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In concert, rhythm guitarist Terry Sylvester did a fine job singing " Long Cool Woman". Me too, I love this song, so different than the other hits of the Hollies, there is a good beat on it. This is my least favorite of The Hollies most popular hits. It surprises me The Hollies actually sang it. They have so many other beautiful songs this one really isn't so special to me.
Most are the same as the accepted versions but there are some differences. I suggest, printing my lyrics and reading them along as you listen to the song. Anyway...this isn't meant to cause an argument, I'm just proposing this version after a long time analyzing the words. General CommentWanted to add, I don't think this song has any deeper meaning.
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Whoever wrote it probably just liked those old 20's-30's detective novels and movies where some hardboiled gumshoe solves a case and gets the girl. The song draws a picture and creates a certain atmosphere in a few broad strokes and leaves the listener to fill in the details according to his/her own perception of that era. Genius is the ultimate source of music knowledge, created by scholars like you who share facts and insight about the songs and artists they love. This will always be for me one of those songs that when I hear it on the radio, I listen all the way to the end. Different than the other hits of the Hollies, there is a great beat on it.
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. There is no question that Credence influenced the guitar riffs and even some of the vocal style on this wonderful song. The correct lyrics are available at leoslyrics.com. "Romany", the superb LP with Rickfors, sold well over time and remained in print into the '80s.
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The FBI paid informants to infiltrate places inaccessible to their own agents. A performing musician would have perfect cover, staying several hours every night, free to watch all developments without arousing any suspicion. In later life, the performer might become a studio artist or a mentor to young musicians.
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General CommentBogFrog, it's set in the Prohibition era (1920's-30's) in the U.S. The singer is working undercover for the FBI at a speakeasy. He's about to call the District Attorney to blow the whistle on some illicit activity when he hears/sees a tall beautiful blonde woman in a black dress singing. After she finishes the song she heads toward his table.
When the story made its way to the Hollies, possibly second-hand with embellishments, it became a natural to commit to vinyl. The Hollies singer, Allan Clarke lives close to my hometown and was once interviewed on our local radio station where LCW was discussed. He said there is a mistake in the lyrics which was never rectified as the song was originally intended as a filler album track. The line 'jumping out of doors and TABLES' should have been 'jumping out of doors and WINDOWS'. As the lyrics are largely indistinct anyway, the producers thought another take was unnecessary.
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This song is now used by BP to help sell gasoline in a TV spot showing two cars, one that uses another brand and the green SUV that goes farther on its tank. After careful consideration I still do not quite get the connection between the love-struck FBI-man and gasoline. On July 4th 1975, the Hollies performed "Long Cool Woman " on the NBC-TV program 'The Midnight Special'... 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.
Thanks so much for posting the words to this song. Because I could never figure them out.What can I say people,A "Hollies" Classic! ---She had it allll,Had it all-She had it all'-Don't you know... He was about to pull out his DA and bust the place.
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