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It was a hit with all the bands here at Flandreau Indian School, So.Dak. Sorry to say, but this one kind of falls short for me, as far as Hollies hits-----their just lacking the harmonies of their earlier stuff. This song is now used by BP to help sell gasoline in a TV spot showing two cars, one that uses another brand and the green SUV that goes farther on its tank. After careful consideration I still do not quite get the connection between the love-struck FBI-man and gasoline. By the way, my friend suggested "Well a shotgun was pumped in my left hand" for the beginning of the last verse.
With careful listening, we knew it was incorrect, but we both thought it was cool. A cappella group Rockapella released a version on their 1995 album Primer. Their version often accompanied the map round on Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego. "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" was the first song played by the band Phish. They also played the song at their 15th and 20th anniversary concerts.
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Delivery times may vary, especially during peak periods. There is no question that Credence influenced the guitar riffs and even some of the vocal style on this wonderful song. The correct lyrics are available at leoslyrics.com.
One of my first fav rock songs, this was my favorite on that album and I always turn it up on the radio. So far, I've seen no intelligent comments on the story of this song. The DA was pumping his left hand while the long cool woman held his right. Traditionally, one shakes hands with the right.
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The radio station where I live did that once. The only thing that separated the songs was a short comercial break. This is an awesome like a possum song; one of my favorites of all time. And it does sound very much like Creedence Clearwater Revival, which is one of my favorite bands, so it's no wonder I like this song so much. Plus all of their 60s hits with Graham Nash. Thanks so much for posting the words to this song.
General CommentBogFrog, it's set in the Prohibition era (1920's-30's) in the U.S. The singer is working undercover for the FBI at a speakeasy. He's about to call the District Attorney to blow the whistle on some illicit activity when he hears/sees a tall beautiful blonde woman in a black dress singing. After she finishes the song she heads toward his table. Just then the police raid the place (how they found out about it, when our hero never placed his call, and why he gets the credit from the D.A. for the successful bust, is not explained).
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Minimum required purchase quantity for these notes is 1. You know, I've scoured about every site containing the lyrics to this song and there are some parts that no matter how hard I try to hear the accepted lyrics, they just don't match with what I'm hearing. So...in contention with what everyone says the lyrics are, I am proposing my version of the lyrics. These lyrics are acquired by taking the mp3 file of the song and playing it back in an editing program and slowing the tempo down while maintaining the pitch. I slowed the speed down to 60% which made the lyrics much clearer...then in the parts that were still a little unsure I slowed it down to 50%. I'm 99.99% positive these are the actual words to this song.
Google for the lyrics, you'll get dozens of sites. I was a senior in high school when this song hit the air waves. At an all Native American boarding school, it was easily mastered.
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Clarke imitated John Fogerty's vocal style, which was based on the Creedence song "Green River". According to Clarke, the song was written "in about five minutes". I'm not saying that it's reasonable or unreasonable to think that the record is CCR. I knew that some people thought that it was CCR, but that is neither here nor there regarding whether it actually sounds like CCR or not. I thought that it would make for an interesting discussion and poll due to the record's association with CCR, despite a band with a pretty different musical history actually performing on it.
When the story made its way to the Hollies, possibly second-hand with embellishments, it became a natural to commit to vinyl. Country music singer Clint Black released his version of the song to country radio on 19 February 2008, under the title "Long Cool Woman". Black's version charted on the Hot Country Songs chart at #58. I got into this song from the Remember the Titans soundtrack.
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