Ry I like very much this and your farmer is the man versions. I think your studio tech put too much voice in this and in the farmer is the man versions. The instruments are so good, but the voice dominates too much.
Please if you can see a clear way to do it, re-mix those sessions with a different balance.
I bought the CD on the basis of this song along. The rest blew me and my wife away. Typical Ry. I first discovered him with Paradise and Lunch and have been a great fan ever since. Classic and timely as Woody Guthrie was during the Depression.
Superb, topical, nicely judged. This sort of protest music can end up sounding rather pious but Ry Cooder hits the right spot. Great musicianship as ever. I love playing slide guitar myself and was inspired by Ry Cooder to learn. Still a novice, but have created my own very English response to the banking crisis. Go to carsickphil and click on God, Rest You Merry Bankers. Was meant for just friends and family for Xmas, but people have already found it on my channel.
Ry Cooder "Was, Is and Always will be "The Man" but this is a song for the ages. I concur with TeenCretin's post "HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS THE OCCUPY WALL STREET ANTHEM??????" Attach a link to the song on all Forum's, Emails, Blogs, Tweets, Facebook,hell if you have a Robot just a 3 step command "COPY PASTE SEND" and in a 360 degree "Blitzkrieg".
It's something all of us can do and I think with a request to anyone who retrieve's it to "PLEASE PASS IT ON". GO!!!! Regards, ,,deda,,
Yeah , this album has serious replay value. Since it dropped I have played it more times then I can count!! Every so often I'll play some other album then this goes right back on.
Ry Cooder's albums lately seem at the same time so disconnected and relevant to the modern world. really clever and radical actually. I don't think I've ever enjoyed an album so much for a long time - his voice is the best I've heard it and I'm so happy that he has hit an all time high here.
@TeenCretin Easy just crowd your way on top of it without asking and then defecate and urinate all over it while uttering nonsense. Lay down with the flea party and even the dogs will get up and leave.
Thoughtful and independently done so we all know it's sincere- not a planned, funded trick from the parties or pundits for election purpose. The pundits should be more careful about who's side they defend and appear to be on, the people's or the banker's.
It's not only Goldman Sachs , it's all over all banks all over the planet:
Only one thing in mind: MONEY.
Your money. By all means. ALL MEANS.
Time to hang them one by one.
kjallesoft 1 week ago
Ry I like very much this and your farmer is the man versions. I think your studio tech put too much voice in this and in the farmer is the man versions. The instruments are so good, but the voice dominates too much.
Please if you can see a clear way to do it, re-mix those sessions with a different balance.
Thank you Ry.
acousticguitarfinger 2 weeks ago
Difference between Ry and Woodie Guthrie, is That Ry Cooder isn't a communist recruiter.
howtoplanaparty 3 weeks ago
What a crappy song from a great artist...
crayhead 1 month ago
If I was writing a song about Bankers, I'd be very tempted to put a Rhyme in there that would sum up how most people view them these days !!!
Retromantra 1 month ago
Right on Ry!!!!!
The problem with the f**kin bankers getting away with it is WE LET THEM...
1PhilHarmonic 1 month ago in playlist Liked videos
Ry's in fine, classic form here. Lord bless us to have the likes of him among us.
richards1052 1 month ago
I bought the CD on the basis of this song along. The rest blew me and my wife away. Typical Ry. I first discovered him with Paradise and Lunch and have been a great fan ever since. Classic and timely as Woody Guthrie was during the Depression.
OldHippy46 1 month ago
woody would be proud
paul37737db 2 months ago 3
Love it! So true!
AVictoriaCastillo 2 months ago
M.O OF A BANK:
1. EXTORT PEOPLE RUTHLESSLY FOR FUNDS IN ANY WAY LEGALLY POSSIBLE.
2. PLAY RUSSIAN ROULETTE ALL NIGHT WITH NEWLY EXTORTED FUNDS! (& LOSE).
3. RE-EXTORT TAXPAYING PUBLIC AGAIN, THIS TIME FOR BAILOUT.
4. CONTINUE TO AWARD YOURSELF MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR BONUSES DURING ALL STEPS 1-3 (& BEYOND).
5. RIDE AWAY INTO THE NIGHT LAUGHING AS THE WORLD ECONOMY CRUMBLES.
DJBUBBLEGOOSE 2 months ago 6
LOVE IT!!!!!
InaHillebrandt 2 months ago
gettin this its awesome
tattoostace 2 months ago
Whip all the money lenders out of all nations, put them in a rocket and shoot them straight to the sun.
elite1980s 2 months ago
Once again, Ry Cooder sees through the garbage and tells it like it is! Thank you, RC.
CommunityMusic 3 months ago
Perfect for Occupy!
revbookburn 3 months ago
Superb, topical, nicely judged. This sort of protest music can end up sounding rather pious but Ry Cooder hits the right spot. Great musicianship as ever. I love playing slide guitar myself and was inspired by Ry Cooder to learn. Still a novice, but have created my own very English response to the banking crisis. Go to carsickphil and click on God, Rest You Merry Bankers. Was meant for just friends and family for Xmas, but people have already found it on my channel.
carsickphil 3 months ago
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Ry Cooder "Was, Is and Always will be "The Man" but this is a song for the ages. I concur with TeenCretin's post "HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS THE OCCUPY WALL STREET ANTHEM??????" Attach a link to the song on all Forum's, Emails, Blogs, Tweets, Facebook,hell if you have a Robot just a 3 step command "COPY PASTE SEND" and in a 360 degree "Blitzkrieg".
It's something all of us can do and I think with a request to anyone who retrieve's it to "PLEASE PASS IT ON". GO!!!! Regards, ,,deda,,
culldeda1 4 months ago
Just great, ace! Always loved Mr Cooder, always gets it right.
monkeytown1000 4 months ago
gotta get this album
wouzal74 4 months ago
Yeah , this album has serious replay value. Since it dropped I have played it more times then I can count!! Every so often I'll play some other album then this goes right back on.
JackOrion0670 4 months ago
Ry Cooder's albums lately seem at the same time so disconnected and relevant to the modern world. really clever and radical actually. I don't think I've ever enjoyed an album so much for a long time - his voice is the best I've heard it and I'm so happy that he has hit an all time high here.
sleakitweasel 4 months ago
HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS THE OCCUPY WALL STREET ANTHEM??????
TeenCretin 4 months ago 31
@TeenCretin Easy just crowd your way on top of it without asking and then defecate and urinate all over it while uttering nonsense. Lay down with the flea party and even the dogs will get up and leave.
mydawgbilly 4 months ago
@TeenCretin keep on going and maybe it wil be !
joeygsmom 3 months ago
This is the best thing I've heard since Levon Helm's "Poor Old Dirt Farmer". Hell yes, play this on Wall Street!
JoeRailfan 4 months ago 2
Thoughtful and independently done so we all know it's sincere- not a planned, funded trick from the parties or pundits for election purpose. The pundits should be more careful about who's side they defend and appear to be on, the people's or the banker's.
JSmithDad 4 months ago
Tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live?
yetiresearch 4 months ago
Are these the songs of the Occupation?
sophielago 4 months ago
This is a truly great album. Try, 'Is there a God' and the amazing 'John Lee Hooker for President' Right up there with Borderline from way back when.
northbridge23 4 months ago
Gotta love the Cooder of Ry. They should be playin' this at the Wall street occupation.
coal4life 4 months ago 6
awesome as usual , from ry
swampy1952 5 months ago
No Banker.... IF ONLY! Can't think of a simile for em.
I thought they were greedy, ruthless and clever.... but they are really greedy, ruthless and ST O O O O O O PID!
SteffanLlwyd 5 months ago
So true!
OzarksTruckin 5 months ago
How good is Ry? What a legend!
Kayno1975 5 months ago 5
this song is magnificent - and so is the the album
joseph4861 5 months ago
Yup, sounds like "My Name Is Buddy" part II. And that's just what I want!!!! I can't wait to hear the rest!
actlloyd 6 months ago 17
Check out the entire album on Slate: (google slate ry cooder)
Check out "Christmas Time this Year" the lyrics are just brutal.
It ain't no "Christmas in the Heart" folks.
philochsmemory 6 months ago
"O' Boomer Where Art Thou?"
Ry in top Form! Now come up to Seattle!
grafikfeat 6 months ago
just in time ;D
rschiel50 6 months ago
I collect all of Ry's stuff and have been for nearly 40 years!
ectowle 6 months ago
best Ry album since 30 years ago. L.
lumaz71 6 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Dont' expect to see THIS on NPR. Or ABC CBS NBC CNN. Much less FoxNoise.
But The RealNews.com does carry this kind of truth -- maybe they'll link it!
marimbadearco 6 months ago
Yeah man ,
brownbadger4 6 months ago
My name is Buddy, part II ?
hansvandenburg 7 months ago
YEEHA! Right on Cowboy!
kiwicafe 7 months ago
Holy Shirt off my back Batman! I am a fan but this is genius!
oldcomputech 7 months ago
Incredible. Can't wait to see him at GAMH!
ratso8860 7 months ago
RY this is a game changer .....!!!
gmleggat 7 months ago
Amazing! Picking up where "My Name Is Buddy" left it laying in the dust! Can't wait!!! Ry is the man!! :D
actlloyd 7 months ago
Ry never ceases to amaze!!! Good stuff. Greetings from Arizona (4ever a Ry fan)
mbe1650 7 months ago
I have waited DECADES for this! Ry is back!!!
yoursaxman 8 months ago
Straight out of the "My Name is Buddy" songbook - a Dust Bowl ballad for the new millennium. Thanks, Ry!
jbmediaman 8 months ago
We dig it! Good Stuff :)
jmkm1078 8 months ago