first minute. Then it becomes teeth-pulling. I wonder how you can stand this boring repetitiveness.
 



..yah..
Posted 11 years ago by cShaggy    [ Reply ]
Kottke always delivers
Posted 11 years ago by joelbb    [ Reply ]
..meh..technical proficiency does not a soul make..
Posted 11 years ago by cShaggy    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:

Everybody in my hotel room loves this cover...


 
Who's everybody???{#Dance}
Posted 11 years ago by robotbass    [ Reply ]
I think one of the acid tests for the question,"Is he any good as a guitarist?" is "Is he covered by Leo Kottke?" Kottke invariably chooses the most difficult—and sometimes deceptively so—guitar parts to cover. So, if Leo copped you, you're probably pretty good. Now, try to tell that to Lindsey Buckingham. {#Lol}
Posted 11 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 lshinkawa wrote:
Give us Lindsey Buckingham, please! He does this song so much better!!
 

here ya go:


Posted 11 years ago by LongGoneDaddy    [ Reply ]
Give us Lindsey Buckingham, please! He does this song so much better!!
Posted 11 years ago by lshinkawa    [ Reply ]
yup, absolutely most excellent
Posted 11 years ago by DD rabbi_phil    [ Reply ]
most excellent
Posted 11 years ago by DD rabbi_phil    [ Reply ]
This is brilliant. I like this version over FM. Leo just kicks it! {#Cowboy}
Posted 11 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
Goiing to see him tonight. Rockport,MA
Posted 11 years ago by parttime    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


This cover puts a spring in my step this spring day...

 
 
Maybe you just need new shocks. 
Posted 11 years ago by PopKombo    [ Reply ]
Yep....I saw leo 35 yrs ago....still kickn good.....great job on this song, too.
Posted 12 years ago by Larry_Rosenow    [ Reply ]

There's nothing wrong with this, but I think Fleetwood Mac's version is far superior. Their rhythm section kicks it into a higher gear.


Posted 12 years ago by olivertwist    [ Reply ]
lindsey buckingham does this so much better.
 
Posted 12 years ago by lshinkawa    [ Reply ]
Charming for the first minute. Then it becomes teeth-pulling. I wonder how you can stand this boring repetitiveness.
Posted 12 years ago by Xing    [ Reply ]
 linzie wrote:
Question:

Bill sez this was a Lindsay Buckingham tune; agreed he/they did a version, but wasn't it done/written by one of the original Macs, say Peter Green?

 

Peter Green wrote a song called "World Keeps Turning" when he was with Fleetwood Mac.  It's a totally different song - more of a straight blues number.

Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
I love Leo and his 10 string, but still prefer Fleetwood Mac original.  Buckingham and McVie wrote this song, but I had it in my mind that it went back to Peter Green and Danny Kirwan days.
Posted 12 years ago by ozzie1313    [ Reply ]
Forget the last comment...I was thinking of "Oh Well".........
Posted 12 years ago by linzie    [ Reply ]
Question:

Bill sez this was a Lindsay Buckingham tune; agreed he/they did a version, but wasn't it done/written by one of the original Macs, say Peter Green?

Posted 12 years ago by linzie    [ Reply ]
"KOTTKE MAKES ME NERVOUS, WHEN I HEAR HIM"
Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
This guy has WAY too many fingers...

Just kidding, I've loved him since I was a kid.

{#Guitarist}
Posted 12 years ago by Deadwing    [ Reply ]
not my favorite from this album but I'll take any Kottke anytime you want to play it!
Posted 12 years ago by jennyred    [ Reply ]
Leo is the best! - said Leo ;))
Posted 12 years ago by leo_4mare    [ Reply ]
 rkhammer wrote:

Wasn't that what he said himself in the notes for his second or so album?  Leo always gets high points!

 

Yeah, I think it was on one of his early albums, but I didn't know it was a self-quote. I saw him about 10 years ago...amazing.
Posted 12 years ago by d-don    [ Reply ]
 d-don wrote:

A review once said Leo's voice was like "...a Canadian goose breaking wind." With guitar like that, it just doesn't matter. A strong 9.


 
Wasn't that what he said himself in the notes for his second or so album?  Leo always gets high points!

Posted 12 years ago by rkhammer    [ Reply ]

A review once said Leo's voice was like "...a Canadian goose breaking wind." With guitar like that, it just doesn't matter. A strong 9.


Posted 12 years ago by d-don    [ Reply ]