Howlin' Wolf - I ain't superstitious

Lyrics

Well, I ain't superstitious, black cat just cross my trail.
I ain't superstitious, oh the black cat just cross my trail.
Don't sweep me with no broom, I might get put in jail.
When my right hand itches, I gets money for sure.
When my right hand itches, I gets money for sure.
But, when my left eye jumps, somebody's got to go.
Well, I ain't superstitious, black cat just cross my trail.
Well, I ain't superstitious, black cat just cross my trail.
Don't sweep me with no broom, I just might get put in jail.
Well, the dogs are howlin, all over the neighborhood.
Whoa, the dogs are howlin, all over the neighborhood.
That is true sign of death, baby, that ain't no good.
Well, I'm not superstitious, blow that black cat across my trail.
Well, I'm not superstitious, a black cat across my trail.
Don't sweep me with no broom, I just might get put in jail.
That's bad luck for me.

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[Geepsterr]

@howlingsandy , Agree on infringement but in this litigative world it's Sue & get what we can, "settle" when court won't be worth it. Zep settled & also gave credit in many cases (ie: 1st album). Bluesmen have long been "borrowing" from each other. Midnight Special was copyrighted for Ledbelly, & an earlier recorded version turned up & that's a rewrite of On Top Of Old Smokey "borrowed" from early Scot & Irish settlers. Intro on Pride and Joy is the note 4 note solo of another song, no credit.

[Geepsterr]

@howlingsandy Diminish or ? Led Zep's uncredited usage ? No, I don't know enough about it . I only know that they settled out of court , paid up. Zepplin did other blues songs that do show the writers name. It is where I first heard of W. Dixon (before Lemon Song). Cream & Zep Stones generated a lot of royalties for some hungry bluesmen & generated a whole new wave of interest in blues along with a new audience . That serves everyone involved . That said Pure plagiarism is very wrong.

[rockinacet]

A cover is not Plagarism unless you try to play it of as your own work... None of these covers were passed of as their own work by any of the bands mentioned... And putting plagerism (which is bad) on a par with rape and genocide!!! Whoa now..... Steady yourself.. Kin Doofage!!

[SinisterBuns]

@SugarBlueHarp Because comparing copying someone and exterminating a specific culture, race, nationality, or other distinctive feature is rational. Get your shit together.

[SugarBlueHarp]

Amazing!! I see people here rationalizing plagiarism, what's next? Rape? Slavery? Genocide?

[TheP1DJ]

@callipposhots I'm serious about this music and I listen to zeppelin all the time. I agree that there's nothing like the origional versions of these songs, but zeppelin did a great job covering these songs and I listen to both versions. They done their own take of the music and it was great. Just like all the other bands who covered these songs. And they introduced this music to a lot of people who would have never heard it otherwise.

[665NeighbrOfTheBeast]

the origins of american heavy metal right here

[tokyohalogen]

@wvfjr Think maybe Beefheart listened to Howlin' Wolf and the Wolf rubbed off on him.

[rod3067]

i love that pic!

[jester0916]

@wvfjr sounds kinda like beefheart vocals, nothing like Zappa or the mothers tho.

[callipposhots]

in the future, nobody serious about this music is going to bother to listen to the adolescent Led Zep take on these superb songs. They'll go to the originals.

[wvfjr]

No! This is Don Van Vliet singing with Zappa or MOI. Dunno... But... Sounds too much similar to Beefhart/MOI, circa 1969...