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Sitting in a nest of bad men But I must admit some of them were a little disappointing compared to what I thought they were and my own made-up version . Has the Golden Age of the Rock Bio/Memoir Already Peaked? Whenever The Hollies ‘ “Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)” comes on the radio, you perk up because Allan Clarke’s instantly recognizable guitar lick introduces a welcome listen. I did the singing in one or two takes, and then afterwards [guitarist] Tony [Hicks] said, ‘I’ll put another guitar on top of yours, and then we’ll mix it.’ Then the engineer said, ‘A slap echo will sound great on this.’ It was one of those songs that we just thought of things and then did it.”, Related: Clarke talked to us about many of the Hollies’ biggest hits. Eagles Release ‘Live From the Forum’ Set: Listen, When a Radio Legend and a Bottle of Jack Saved a Lynyrd Skynyrd Concert, Tom Petty’s Expanded ‘Wildflowers & All the Rest’ Arrives, Radio Hits in October 1978: Kenny and Stevie Were Doin’ It, Bruce Springsteen Releases Trailer From ‘Letter To You’ Documentary, Alice Cooper For President? The BCB team brings you the latest Breaking News, Contests, On This Day rock history stories, Classic Videos, retro-Charts and more. A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site.
After a string of hits in the mid-’60s, they had hit a cold spell until 1969’s “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” reached #7. Well, with just one look I was a bad mess And for the first 25 seconds or so, as you begin to tap your foot, the band kicks in, and you start to sing along with Clarke’s lead vocals…
Had it all, had it all. ), This 2-page ad for the single appeared in the June 10, 1972, issue of Record World. It’s a classic rock song you’ve likely heard hundreds of times. But it was one of those things that instantly happened. Had it all, had it all This particular song we wrote very quickly. Full of people who are doing wrong Go directly to shout page. Your e-mail address will not be published. “I don’t know how it happened, really, but I was writing with Roger Cook at that particular time; we had written a quite a few songs.
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View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1972 Vinyl release of Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) on Discogs. Working for the FBI She was a long cool woman in a black dress… nailed it Just a 5'9" beautiful tall I jumped down and across the table When suddenly we heard the sirens So let do it now. 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“The thing that I love most is ‘Long Cool Woman,'” he said. With a tall walking big black cat man… (see comment regarding “Bootlegging” verse, above) In 2019, we asked Clarke if he had a favorite among all of the Hollies’ big hits. I saw her head up to the table ‘Cause that long cool woman had it all… sorta knew that. Watch New ‘Elected’ Video, Joni Mitchell’s Archives Series’ Early Years: Listen to ‘Both Sides Now’, Barry McGuire vs. Barry Sadler: When the News Hit #1. © 2017-2018 Copyright Best Classic Bands. Well, Charlie said "I hope that you're able, boy A pair of 45's made me open my eyes
You knew that part, too. With a long cool woman in a black dress My temperature started to rise… confidence coming back…. Just a 5’9″ beautiful ‘n’ tall… uh, oh… Edition Coming. Full of people who are doing wrong… confidence coming back Sitting in a nest of bad men… what?!? Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. 'Cause you're gonna be spared" Just about to call up the D.A. ), The Hollies in the ’60s (Photo from the group’s Facebook page). I looked up the lyrics myself a long time ago because I love to sing along with this song,,and there were just too many dead spaces where I didn’t know the lyrics and I just had to find out. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile. Working for the FBI… hmmm… a lot of you didn’t know the last word 'Cause I'm telling you she knows where it's at" And then she was a-holding my right Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. My temperature started to rise You play the guitars and we’ll just put bass and drums on it.’ Now, our recording manager wasn’t there, so the engineer, who was a young guy, helped with the sound.
That’ll go on the album.