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The song was also sung by Terry Sylvester on tour after Clarke left the group for awhile, causing some confusion amongst fans as to who, indeed, is the original vocalist. The song utilized a fuzz / bass, giving it its distinctive rhythm. The bass line, in my opinion, should get more credit for driving one of the great back beats in rock and roll annals. And, certainly, the opening guitar lick remains one of the best ever, with the clever double drum beats augmenting the riffs to this very cool song.
This is my least favorite of The Hollies most popular hits. It sounds too twangy, like a country song. It surprises me The Hollies actually sang it. They have so many other beautiful songs this one really isn't so special to me. He was about to pull out his DA and bust the place.
Long Cool Woman (in a Black Dress)
The Hollies were born too late, and on the wrong side of the Atlantic, to have visited a speakeasy. They lived in the Beat Generation, but their focus was Beat Music, and the actors in this song don't particularly behave like Beatniks. I think the black-dressed woman in that picture is longer than "five-nine beautiful tall."
For years, I listened to this song on tiny clock radios with one low-fidelity speaker. Being, undecipherable, I tried to make out what the lyrical content was. These are the words I attributed to the song. I know THEY ARE WRONG, but I rather like some of them, especially the "beautiful song" variants. Allan Clarke first recorded this song for his solo career. Clarke imitated John Fogerty's vocal style, which was based on the Creedence song "Green River".
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Clarke is credited as co-writer along with veteran UK songsmiths Greenaway and Cooke, who once recorded a cover of The Beatles' "Michelle" as David & Jonathan. So far, I've seen no intelligent comments on the story of this song. The DA was pumping his left hand while the long cool woman held his right.
According to Clarke, the song was written "in about five minutes". This score was first released on Saturday 7th March, 2009 and was last updated on Saturday 4th December, 2021. The arrangement code for the composition is TAB. Minimum required purchase quantity for these notes is 1. Me too, I love this song, so different than the other hits of the Hollies, there is a good beat on it. I would like to hear it more in the radio.
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Dick Morris—once a bosom buddy of Bill Clinton—also had a thing with women’s feet. I thought he chose the wrong part of a female’s anatomy. Anyway, media guys and politicos often reveal in public far too much about themselves. Sellers declare the item's customs value and must comply with customs declaration laws.
A cappella group Rockapella released a version on their 1995 album Primer. Their version often accompanied the map round on Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego. "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" was the first song played by the band Phish.
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I do know that no one wants to look at men’s feet. I like a womans knees up around my armpits rocking back and forth to the beat of the song “Staying Alive”. One of Tarantino’s “issues” is that he has a thing about women’s feet.
This song is about an FBI agent doing a sting and he spared the long cool woman becouse he wanted her... Steve if you ever see him tell him thanks for all the music and for this song. Heard he no longer sings because of voice problems. Hi Jennifur, I was fortunate enough to meet Allan several times in the mid to late nineties, I worked in music rights management at that time and we became friendly. He was still touring with the Hollies at that time but it was clear that his singing voice was past its best.
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