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John Lee Hooker — This Is Hip
Album: The Best Of Friends
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Released: 1998
Length: 3:21
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This is hip pretty baby
This is hip pretty baby
This is hip pretty baby
I messed around and fell in love

You know you called me up on your telephone
You want me to take you for a ride
This is hip pretty baby
This is hip pretty baby
This is hip pretty baby
I messed around and fell in love

Will you come to my house and you dance with me
You hold me tight and you kiss me too
This is hip pretty baby
This is hip pretty baby
This is hip pretty baby
You gonna kiss me baby
I messed around and fell in love, ooh yeah

When you call me up, you talk a long time
You talk to me over your telephone
You tellin' me, your comin' round over baby
This is hip pretty baby
This is hip pretty baby
This is hip pretty baby
I messed around and fell in love

When you blasting me, you rock me too
You rock my soul and set on fire
This is hip pretty baby
This is hip pretty baby
This is hip pretty baby
I messed around and fell in love

You been a rockin' good way
You been a rockin' good way
You been a rockin' good way
I messed around and fell in love
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EXCELLENT TUNE!!
Posted 6 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Ry Cooder on slide.
Posted 6 months ago by scubasteve    [ Reply ]
Is this a result of  the quality of the recording?. Buzzy bass. 😞
Posted 8 months ago by ciarataylor    [ Reply ]
Y'know? Sittin  here, late Friday night, nice brandy, great headphones, this comes on. 
Annd .. the foot, it starts a-shakin. 
Then the rest o me starts doin the the same.
Yeahh - if there's a track that comes on that you can't ignore, its either a 2 (or below) or a 9 (or above) 
Just IMO.
Posted 8 months ago by IvanTheMediocre    [ Reply ]
Was going to give it a ten, and low and behold, already did.  If this doesn’t bring you back to an island vibe…. I dunno.  
Posted 1 year ago by pomalley    [ Reply ]
 unclehud wrote:

This is John Lee Hooker?  Really?  You're not joking?

Wow.



Who'd you think it was? Cher? 

Posted 3 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
This is John Lee Hooker?  Really?  You're not joking?

Wow.
Posted 3 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Compilation 1998.  Originally released 1980. 
Posted 4 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
80 some years old and still could sell being a player.  Damn. 
Posted 4 years ago by Cueburned    [ Reply ]
Wanna know what's hip?  Listen up!
"I messed around and fell in love."
Say no more.
Posted 4 years ago by macadavy    [ Reply ]
Well, it's OK, but it's not a patch on Shakey & Bonnie.



(Fetches coat, hides behind sofa in Estonian embassy while awaiting facial reconstruction and new identity.)


Posted 4 years ago by SpinyNorma    [ Reply ]


Born: August 22, 1917, Tutwiler, MS
Posted 4 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
Thank you, John Lee.
Posted 4 years ago by garyalex    [ Reply ]
 primm wrote:
{#Devil_pimp}zesty ! reminds me a lot of schiegal schwall band or vice versa take your pik
 
Uh, yeah.  Obvious to everyone I'm sure.
Posted 6 years ago by pinto    [ Reply ]
{#Devil_pimp}zesty ! reminds me a lot of schiegal schwall band or vice versa take your pik
Posted 6 years ago by primm    [ Reply ]
Next time you play this one, Bill, follow it up with "Rapper's Delight" ("I hip hop, I hip hip hop it....") or something by The Tragically Hip.  It's only logical.
Posted 7 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
That pause ... between hip and pretty baby ... hits me like a ton of bricks.
Posted 7 years ago by martin1451    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}John Le Maitre
Posted 7 years ago by pierpod    [ Reply ]
Ticks all the boxes for me.
Posted 8 years ago by Devaplan    [ Reply ]
 felix_the_man wrote:
Whatever dude. I go back to my previous premise. That is, what makes you so special? Just because someone offers an opinion that you do not like, you feel that you can call them an idiot? It would appear that the place where you inhabit is very, very small.

 

Well, here we are 9 years later and I have to say I totally agree with you now.  I apologize for calling you an idiot.


Posted 8 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Soon as I heard that slide I recognized it.  Looked it up , sho nuff, Cooder.
Posted 8 years ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]

TRUE STORY

Sue B


Posted 8 years ago by Wonderloaf    [ Reply ]
 arserocket wrote:
makes me want to swing my varken's vlees

 
Spek is my favourite but it does not seem to be hip pretty baby.
Posted 9 years ago by Kaw    [ Reply ]
Wow, what a great blues morning (CET) we are having today!! Thanks RP, makes me move while at work after the X-mas interval ...{#Bananajam}
Posted 9 years ago by hugogdt    [ Reply ]
makes me want to swing my varken's vlees
Posted 10 years ago by arserocket    [ Reply ]
This is hip
Posted 10 years ago by MrsTom    [ Reply ]
{#Bananapiano}  It's a big F A T 9 for me
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
This is sooooooo cool ..
Posted 10 years ago by terryp17    [ Reply ]
Everyone loves a Hooker don't they?  
Posted 11 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
..now this how it oughta be on a friday night {#Cowboy}
Posted 11 years ago by midreaming    [ Reply ]

marvelous...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Gooood.. :)
Posted 11 years ago by Candela    [ Reply ]
I guess "Hippy hippy shake" will not be next?!{#Nyah}
Posted 11 years ago by Pedro1874    [ Reply ]
 Johray63 wrote:
I guess you got to feel seemingly simple music like the Blues and maybe know some of its history, to appreciate it.

Like in all genres there's indeed a lot of generic blues, but John Lee Hooker could move me, with just a few words and one chord, in a song that seemed endlessly. On the Waterfront, for instance.

This band is sublime in its musicality and subtlety. No drummer like Jim Keltner, to mention just one of them. An album with him on it, is always worthwhile.
 
Well said!
Posted 11 years ago by buddy    [ Reply ]
Alright some Hip without the Hop.
Posted 12 years ago by Rockit    [ Reply ]
I guess you got to feel seemingly simple music like the Blues and maybe know some of its history, to appreciate it.

Like in all genres there's indeed a lot of generic blues, but John Lee Hooker could move me, with just a few words and one chord, in a song that seemed endlessly. On the Waterfront, for instance.

This band is sublime in its musicality and subtlety. No drummer like Jim Keltner, to mention just one of them. An album with him on it, is always worthwhile.


Posted 13 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
Yes, yes. It´s hip.
Posted 13 years ago by nalle    [ Reply ]
Yes, I'm feelin it.....

{#Bounce}
Posted 13 years ago by mapman    [ Reply ]
LOL playing Rilky Lea Johhhzz and then Joh' Le' Hoooughka  -  Welcome to the Blues School of Enunciation!
Posted 14 years ago by forge    [ Reply ]
Ain't no one better, when it comes to gut bucket blues. Saw him twice. I do wish RP would dip into the early catalog of the 40's and 50's when he did this stuff originally.
Posted 14 years ago by marko86    [ Reply ]
This helps wake me up this morning! 

{#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 14 years ago by ginniet    [ Reply ]
 flatpicker wrote:
sooooooooooo  good!
 
Oh Yeah!

Posted 14 years ago by claire_k    [ Reply ]
JLH people!! another class ... another level ... something else ... wow!{#Notworthy}
Posted 14 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]
sooooooooooo  good!


Posted 15 years ago by flatpicker    [ Reply ]
This is a great CD with some wonderful guests : Clapton, Cooder, Raitt, Los Lobos and some guy named Jagger.  {#Lol}

Posted 15 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]


Hooker <> Grinch: Separated at birth.
Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Hey, this guy is pretty good...
Posted 15 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
It's good to see the children (previous posts) have stopped bickering and calling each other idiots and we're gettin' down to commenting  on the music!
Posted 16 years ago by inindian    [ Reply ]
John Lee is a god.........and he rocked the fricken house. There was a comment about this sounding like a bad blues band with a common blues riff. That's OK, wish I could sound this bad with that much soul pouring out my voice........nuff said.
Posted 16 years ago by cutterjudd    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by jesspra    [ Reply ]
Ironically, shortly after this album was released, John lee fell and broke his....HIP!!!
Posted 17 years ago by drtjdel    [ Reply ]
Hannio wrote:
Another idiot.
Whatever dude. I go back to my previous premise. That is, what makes you so special? Just because someone offers an opinion that you do not like, you feel that you can call them an idiot? It would appear that the place where you inhabit is very, very small.
Posted 17 years ago by felix_the_man    [ Reply ]
felix_the_man wrote:
what makes you so special? just because someone offers an opinion you do not like, that makes them an idiot? I too, find the blues to be boring. Nothing new here, nothing innovative, nothing exciting from a musical perspective. Blues music is basically a generic auditory sensation. You can like it if you want to and I won't call you an idiot, at least not for that......
Another idiot.
Posted 17 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
I love BoDeans singing backup vocals.
Posted 17 years ago by DrCyKosis    [ Reply ]
kenjismokum wrote:
Wow you're an idiot....
what makes you so special? just because someone offers an opinion you do not like, that makes them an idiot? I too, find the blues to be boring. Nothing new here, nothing innovative, nothing exciting from a musical perspective, "the blues" is basically a generic auditory sensation. You can like it if you you want to and I won't call you an idiot, at least not for that......
Posted 17 years ago by felix_the_man    [ Reply ]
maxmox wrote:
Time for your hip replacement.
Posted 17 years ago by shakitten    [ Reply ]
Ooohhhh, Bill...I love how ya sweet talk me, Daddio!
Posted 17 years ago by shakitten    [ Reply ]
virtualsquid wrote:
This is just some guy mumbling over a generic, bland, overplayed blues riff. Every bad local blues band sounds exactly like this. What's the point?
Wow you're an idiot....
Posted 17 years ago by kenjismokum    [ Reply ]
physicsgenius wrote:
*yawn* No, it isn't.
Time for your hip replacement.
Posted 17 years ago by maxmox    [ Reply ]
pannaramma wrote:
I'm lookin..... great description of the mood.
The rains just stopped, the mist is rising off the blacktop but the heat inside is unbearable. Kicking back the beer is feeling fine, kicking back the seat even finer. The sparkle of the stars are reflecting in the eyes that are looking back at me or could it be they're looking through me - no matter -- the time is right to abandon all good sense in hopes of finding meaning... on a night like this, eternity lasts until daylight. Nighty nighty...
Posted 17 years ago by SpamNRice    [ Reply ]
SpamNRice wrote:
Big slow movin caddy cruisin the humid Mississippi night with a six pack of cold Dixie and the top is down... Slow-struttin lady on this balmy night giving me a sideways glance -- she doesn't want to look, but she also needs to know that I'm lookin... later ya'll
I'm lookin..... great description of the mood.
Posted 17 years ago by pannaramma    [ Reply ]
Big slow movin caddy cruisin the humid Mississippi night with a six pack of cold Dixie and the top is down... Slow-struttin lady on this balmy night giving me a sideways glance -- she doesn't want to look, but she also needs to know that I'm lookin... later ya'll
Posted 18 years ago by SpamNRice    [ Reply ]
This is GOLD
Posted 18 years ago by Opus_two    [ Reply ]
catmaven wrote:
Your subjective experience is totally justified. Those who like classical music might not succeed in getting those who like this to like classical. I don't think, though, that this is pure blues, or I would like it more than I do. What genres are also represented in this song?
I love this *and* classical music (specifically, medieval music) and countless other genres. They are very far from being mutually exclusive.
Posted 18 years ago by maryte    [ Reply ]
*yawn* No, it isn't.
Posted 18 years ago by physicsgenius    [ Reply ]
shake it baby...definite style all his own...what a blues voice
Posted 18 years ago by godspeed    [ Reply ]
Hey Catmaven... I agree with your comment below, but, what is 'pure blues' ? It either is or it isn't the blues. What is pure classical, for example, or pure folk, or ...
Posted 18 years ago by algrif    [ Reply ]
Yes, this is Hip!
Posted 18 years ago by iMacomania    [ Reply ]
Had the honor of seeing this legendary performer shortly before he died. Words can not express what a wonderful experience it was!
Posted 18 years ago by Desire    [ Reply ]
netdiver wrote:
This is crap
Your subjective experience is totally justified. Those who like classical music might not succeed in getting those who like this to like classical. I don't think, though, that this is pure blues, or I would like it more than I do. What genres are also represented in this song?
Posted 19 years ago by rKokon    [ Reply ]
listen! .... class ....
Posted 19 years ago by federico    [ Reply ]
May I add my amens and hosannas to the growing angelic chorus endorsing the absolute necessity of RP playing more, and more, John Lee Hooker. Listen: the man does not need our props, not anymore. Not even while he was alive did he need our props. Radio Paradise itself is a very small thing next to this man's achievements. He knew what he was about, and fans of great American music (and not just the blues) knew it as well. So--there is, indeed, an absolute standard, and here it is.
Posted 19 years ago by dionysius    [ Reply ]
John Lee is the man!
Posted 19 years ago by ralphcanoe    [ Reply ]
Cachatons wrote:
Amen Maryte
Amen Cachatons
Posted 19 years ago by NoEnzLefttoSplit    [ Reply ]
maryte wrote:
Nah, anime is crap - this is smooth, sticky, sweet rockin' blues - JLH is a national treasure (RIP)...
Amen Maryte
Posted 19 years ago by Cachatons    [ Reply ]
netdiver wrote:
This is crap
Nah, anime is crap - this is smooth, sticky, sweet rockin' blues - JLH is a national treasure (RIP)...
Posted 19 years ago by maryte    [ Reply ]
Did I hear a bit of "Rocking Good Way" Bonnie Tyler at the back end of that - I have no idea who plagiarised who - actually I care not as both induce coma.
Posted 19 years ago by RoyStudios    [ Reply ]
This is crap
Posted 19 years ago by netdiver    [ Reply ]
Just shaken' my tailfeathers LOVE MR. HOOKER
Posted 19 years ago by moon_shadow    [ Reply ]
The HOOK! I started off with an eight and upgraded to a (rare) 10!! Ry Cooder on slide, Keltner on drums -- I think I died and went to heaven. Listen to that voice..
Posted 20 years ago by guitarwhisperer    [ Reply ]
".....BONNIERAITT!"
Posted 20 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
Ooooh, this IS hip!
Posted 20 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
I like it like that! (Boom, boom, boom, boom).
Posted 20 years ago by ScottyB    [ Reply ]
There was nothing quite like seeing John Lee Hooker, in his later years, being helped onstage, into a chair, and then watching him wail the blues.
Posted 20 years ago by steeler    [ Reply ]
This is! Awesome boppy groove...
Posted 20 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
A killer John Lee song listeners would just dig the most, baby! I'm Bad, Like Jesse James. Off his Rhino Greatest hits CD. Try it, you'll like it. Thanks.
Posted 21 years ago by dairyman    [ Reply ]
Oh yeah!!!!
Posted 21 years ago by Pipes    [ Reply ]
call me up on your telephone, baby!
Posted 21 years ago by bakedjake    [ Reply ]
This is pretty damn hip.
Posted 21 years ago by dignan2    [ Reply ]
Good show ole chap! Keep it eclectic!
Posted 21 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
It doesn't get any better.
Posted 21 years ago by Skyhawk    [ Reply ]
This is (SHAKE Your) Hip! Hail, Hail John Lee.
Posted 21 years ago by mperry    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Shimmer: Why should you have to do "homework" in order to enjoy (or criticize) music? Rock and blues are all about showing that the emperor has no clothes. Let the music stand or fall on its own.
You can certainly enjoy music on it's own merit, but when you feel the need to comment you really should know what you're talking about. The Hook was the living source and perhaps too potent for some who need their music watered down by generations of imitators. Long Live John Lee Hooker
Posted 21 years ago by segueman    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by virtualsquid: This is just some guy mumbling over a generic, bland, overplayed blues riff. Every bad local blues band sounds exactly like this. What's the point?
I wish "bad local blues bands" could sound like this; --d
Posted 21 years ago by lindydallas    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Shimmer: Why should you have to do "homework" in order to enjoy (or criticize) music? Rock and blues are all about showing that the emperor has no clothes. Let the music stand or fall on its own.
Because it does matter if you were the first person to do it and then generations of people decided they liked it enough to imitate it.
Posted 21 years ago by AuralSects    [ Reply ]
This is, indeed, hip.
Posted 21 years ago by GregX59    [ Reply ]
Come on man. Before you start commenting on music, do a little homework.
Why should you have to do "homework" in order to enjoy (or criticize) music? Rock and blues are all about showing that the emperor has no clothes. Let the music stand or fall on its own.
Posted 21 years ago by Shimmer    [ Reply ]
None better - one of the greats, never to be forgotten
Posted 21 years ago by Rousseau    [ Reply ]
Hooker is a national treasure
Posted 21 years ago by jamesbradley    [ Reply ]
dot likes muddy with johnny winters. but this is kick dot.
Posted 21 years ago by Dotman    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by virtualsquid: This is just some guy mumbling over a generic, bland, overplayed blues riff. Every bad local blues band sounds exactly like this. What's the point?
Uh, every blues band sounds like this because this is the way blues began in rural Mississippi. This "some guy mumbling" is John Lee F---ing Hooker. Yeah, just some guy who started the blues, which started rock and roll, etc.etc. Without John Lee Hooker, you ain't got nuthin. Come on man. Before you start commenting on music, do a little homework.
Posted 21 years ago by speed42    [ Reply ]
Any time you want to play more John Lee, go right on ahead :) If you want more uploaded, let me know, and I\'ll dump what I can; --d
Posted 22 years ago by lindydallas    [ Reply ]
Cool! John Lee Hooker was the coolest man on the planet. Ever!
Posted 22 years ago by segueman    [ Reply ]
Ry Cooder, the fabulous singers who once joined his band, Jim Keltner on drums, Nick Lowe on bass and.....Johnnie Johnson on piano. That alone is enough to be called a dreamband, but above that they accompany one of the absolute masters of The Blues, the late, great John Lee Hooker. Yes, that's hip! Man, imagine what it would've been like if this band had performed live.
Posted 22 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
John Lee and the others of his time tell it all!! You can play some more Bill, I know how old you are :D
Posted 22 years ago by hippie    [ Reply ]
Love this music. No radio stations play the Blues anymore. What a shame, since this is where all rock comes from.
Posted 22 years ago by RParadise    [ Reply ]