Wednesday, March 24, 2010

The Incomparable Muddy Waters - 1971 - Manish Boy

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  1. SusanneApril 14, 2010 at 12:38 AM

    "Mannish Boy", or "Manish Boy" as it was first named, is a blues standard first recorded by Muddy Waters in 1955. The song was a hit and reached #5 during a stay of six weeks in the Billboard R&B chart.[1] It is a arrangement of (and an "answer song" to) Bo Diddley's "I'm a Man" (which in turn was inspired by Waters' and Willie Dixon's "Hoochie Coochie Man").[2] "Mannish Boy" features a repeating stop-time figure on one chord through out the song and is credited to Waters, Mel London, and Bo Diddley. Backing Muddy Waters (vocal and guitar) are: Otis Spann (piano), Jimmy Rogers (guitar), Willie Dixon (bass), Francis Clay (drums), and either Junior Wells or Little Walter (harmonica).

    Muddy Waters recorded several versions of "Mannish Boy" during his career. In 1968, he recorded it for the Electric Mud album in Marshall Chess' attempt to attract the rock market. After he left Chess, he recorded it for the 1977 Hard Again album which was produced by Johnny Winter. The song also was included on the live album Muddy "Mississippi" Waters - Live (1979).

    In 1986, Muddy Waters' original "Mannish Boy" was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame "Classics of Blues Recordings" category.[3] It was also included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of the "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll".[4] "Mannish Boy" is ranked #229 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

    Susanne Feigum

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  2. SusanneApril 19, 2010 at 1:05 AM

    Ooooooh, yeah, ooh, yeah

    Everythin', everythin', everythin's gonna be alright this mornin'
    Ooh yeah, whoaw
    Now when I was a young boy, at the age of five
    My mother said I was, gonna be the greatest man alive
    But now I'm a man, way past 21
    Want you to believe me baby,
    I had lot's of fun
    I'm a man
    I spell mmm, aaa child, nnn
    That represents man
    No B, O child, Y
    That mean mannish boy
    I'm a man
    I'm a full grown man
    I'm a man
    I'm a natural born lovers man
    I'm a man
    I'm a rollin' stone
    I'm a man
    I'm a hoochie coochie man

    Sittin' on the outside, just me and my mate
    You know I'm made to move you honey,
    come up two hours late
    Wasn't that a man
    I spell mmm, aaa child, nnn
    That represents man
    No B, O child, Y
    That mean mannish boy
    I'm a man
    I'm a full grown man
    Man
    I'm a natural born lovers man
    Man
    I'm a rollin' stone
    Man-child
    I'm a hoochie coochie man
    The line I shoot will never miss
    When I make love to a woman,
    she can't resist
    I think I go down,
    to old Kansas Stew
    I'm gonna bring back my second cousin,
    that little Johnny Cocheroo
    All you little girls,
    sittin'out at that line
    I can make love to you woman,
    in five minutes time
    Ain't that a man
    I spell mmm, aaa child, nnn
    That represents man
    No B, O child, Y
    That mean mannish boy
    Man
    I'm a full grown man
    Man
    I'm a natural born lovers man
    Man
    I'm a rollin' stone
    I'm a man-child
    I'm a hoochie coochie man
    well, well, well, well
    hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry
    Don't hurt me, don't hurt me child
    don't hurt me, don't hurt, don't hurt me child
    well, well, well, well

    Yeah

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