Friday Night Is - Infidelity in High Fidelity

[Richard A Thackeray]

Cheating songs,


View: https://youtu.be/XdvPdb71AaQ

Rather embarrassingly, this was the first ever Robert Cray song I heard, I knew of him, but not listened to anything

A beautiful song
He comes home to find his wife with another man
He shoots them

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/dwightyoakam/buenasnochesfromalonelyroomsheworereddresses.html


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm8yTcgY-bE



I have the LP, 'Buenos Noches...'

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

The wonderful Tindersticks

Let's not make it into a big thing
Let's not get lost in this
I know it is, I know we could
I guess we surely would
Let's pretend it's not
It doesn't mean a thing

Let's not blow it out of all senses
As though it meant so much
It's always thought about for weeks
Not everytime your lips meet mine, I think of her
But when her hands reach out, I think of you


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfF7dP41U58



Also owned, but on CD (it's on Curtains, top-left)

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Again, Tindersticks

With those wonderful Melodica's that add so much to the introduction
And, what a superb voice, from Stuart Stapleton


Hey, I've been wondering
Where you go so late at night
And hey, I've been hoping
You'll be thinking of me no matter what the time
And hey, I'm not listening
When you tell me there's no more words to say
In your voice, hesitation
You quickly light a cigarette and turn away

I'm not crying, up inside I'm smiling
Seen that look in your eye
Jump in your stare
It's a feeling I never saw leaving
Well it's something I don't deserve to have, oh no
The not knowing is easy
And the suspecting, that's okay
Just don't tell me for certain
That our love's gone away
It's gone away

Hey, I've been wondering
Where you go so late at night
And hey, I've been hoping
You'll be thinking of me no matter what the time
And hey, as our love floats away
Over the hills on a seagull's wing
Our ideas will I kiss in a playground (I'd say, "are like kids in a playground")
Now I'm waiting for the bell that never rings
The not knowing is easy
And the suspecting, that's okay
Just don't tell me for certain
That our love's gone away
The not knowing is easy
And the suspecting, that's okay
Just don't tell me for certain
That our love's gone away
It's gone away




View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkabuRLCOmc



It's on the first (eponymously titled) CD; red dress sleeve)

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

George Jones

I'm never been certain, since I first heard this song, over 40 years ago, whether she just left him, or there was another man??
Even after all these years, I still sometimes get the shivers when I hear it


He said, "I'll love you till I die"
She told him, "You'll forget in time"
As the years went slowly by
She still preyed upon his mind

He kept her picture on his wall
Went half-crazy, now and then
He still loved her through it all
Hoping she'd come back again

Kept some letters by his bed
Dated 1962
He had underlined in red
Every single 'I love you'

I went to see him just today
Oh, but I didn't see no tears
All dressed up to go away
First time I'd seen him smile in years

He stopped loving her today
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they'll carry him away
He stopped loving her today

You know, she came to see him one last time
Oh, and we all wondered if she would
And it kept running through my mind
This time he's over her for good

He stopped loving her today
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they'll carry him away
He stopped loving her today



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYQViYm92hg

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Another George Jones

Again, did she just leave, or go to another man??

I've added the version I prefer by Dave Edmunds & The Stray Cats
DE produced it, & the Cats, 1st & 3rd LPs

It's on Edmunds album 'Twangin'
Yes, I have it!!!

I feel tears wellin' up cold and deep inside
Like my heart's sprung a big break
And the stab of loneliness, sharp and painful
That I may never shake
Now you might say that I was taking it hard
Since you wrote me off with a call
But don't you wager that I'll hide the sorrow
When I may break right down and bawl

Now the race is on and here comes pride up the backstretch
Heartaches are going to the inside
My tears are holding back
They're trying not to fall
My heart's out of the running
True love's scratched for another's sake
The race is on and it looks like heartaches
And the winner loses all

One day I had ventured in love, never once suspecting
What the final results would be
How I lived in fear of waking up each morning
And finding that you'd gone from me
There's aching and pain in my heart
For the day was the one that I hated to face
Somebody new came up to win her
And I came out in second place

Now the race is on and here comes pride up the backstretch
Heartaches are going to the inside
My tears are holding back
They're trying not to fall
My heart's out of the running
True love's scratched for another's sake
The race is on and it looks like heartaches
And the winner loses all



From about 1.50
(I also have the VHS tape that this interview is on)


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BMwPmS5hR4

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Dwight
From Hillbilly Deluxe

She's left him

They say this drinkin' will kill me
I don't know, oh Lord, it might be true
If I stop I'll just die from your leavin'
So either way that I go, it's 'cause of you

[Chorus:]
Death can come from this broken heart
Or it can come from this bottle
So why prolong the agony
Hey, bartender, I think I'll hit the throttle

I don't care how the preacher might preach to me
About the evils of being drunk with wine
I don't care how the doctor might warn me
'Cause since you left, it's just a matter of time

[Chorus:]
Death can come from this broken heart
Or it can come from this bottle
So why prolong the agony
Hey, bartender, I think I'll hit the throttle

I don't care that my friends have all left me
'Cause they swear that I have gone insane
And I don't care anymore about livin'
Without you, just the grave can ease the pain

[Chorus:]
Death can come from this broken heart
Or it can come from this bottle
So why prolong the agony
Hey, bartender, I think I'll hit the throttle

Yeah, they say this drinkin' will kill me
I don't know, oh Lord, it might be true
If I stop I'll just die from your leavin'
So either way that I go, it's 'cause of you

Either way that I go, it's 'cause of you...


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjI0AYfxc80

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

She's left him, for another man?


It won't hurt when I fall down from this bar stool
And it won't hurt when I stumble in the street
It won't hurt 'cause this whiskey eases misery
But even whiskey cannot ease your hurting me

Today I had another bout with sorrow
You know this time I almost won
If this bottle would just hold out 'til tomorrow
I know that I'd have sorrow on the run

[Chorus:]
It won't hurt when I fall down from this bar stool
And it won't hurt when I stumble in the street
It won't hurt 'cause this whiskey eases misery
But even whiskey cannot ease your hurting me

Your memory comes back up with each sunrise
I reach out for the bottle and find it's gone
Yeah, Lord, somewhere every night the whiskey leaves me
To face this cold, cold world on my own

[Chorus:]
It won't hurt when I fall down from this bar stool
And it won't hurt when I stumble in the street
It won't hurt 'cause this whiskey eases misery
But even whiskey cannot ease your hurting me

Even whiskey cannot ease your hurting me...



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZGg7FWjIBg

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Dwights splendid tribute to (George Jones) He Stopped Loving Her Today

She had left him lost and broken
Like no other had before
And now his heart was just a token
Of the pain it had endured
And his memories were clouded
With all the hurtful things she'd said
Yes, for all intent and purpose
He might just as well been dead.

[Chorus:]
And some people claim they still hear him call her name
Hey, hey, Maureen, swear they hear it just that plain
Deep in the night and sometimes right at dawn
See, his body died some years ago
But around here Mr. Johnson's love lives on.

He seemed far away and distant
With that cold and silent stare
Never moving, never speaking
And just barely breathing air.

No one really knew her reason
And who can judge her right or wrong
The only true and solemn fact is,
The man we'd known was all but gone.

[Chorus:]
And some people claim they still hear him call he name
Hey, hey, Maureen, swear they hear it just that plain
Deep in the night and sometimes right at dawn
See, his body died some years ago
But around here Mr. Johnson's love lives on.

Sissy Thompson said she'd seen him
Late that night on Shelby Road
About a mile from there they found him
It seems he'd died out in the snow.

I hear'd the preacher at the service
Say from love he's finally free
But I say love, it knows no season
It haunts the soul eternally.

[Chorus:]
And some people claim they still hear him call he name
Hey, hey, Maureen, swear they hear it just that plain
Deep in the night and sometimes right at dawn
Yeah, his body died some years ago
But around here Mr. Johnson's love lives on.

Yes, his body died some years ago
But around here Mr. Johnson's love lives on...

Awesome


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuULf-u6hgk

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Got to have some Steve...……..
With Iris Dement, from the excellent 'The Mountain' CD


I didn't know
You'd be in this place tonight
Then again I thought you might
Now I don't know what to do
Does it show
When my poor heart skips a beat
Each and every time we meet
'Cause I'm still in love with you

There you are
Right across the room from me
Just the way I knew you'd be
Lookin' lonesome wild and blue
I'm alright so far
Just as long as you don't speak
That's what makes my knees go weak
'Cause I'm still in love with you

I've done everything I know
To get you off my mind
But sometimes I can't help but hope
That you won't walk away this time

Then I wouldn't have to watch you go
Wouldn't have to miss you so
'Cause I'm still in love with you

If I knew what I know now
I'd never let you leave
I'd make it up to you somehow
And darlin' you'd come back to me

Then I wouldn't have to watch you go
Wouldn't have to miss you so
'Cause I'm still in love with you
I wouldn't need to be so blue
Wouldn't want you like I do
'Cause I'm still in love with you



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMSCJ9aoo_U




NB; 'Carrie Brown' is also on that CD
As Steve says, on the live (Fam Aid) clip on here, he wanted to write

"One real, bad-tooth, hillbilly murder ballad"
And he did!!

 

[raleighnut]

Rather embarrassingly, this was the first ever Robert Cray song I heard, I knew of him, but not listened to anything

A beautiful song
He comes home to find his wife with another man
He shoots them

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/dwightyoakam/buenasnochesfromalonelyroomsheworereddresses.html


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm8yTcgY-bE



I have the LP, 'Buenos Noches...'
View attachment 440255

TBH when I started this thread it could have become a Robert Cray Fest,


View: https://youtu.be/5OtA_usArkY

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Brian & the boys
Almost Doo-wop this time, but still with a guitar break for that Gretsch

I, I've got a low down dirty feeling
That I've been cheated on, and lied to
If it's old then it's wrong, we've held on for so long
Why don't we have that magic anymore

I've got a strange sneaking suspicion
That it's been going on for some time now
Something shines in your eyes, something stirs deep inside
I won't stand in your way anymore

You said that I'm just a little boy
Who's easily led astray
Well aren't you the same little girl
Who always gets her way




View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS3YZcietNU

 

[simonali]

Superb. The best version of this song............loads better than Marvin Gaye's. I used to think it was a Creedence CR original.

Marvin didn't do the original either. The first recording was by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles. I still think Marvin did the definitive version, though.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH0Tzx5brVE


Anyway, here's my entry


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbT4izP6Ei8

 

[simonali]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDOgbBBr_6U