Skip James - Devil got my woman

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The Blues Collection Complete Series | 2008 | Varios Artistas

92 CD's | 79:48:33 Hrs | MP3 | VBR | 44.1 KHz Stereo | Artwork | 7.17 GB

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[itwaspikachu]

just shutup and listen.

[SqueezeMyLemonBabe]

dont know what ghost world is,

but Skip is the man. He had such a unique and distinctive style. Very haunting.

[solinjar]

@SqueezeMyLemonBabe yeah,what lame people need movies to find out good music?WTF is ghost world!?

[DonaldRumsfailed]

Q: 'Where can I hear more songs like this?'

A: 'There are no songs like this'.

[jotacalvo]

@DonaldRumsfailed Awesome! (laughing but sad that your "joke" is actually true)

[TheSydafect]

@jotacalvo im sure there is alot of songs just like this, same guitar licks, same chords, same tone of voice and theres a lot of old acoustic blues songs about the devil and something... :D

[SqueezeMyLemonBabe]

@TheSydafect There are no other blues musicians who sound like Skip, his style is very distinctive and so are his licks. Thats what makes him one of the blues greats - hes got his own sttyle and doesnt sound generic.

[TheSydafect]

@SqueezeMyLemonBabe ROBERT JOHNSON

[SqueezeMyLemonBabe]

@TheSydafect No, Robert Johnson sounds nothing like skip, and he is nowhere near as talented, if you ask me.

In my opinion, Robert Johnson isn't even that great, compared to people like Son House and Skip, John Hurt, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blake and Gary Davis. His style is very simple and over-rated and his music just doesn't have the kick that others have. Once again, in my opinion. And not that hes not great, cause he is, I just dont like him personally and dont listen to him.

[TheSydafect]

@SqueezeMyLemonBabe true,

[FierySkillz]

@SqueezeMyLemonBabe Your ramblings make no sense. At first you say Johnson isn't that great. By the end of your rant you say he is great. You also say his style is very simple (nonsensical statement) but list Son House as being a better player. Duh! Also, people like Jefferson, Hurt etc played a different genre of blues. Skip James may have been technically better but to this day Johnson is still King of the Twelve Bars.

[SqueezeMyLemonBabe]

@FierySkillz I personally believe that Johnson is not an entertaining musician. His music is simply too lacking in a certain element to amuse me. On the other hand, it is undeniable that he had an amazing talent, he just didn't utilize it as well as his peers. Son House has an extremely simple style, but the emotion and the musical 'element' as I'll call it, is what he has, that Robert doesnt, which makes him so much better of a musician... Robert is no king of any music, in my opinion. 

[FierySkillz]

@SqueezeMyLemonBabe I honestly can't take you seriously when you say Johnson is not an entertaining musician. He is easily the most influential of all the Delta/Folk bluesmen. Ask Clapton or Keith Richards who both are surely more qualified than yourself. Look at all the Delta blues on youtube and Johnson has by far and away the most hits. This is not down to hype or marketing. I also find it amazing that you can think SonHouse is a better musician. I'm sure not many will agree with you.

[SqueezeMyLemonBabe]

@FierySkillz Ok, Clapton is not a blues musician, so his opinion on Robert Johnson doesnt matter. Neither does hits on youtube. Thats just cause nobody knows any other blues musicians.

If you listen to Sons music, and then you listen to Roberts, you might see that Robert tried to imitate son house a lot with his vocal and slide producation (and failed). Son House is the father of the blues right next to Charlie Patton, to call Robert Johnson better than him is almost blasphemy.

[FierySkillz]

@SqueezeMyLemonBabe I think both SonHouse and Patton are excellent but Johnson's work surpasses both of them. Look, art is subjective and like I said I don't think you'll find many who will agree with you. Johnson copied from Son etc but his skill was to take all the best elements and package them in great 3min pop blues songs. Do you play guitar? How on earth can you even compare Johnson's slide work to Son's? Son could barely play guitar while Johnson's still one of the greatest ever.

[FierySkillz]

@SqueezeMyLemonBabe Also we shouldn't argue over who was best. I can listen to Son, Patton Johnson, James etc all day long. I only responded because you said that Johnson is over rated and not very talented which I think is just plain wrong. I'm sorry but you cannot argue that Johnson is the most popular of all the Delta players. This is not down to gimmicks or hype. Also he was extremely talented on guitar. Barely anyone on youtube can play his guitar parts right. 80 years later with tab etc.

[SqueezeMyLemonBabe]

@FierySkillz This is true

but the main reason people can't play his tunes is not because they're hard to play, its because only Johnson who wrote the tunes could play them properly, just as Son House and others play their own separate tunes. It is impossible to recreate, especially by whites who have no true idea what the blues is. robert Johnson took to the road and probably did nothing but play guitar - explanation for his talent.

[mikepunchyourfucface]

@SqueezeMyLemonBabe whites dont know what the blues is????? listen to jack whites son house cover of death letter! listen to eric clapton play ACOUSTIC DELTA BLUES, listen to stevie ray vaughn, you can live in the past man because blues has become a white mans game, black folk are rappin these days

[inkey2]

@SqueezeMyLemonBabe come on man, saying that whites don't know what the blues is is like saying blacks don't know what classical music is....same thing. Us whites have a lot of things to be blue about...our 401K's are crashing, there is a country wide shortage of mayonaise and Wonder Bread, we don't know how to dance, our kids walk around with baggy pants and sideways hats, The Klan upped the yearly membership dues......it's hard to get by

[SqueezeMyLemonBabe]

@inkey2

hahahah.

you're funny lol

[inkey2]

@SqueezeMyLemonBabe yeah, without knowing the exact chord voiceings it can be difficult to get "that exact sound"....especially primitive artists that may have used unconventional, oddball finger positions

[badpdx]

@FierySkillz : I'll chime in: Robert Johnson was a technically superior guitarist to Son House, and was said to have been able to play in any style. He was a virtuoso, influenced by Lonnie Johnson as much as by House. However, his voice is not as good as Son's, IMO, and I would consider Son (and Patton) to be more soulful. In fact, House may be the definition of soul, along with Blind Willie Johnson, who was also a better guitarist. I listen to Son and Blind Willie more than RJ these days.

[raptusx]

@skiverboo: I saw this movie, the first time I've heard this track in this movie.. amazing!!

[peaceboy3]

yeah i saw the movie one day ago.

this song is awesome!

[RokSoggy]

This is one of my all time favorite blues tunes. Please check out my live cover version :)

[scottvomit3]

Ghost World is a good movie and this is a great song :)

[fishformusic]

undercover911 thats what im saying, if it werent for ghost world who knows how long it would have taken me to find some of his music. bought this cd on a road trip to the west coast and it changed my life. soooooo gooood

[undercover911]

Thank you Ghost World for introducing me to his work.

[leliquidedelatete]

immortal !

[Cardelaneous]

I LOOOOVVVEEEEE Skip James.

[toy1machine]

His singing is so smooth... I love that voice

[MsWednesday13]

I love this so damn much.

[mchelo18]

Genius.

[dashboy696]

really cool!!!

[scottvomit3]

skip james is the man

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[hooverhasit]

skip is so unique. he breaks my heart with the misery that permeates his music. i always refer to him as my beloved skip james. i so wish he had had an easier life but would not have probably created such masterpieces as he did. his piano playing is totally bizarre but seems to fit the songs he played on. no one else is like him in any way.

[snicky58]

One of the most haunting voices and songs in blues. Great job -- thank you for sharing this.

Karen in Texas

[Tubascope]

One of the greatest compositions in music.

[charliebubblesoar]

So beautiful. Skip James is my best friend. Life-changing? Yessss. I first heard this tune on a CD that I randomly found in my home, Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues. This was the third song. Before it were Bessie Smith's Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan) and Robert Johnson's Crossroad Blues. Scorsese not only presented us with brilliant films, but also hellagood music.

[mtz313]

Scorsese is the king of making room for great music in his movies.

[charliebubblesoar]

Yea, man. That's just how he rolls.

[mtz313]

haha, for sure.

[axekid1274]

idk what hes saying 1/2 the time but it makes me hypnotized or something ....tnx for uploading

[google1d]

Ah run off with the devil gonna beat that woman badAh run off with the devil gonna beat that woman badOh nothing but the devil change my baby's mindOh nothing but the devil change my baby's mindI laid down last night laid down last nightI laid down last night tryin to take my rest

My mind got to ramblin like a wild geese from the westFrom the westThe woman I love woman that I loveWoman I love took her from my best friendBut he got lucky stoled her back againAnd he got lucky stoled her back again

[williestratton]

Doesn't he say "i'd rather be the devil, than to be that woman's man" at the start?

[jakedharrington]

not in this version, those are correct words for this one

[utoobia]

williestratton is CORRECT.

[Diomedes22]

where did you get this first line? its wrong

[skiverboo]

anybody not seen Ghost World? This song gears the the whole movie. Enjoy

[Oguzceu]

Thanks for this great upload.

Oguzceu, directed here by Thora Birch..

[thesumofparts]

I've been looking everywhere for this. One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. Thanks for uploading.

[TheArchDandy]

thank you so much for uploading... i really wanted to hear this song....

[howlwithlover]

I love this song like I love air!!!!

[dana406]

thank you for uploading :)

[ettaj2]

this bentonia style is so haunting. it is truly unique and almost spooky. chill city.