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Ray Charles — Let's Go Get Stoned
Album: Ray Charles, The Album
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Released: 1961
Length: 2:49
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Let's go get stoned
Let's go get stoned
Let's go get stoned
Let's go get stoned

(Now, wait a minute)
You know my baby, she won't let me in
I've got a few pennies, I'm gonna' buy myself a bottle of gin
And then I'm gonna' call my buddy, on the telephone and say
Let's go get stoned

(Now, listen)
You know I work so hard, all day long
Everything I try to do, seems to always turn out wrong
That's why I wanna' stop by, on my way home and say
Let's go get stoned

(Let me tell you one more thing)
Ain't no harm, to have a little taste
But don't lose your cool, and start messing up the man's place
Ain't no harm, to take a little nip
But don't you fall down, and bust your lip
Let's go get stoned (6x)
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 joejennings wrote:



Actually,  in 1961, stoned meant drunk!  Somehow, as a little kid, 6yrs old when this was released, I remember hearing it on NYC AM radio stations.


Clearly, that is what he's referring to. Even mentions the gin. Not that smoking marijuana is worse than getting drunk imo. 
Posted 1 month ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
"Everything I try to do, seems to always turn out wrong"
"Let's go get stoned"

Maybe there's a connection here.
Posted 9 months ago by everettwa    [ Reply ]
Dude should have stayed with gin and taken a pass on heroin.
Posted 10 months ago by dfphillips1    [ Reply ]
"...Ain't no harm, to take a little nip
But don't you fall down, and bust your lip"...

Been there, done that.
Posted 1 year ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Followed by advice from RP-s illegal department :)
Posted 1 year ago by darshan    [ Reply ]
 james_of_tucson wrote:

And I just love it when people try to be genteel about things, to the point where they pretend that a black musician in the late 1950s or early 1960s wouldn't  relate to the expression "getting stoned" as meaning exactly, "smoking reefer."  Society feared this concept then, and to no sensible reason I can find, fears it even more today. 

The lines  "Ain't no harm, to take a little nip / But don't you fall down, and bust your lip" tends to support Daveesh's comment about "stoned" meaning drunk as well as under the influence of marijuana.
Posted 1 year ago by Otomi    [ Reply ]
Y'all know that at the time "stoned" meant "drunk," gin in this case. 
Posted 1 year ago by surfool    [ Reply ]
according to wiki this is a cover: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
by the coasters, 1st covered by ronnie misap

there also isn't a album by the name of "ray charles, the album" with this song on it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
 
Posted 1 year ago by dischuckin    [ Reply ]
joe cocker cover at woodstock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
sublime (live) playing a totally different song with the same name: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Posted 1 year ago by dischuckin    [ Reply ]
 scrubbrush wrote:

Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women should be up next...




Works for me!!   
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 timmus wrote:

It's amusing to think how maybe 50 years ago, law enforcement would have been breaking down Bill's door to shut RP off for playing this "risque" song.  Pretty much the same thing happened to Frank Zappa in the late 1960s.




Actually,  in 1961, stoned meant drunk!  Somehow, as a little kid, 6yrs old when this was released, I remember hearing it on NYC AM radio stations.
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
It's amusing to think how maybe 50 years ago, law enforcement would have been breaking down Bill's door to shut RP off for playing this "risque" song.  Pretty much the same thing happened to Frank Zappa in the late 1960s.
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
Word brother Ray.  Let's.
Posted 2 years ago by DW4554    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:
February 2000

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...

LLRP!#
 
My first listen was in December 2000 when I got my first computer, a Windows ME.

Found it while horsing around with Winamp's browser.
Posted 2 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
 joejennings wrote:

GODLIKE!!!




I AGREE!!!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
GODLIKE!!!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Jeff Beck - Rollin' and Tumblin'
John Lee Hooker & Bonnie Raitt - I'm In The Mood
Ray Charles - Let's Go Get Stoned

What an outstanding (9) set BillG, thanks for scratching my blue's itch.
Posted 3 years ago by eyke    [ Reply ]
Not a song about lapidation :) 
Posted 3 years ago by Egctheow    [ Reply ]
I ain't gonna argue with this fine fellow
Posted 3 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
 GoodKarm wrote:

4:20 was an hour ago over here in Ottawa...   and!!!   SIXTEEN YEARS after this post...    Just thought I'd pass that along.  Great Song from Ray...  always.    But hey?  How long has RP been online?  I love you Bill...  best DJ in the land!!!   123
K

Hey!  here's another question.   How will I know if somebody answers my question? ... or tells me to google it?     Ha.     
 
February 2000

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...

LLRP!#
Posted 4 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 gandalfbmg wrote:
Hey Mountain Time zone!!! It's about 4:20 where you are!!!
 
4:20 was an hour ago over here in Ottawa...   and!!!   SIXTEEN YEARS after this post...    Just thought I'd pass that along.  Great Song from Ray...  always.    But hey?  How long has RP been online?  I love you Bill...  best DJ in the land!!!   123
K

Hey!  here's another question.   How will I know if somebody answers my question? ... or tells me to google it?     Ha.     
Posted 4 years ago by GoodKarm    [ Reply ]
Not saying that Clapton modeled his singing in Derek and the Ds on ol' Ray here, but in this song anyway, E.C. of Have You Ever Loved A Woman sure does resemble R.C. singing about getting stoned 
Posted 8 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
It's 4:20 in my time zone.................{#Cowboy}
Posted 8 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
What you trying to say Ray? 
Lindo525 wrote:
It's gotta be 4:20 somewhere... Doesn't it?

 


Posted 8 years ago by michaelc    [ Reply ]
Ray did love the gin.
Posted 9 years ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]
It's gotta be 4:20 somewhere... Doesn't it?
Posted 9 years ago by Lindo525    [ Reply ]
 scrubbrush wrote:
Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women should be up next...

 
{#Cheers}
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women should be up next...
Posted 10 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
Gotta love Ray. Great stuff Bill, keep it up.
Posted 11 years ago by musikluvr    [ Reply ]
 shakitten wrote:



I live in Colorado, and MMJ is out in the open here. We've got shops on every freaking corner advertising plants and buds of all varieties, and edibles come in all types of baked forms. It's ridiculous, actually.
Pot's not my thing. Just doesn't react well with me. But if it's your thing, come on over to CO. All you need is a doctor approved MMJ card. They're sadly easy to get.
 

RESEARCH THE POT LAW, YOU WILL FIND A BUNCH OF HYPOCRACY,LIES AND MORE LIES.W.R. HURST BOUGHT THE LAW TO KILL HEMP PAPER.....
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 lily34 wrote:

  Very funny!

 


Posted 11 years ago by nancyco    [ Reply ]
I know just how you feel Brother Ray! - R.I.P. we miss you!
Posted 12 years ago by Elroweho    [ Reply ]
 richlister wrote:
 

Posted 12 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Is it 4:20 already?
Posted 12 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]

Posted 12 years ago by richlister    [ Reply ]
I'm stoned right now... thank you.
Posted 12 years ago by ycb661    [ Reply ]
 iscoot4peace wrote:
I first became acquainted with this song via Joe Cocker's excellent rendition on "Mad Dogs and Englishmen".  Great tune... and I dig both versions.  *
 
Me too ... Joe had a little more conviction in his delivery.  Maybe his need was more immediate.
Posted 12 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]
niiiiiiice.
Posted 12 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
and the hookers sing..."lets go get boned"
Posted 12 years ago by leathepea    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:

I read in the paper that a guy was busted yesterday for having a quarter-ounce of pot and a protopipe. His bail is set at $17,500.00.  The meth problem here is out of control, and law enforcement can't curtail it with their limited resources, so they're fighting the battles they know they can win - namely, busting pot-smokers (never mind the dealers) and playing up the busts in attempts to reassure "the public" that something is being done.  It's a joke.  I swear, if I wasn't so afraid of ending up in jail (in a state where gambling and prostitution is legal and one can buy a bottle of Jack Daniels in the grocery store!) I'd smoke pot rather than drink Jack Daniels for recreation.  I think that, if anything, people are more paranoid than ever, and let the witch-hunts begin. {#Eek}
 


I live in Colorado, and MMJ is out in the open here. We've got shops on every freaking corner advertising plants and buds of all varieties, and edibles come in all types of baked forms. It's ridiculous, actually.
Pot's not my thing. Just doesn't react well with me. But if it's your thing, come on over to CO. All you need is a doctor approved MMJ card. They're sadly easy to get.
Posted 13 years ago by shakitten    [ Reply ]
Very nice!
Posted 13 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:

I read in the paper that a guy was busted yesterday for having a quarter-ounce of pot and a protopipe. His bail is set at $17,500.00.  The meth problem here is out of control, and law enforcement can't curtail it with their limited resources, so they're fighting the battles they know they can win - namely, busting pot-smokers (never mind the dealers) and playing up the busts in attempts to reassure "the public" that something is being done.  It's a joke.  I swear, if I wasn't so afraid of ending up in jail (in a state where gambling and prostitution is legal and one can buy a bottle of Jack Daniels in the grocery store!) I'd smoke pot rather than drink Jack Daniels for recreation.  I think that, if anything, people are more paranoid than ever, and let the witch-hunts begin. {#Eek}
 
I meant that pot smoking is much more accepted than in the past.  The last three US Presidents have admitted to "being around" or using controlled substances - particularly marijuana; that would not have been concievable in the 1950's and 60's, much less "acceptable".  I don't think that general "society" is more paranoid about drug use than they were forty or fifty years ago; the people who may be "more paranoid" are the ones who are using or selling controlled substances.


Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Yes, please.
Posted 13 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
 ThePoose wrote:
In Islam, this would be ''Let's go to the stoning.''
 

Heh.
Posted 13 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

I'm not quite sure that "Society" fears drug use more now than it did in the 1950's and 60's.  It seems to me that it's much more accepted now than it was over fifty years ago... 

 
I read in the paper that a guy was busted yesterday for having a quarter-ounce of pot and a protopipe. His bail is set at $17,500.00.  The meth problem here is out of control, and law enforcement can't curtail it with their limited resources, so they're fighting the battles they know they can win - namely, busting pot-smokers (never mind the dealers) and playing up the busts in attempts to reassure "the public" that something is being done.  It's a joke.  I swear, if I wasn't so afraid of ending up in jail (in a state where gambling and prostitution is legal and one can buy a bottle of Jack Daniels in the grocery store!) I'd smoke pot rather than drink Jack Daniels for recreation.  I think that, if anything, people are more paranoid than ever, and let the witch-hunts begin. {#Eek}
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Just to be clear, this is was written by Ashford & Simpson.
Posted 13 years ago by esyoubeelime    [ Reply ]
 james_of_tucson wrote:

And I just love it when people try to be genteel about things, to the point where they pretend that a black musician in the late 1950s or early 1960s wouldn't  relate to the expression "getting stoned" as meaning exactly, "smoking reefer."  Society feared this concept then, and to no sensible reason I can find, fears it even more today. 

 
I'm not quite sure that "Society" fears drug use more now than it did in the 1950's and 60's.  It seems to me that it's much more accepted now than it was over fifty years ago.  Also, I think this song was originally released later than 1961. 


Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
I'm in. . . 
Posted 13 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
In Islam, this would be ''Let's go to the stoning.''
Posted 13 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
 daveesh wrote:
actually getting stoned back then meant getting drunk. my dad still uses that term.
 
And I just love it when people try to be genteel about things, to the point where they pretend that a black musician in the late 1950s or early 1960s wouldn't  relate to the expression "getting stoned" as meaning exactly, "smoking reefer."  Society feared this concept then, and to no sensible reason I can find, fears it even more today. 

Posted 14 years ago by james_of_tucson    [ Reply ]
I think Ray's got the right idea... sounds good to me!
Posted 14 years ago by gratefulgator    [ Reply ]
"er, uh...actually, i think Ray did both..."

I think Ray was actually being sly.  He knew that if he said any words like "toke" or "dope" or any other drug reference, his song probably would never have been played.  Heck, I think Anslinger was still alive and enforcing his wacky views.
Posted 14 years ago by bachbeet    [ Reply ]
 Dgradeworkunit wrote:

"take a little nip" sure fits that definition...
 

er, uh...actually, i think Ray did both...
Posted 14 years ago by Rooney    [ Reply ]
 daveesh wrote:
actually getting stoned back then meant getting drunk. my dad still uses that term.
 
"take a little nip" sure fits that definition...
Posted 14 years ago by Dgradeworkunit    [ Reply ]
Ray should have done this as a duet with Joe Cocker. It would have been a classic. Ray was one talented man. Too early here to take his advice today.
Posted 14 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]
released the year I was born. Sounds older. 
Posted 14 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
actually getting stoned back then meant getting drunk. my dad still uses that term.
Posted 14 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
but if you happen to know somebody here, who'd like to take a toke, or you happen to be here by yourself - feel free to join ;-))
Posted 14 years ago by vinv    [ Reply ]
 horstman wrote:

Ah, could ya pass that over here, brother? Don't bogart that joint.{#Cowboy}

 
first of all, it's not a joint at all, it's a pipe ;-)) and second, i'm in SPb, Russia, and it's very snowy here, and Bob Marley is singing about shining sun...

Posted 14 years ago by vinv    [ Reply ]
 vinv wrote:
thank you, i'm getting stoned right now ;-))
 
Ah, could ya pass that over here, brother? Don't bogart that joint.{#Cowboy}

Posted 14 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
thank you, i'm getting stoned right now ;-))
Posted 14 years ago by vinv    [ Reply ]
Freekin great song!!{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
I second this sentiment!  
Posted 14 years ago by djblitz    [ Reply ]
I think it is definitly maybe about blues
Posted 14 years ago by Autobahn    [ Reply ]
I first became acquainted with this song via Joe Cocker's excellent rendition on "Mad Dogs and Englishmen".  Great tune... and I dig both versions.  *
Posted 15 years ago by iscoot4peace    [ Reply ]
yes, let's!
Posted 15 years ago by Rusty420    [ Reply ]
Awesome set:
- Ray Charles - Let's Go Get Stoned
- Marc Broussard - Home
- Big Country - Your Spirit To Me

Posted 15 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
Just a little taste.  
Posted 15 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
 (8?» wrote:Originally Posted by tedhead:
stuff like THIS is why I'm listening to RP everyday.....thanks (of course this from an era when "stoned" meant drunk)
Stoned is stoned is stoned. What difference does the path make?
 
     I totally agree,,,,,{#Lol}     (song's a 10,either way)
Posted 15 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
Gin and pot just after i get in from work...well OK but only cause you asked so nice Ray.
Posted 15 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
Many, many years ago, I was the PR guy for the Latin Casino in New Jersey. I saw and met most of the "greats" of the post war years through the early 60's. Since those days I have always said my headstone should say - "a life well spent - he saw Ray Charles and James Brown, twice a night, for two weeks." Both were forces of nature (and never did the same show twice).
Jim Cummings
Posted 15 years ago by jimcummings    [ Reply ]
One of my fav Ray Charles tunes!!{#Clap}
Posted 15 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Goat Smoked
Posted 15 years ago by sonofpick    [ Reply ]
Ray certainly did his share of drugs so he definitely spoke from experience in this one.  Just another terrific song from him.
Posted 15 years ago by bachbeet    [ Reply ]
good advice!
Posted 15 years ago by bobcat1963    [ Reply ]
I saw Ray several times but once during his down time he was playing lil dinner theaters and everybody from work was treated to a night with Ray and I don't think they knew what they were in for, our table was closest to his piano and I was a diehard fan at time and just went crazy, he was maybe 10 ft away and played for close to 2 hrs. Now I was at Texas Pop Festival , Atlanta Pop festival, saw all the big groups first tours but that night with Ray with something special that I will never forget, and had the privledge of telling him so as he was leaving and he just flashed that big smile and said "why,  thank you I enjoyed it too" . What a class act and talent
Posted 15 years ago by stkman    [ Reply ]
 DoctorHooey wrote:
I have no *cough* idea what he's *cough* talking about ...
  Something about *cough* stones, makes no *cough cough* sense to me ......... 


Posted 16 years ago by lattalo    [ Reply ]
{#Cowboy}
Posted 16 years ago by CCinSB    [ Reply ]
 UltraNurd wrote:
That is an awesome kid story, Bill.
 

Yeah, I really could see how that could twist a young one's brain a bit.

"Wait... why would he want to go out and get rocks thrown at him? huh?!"
Posted 16 years ago by bugleboy624    [ Reply ]

 

only in a word? … ok ..... Mr. Ray Charles Robinson, is simply !Magical!

 ** 10 **



Posted 16 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
That is an awesome kid story, Bill.
Posted 16 years ago by UltraNurd    [ Reply ]
 Dianyla wrote:
Did he just say what I think he just said?

 
Yeah he did, he was a huge addict.
Posted 16 years ago by leathepea    [ Reply ]
Very provocative. Sorry, I don't smoke weed, but I DO need liquor instead of coffee to wake me up.
Posted 16 years ago by Crawlmeister    [ Reply ]
Works for me!!!!!

Cowboy
Posted 16 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
Yes, lets... um... I'm out, are you carrying?
Posted 16 years ago by MsJudi    [ Reply ]
ThePoose wrote:
Funny, that's what Frank Sinatra said of him: ''Ray Charles is the one true genius in this business.''
And Frank should know..........
Posted 16 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
I feel better already
Posted 16 years ago by sunny_day    [ Reply ]
DoctorHooey wrote:
I have no *cough* idea what he's *cough* talking about ...
taking nips...lol
Posted 17 years ago by CCinSB    [ Reply ]
I have no *cough* idea what he's *cough* talking about ...
Posted 17 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]
Aaahh, Brother Ray!
Posted 17 years ago by xc_para_puravida    [ Reply ]
kurtster wrote:
Thanks for reminding me its time for my morning wake and bake.
Yee Haa!
Posted 17 years ago by coffee-eyes    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by coffee-eyes    [ Reply ]
Thanks for reminding me its time for my morning wake and bake.
Posted 17 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
Did he just say what I think he just said?
Posted 17 years ago by Dianyla    [ Reply ]
Can I rate Bill's comment after the song? I'd give it a 10.
Posted 17 years ago by Agent510    [ Reply ]
Good Idea!!...see ya!
Posted 17 years ago by HonduranRed    [ Reply ]
Wait, did Bill just admit to doing DRUGS??
Posted 17 years ago by jeff303    [ Reply ]
The reality check of RC played after MB just underscores how good MB is. Dude is really good IMO
Posted 17 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
Get stoned? well if you say so! ;)
Posted 17 years ago by StickerSticker    [ Reply ]
Ray! Ray, Ray, Ray... I'm THERE, bud! Dig, dawg!
Posted 17 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
I'm ready Ray!
Posted 17 years ago by SpaceCase    [ Reply ]
It's playlists like this that make me adore RP!!
Posted 17 years ago by MsJudi    [ Reply ]
Come on gang! Let's GO GET STONED.
Posted 17 years ago by LizDeines    [ Reply ]
phillips wrote:
bill just said, "it worked for me for a number of years."
::gasp:: You mean I've been listening to one of those stations?? :oP
Posted 17 years ago by UltraNurd    [ Reply ]
bill just said, "it worked for me for a number of years."
Posted 17 years ago by phillips    [ Reply ]
brb_331 wrote:
The Genius of Ray Charles...
Funny, that's what Frank Sinatra said of him: ''Ray Charles is the one true genius in this business.''
Posted 17 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Of the three Georgia greats (James Brown, Ray Charles and Richard Penniman), only Little Richard is still alive and grooving; the other two are truly now soul brothers.
Posted 17 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
ClashVixen wrote:
See...everybody smokes...
Or shoots...
Posted 17 years ago by FilmSurgeon    [ Reply ]
See...everybody smokes...
Posted 17 years ago by ClashVixen    [ Reply ]
The title of this puts me in mind of Monty Python's Life of Brian... ;-)
Posted 17 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Damn...this is just a tease..I'm at work, otherwise...
Posted 17 years ago by ClashVixen    [ Reply ]
Before Lou Reed and Keith Richards made heroin "chic" (for better or worse), there was Ray, and Bird, and Miles, and the list goes on.
Posted 18 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Best idea I've heard all day!
Posted 18 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
Yes, let's do that...look, perfect timing. hmmm. gotta scoot, gotta go get...
Posted 18 years ago by Rich3D    [ Reply ]
Wow, this is an oldie but a goodie!
Posted 18 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
My sentiments exactly! (is it 5 yet?)
Posted 18 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by Ubaldo    [ Reply ]
catmaven wrote:
The day I can stand to listen to Ray Charles may never come. However, I have at least one good friend who likes to listen to him, so maybe that can preserve me from rancorous outcries.
Based on many of your Song Comments, I'd say his/her mission is failing.
Posted 18 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by Danny_G    [ Reply ]