take me to the river
Originalversionen av "Take Me To The River", framförd av Al Green. Denna video är från någon slags TV-sändning på sjuttiotalet. Låten släpptes först på skivan Al Green Explores Your Mind från 1974.
Talking Heads-versionen. Just detta är ett klipp från konsertfilmen Stop Making Sense; från 1984. Exakt tio år efter att Al Green skrev låten.
"Take Me To River" är med stor sannolikhet är den ultimata soullåten. Kanske är det inte soul, kanske är det funk eller något annat, men det spelar ingen roll. En låt Spector och Holland-Frazier-Holland bara kunde drömma om.
Men frågan är om inte Talking Heads version är snäppet vassare. Lite bättre. Lite större. Lite mäktigare.
I det himmelska ögonblicket som Byrne tillåts komma in i låten, efter att ha hållits tillbaka av körsångerskorna i drygt en minut, med raden "I don't know why I love her like I do", går det nästan inte att lyssna. Trycket inom mig är för stort. Jag känner precis som Al Green och som David Byrne. Varenda textrad, varje ord absorberar jag.
"Love me till I can't make no more of it." En önskan. En tillbedjan. En bön.
Jag är snart där nere vid floden.
"I don't know why I love her like I do
All the changes you put me through
Take my money, my cigarettes
I haven't seen the worst of it yet
I wanna know that you'll tell me
I love to stay
Take me to the river, drop me in the water
Take me to the river, dip me in the water
Washing me down, washing me down
I don't know why you treat me so bad
Think of all the things we could have had
Love is an ocean that I can't forget
My sweet sixteen I would never regret
I wanna know that you'll tell me
I love to stay
Take me to the river, drop me in the water
Push me in the river, dip me in the water
Washing me down, washing me
Hug me, squeeze me, love me, tease me
Till I can't, till I can't, till I can't take no more of it
Take me to the water, drop me in the river
Push me in the water, drop me in the river
Washing me down, washing me down
I don't know why I love you like I do
All the troubles you put me through
Sixteen candles there on my wall
And here am I the biggest fool of them all
I wanna know that you'll tell me
I love to stay
Take me to the river and drop me in the water
Dip me in the river, drop me in the water
Washing me down, washing me down."
All the changes you put me through
Take my money, my cigarettes
I haven't seen the worst of it yet
I wanna know that you'll tell me
I love to stay
Take me to the river, drop me in the water
Take me to the river, dip me in the water
Washing me down, washing me down
I don't know why you treat me so bad
Think of all the things we could have had
Love is an ocean that I can't forget
My sweet sixteen I would never regret
I wanna know that you'll tell me
I love to stay
Take me to the river, drop me in the water
Push me in the river, dip me in the water
Washing me down, washing me
Hug me, squeeze me, love me, tease me
Till I can't, till I can't, till I can't take no more of it
Take me to the water, drop me in the river
Push me in the water, drop me in the river
Washing me down, washing me down
I don't know why I love you like I do
All the troubles you put me through
Sixteen candles there on my wall
And here am I the biggest fool of them all
I wanna know that you'll tell me
I love to stay
Take me to the river and drop me in the water
Dip me in the river, drop me in the water
Washing me down, washing me down."
Kommentarer
Trackback
