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Bonnie Raitt — Love Me Like A Man
Album: Road Tested
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Released: 1995
Length: 4:50
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These men that I've been seeing, baby
Got their soul up on the shelf
You know they could never love me
When they can't even love themselves
But I need someone to love me
Someone to really understand
Who won't put himself above
Who just loves me like a man

I've never seen such losers, Darlin'
Even though I tried
To find a man who could take me home
Stead of takin' me for a ride
And I need someone to love me
I know you can
Believe me when I tell you
You can love me like a man

They all want me to rock them
Like my back ain't got no bone
I want a man to rock me
Like my back bone was his own
Darlin', I know you can
Believe me when I tell you
You can love me like a man

I come home sad and lonely
Feel like I wanna cry
I want a man to hold me
Not some fool to ask me why
I know you can
Don't you put yourself above me
You just love me like a man
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I don't get the haters on this track - and album.  
I've owned it literally since its release and as time goes on, have grown to like it more and more.  
RP's got me investigating my personal back-catalog, and finding gems that the younger me just pure overlooked!
Posted 6 months ago by IvanTheMediocre    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:

Idunno, the whole Harvard Grad tryin to sound like white trash thing never did it for me. Not that she ain't talented.


So I pulled a couple of shifts at an out of state ER some decades ago and after I'd been there for a few hours, the charge nurse pulled me aside and told me there were basically 4 kinds of people coming to their ER; white folks, white trash, black folks and another I'll leave to your imagination.  He expected me to treat each type accordingly.  So there you have. it   The phrase "white trash" is simply a cover to legitimize the complete lack of status accorded to some/most/all black folks.  I find it intolerable then and now.  I think an apology is in order.
Posted 2 years ago by Greyerwrit    [ Reply ]
Never mess with an American holy grail, folks, although this may just be an average tune, done so and so.
Posted 3 years ago by (former member)    [ Reply ]
 h8rhater wrote:

Exactly.  You dunno (sic). 

"White trash"?!?... for what, loving and performing blues music?  Mastering the slide guitar?  Bonnie ain't tryin' to do anything.  She's doing/done it for over 4 decades.

Also, she never graduated Harvard so you're wrong about that too.

...and a maybe new handle for you: theuninformedking.


Sounds like she attended Radcliff for two years. Fairly close on that one. 
Posted 3 years ago by dmcanany    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
Idunno, the whole Harvard Grad tryin to sound like white trash thing never did it for me. Not that she ain't talented.
 

You're such a douche. And that's a polite way of saying about you.
Posted 4 years ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:
On this, Bonnie gives ABSOLUTELY one of the best, most sensual deliveries of all time, and having seen her live at Red Rocks, WOW
 

Imo, there isn't ANYTHING Bonnie does that doesn't make me love her all the more!! And John, would love to share summa that kush with ya, and catch ANY show at Red Rocks!! Saw a video of Lindsey Stirling done there....quite the talented young lady THAT one is, too!! ✌️ And, RR is the schitz, for live shows! Awesome gift from on high!!
Posted 4 years ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
Bonnie rocks, there's no doubt about that. She also lived through a life of challenge. You can hear the experience and insight in the lyrics she writes and the deep. When she sings about men, I'm right there with her yearning for a REAL man.
Posted 4 years ago by jahgirl8    [ Reply ]
 sfyi2001 wrote:
Fakin' it. Yay. Pass {#Naughty}
 Absotively Posilutely FALSE!

Posted 5 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
 wycado wrote:
You just let me put down my triple half-caf Caramel Macchiato, my man purse, my cardigan wrapped around my waist, my sunglasses, and my sandals, and I'll show you a man, honey.
 
I'm a dirty old man wondering if she meant "girl, love me like a man!" 
Posted 6 years ago by mrtuba9    [ Reply ]
 sfyi2001 wrote:
Fakin' it. Yay. Pass {#Naughty}

 
Nothin' fake about those licks. Your ears must have been fakin' it while the song was playin'. {#Ask}
Posted 6 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 George_Tirebiter wrote:
Nice segue from John Hiatt!

 
Correct George.   
Posted 6 years ago by DanO-1    [ Reply ]
 RedTopFireBelow wrote:
My my my....   just how I like my blues...    slow and real dirty... .

Thanks Bonnie..  if I wasn't straight.....    


{#Music}

 
{#Hearteyes}  Yumm Yumm Bonnie woooo-hoo
Posted 7 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Fakin' it. Yay. Pass {#Naughty}
Posted 7 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
That is some serious guitar playing!
Posted 7 years ago by drictor    [ Reply ]
Nice segue from John Hiatt!
Posted 7 years ago by George_Tirebiter    [ Reply ]
On this, Bonnie gives ABSOLUTELY one of the best, most sensual deliveries of all time, and having seen her live at Red Rocks, WOW
Posted 7 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
Idunno, the whole Harvard Grad tryin to sound like white trash thing never did it for me. Not that she ain't talented.

 
Exactly.  You dunno (sic). 

"White trash"?!?... for what, loving and performing blues music?  Mastering the slide guitar?  Bonnie ain't tryin' to do anything.  She's doing/done it for over 4 decades.

Also, she never graduated Harvard so you're wrong about that too.

...and a maybe new handle for you: theuninformedking.
Posted 8 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
Idunno, the whole Harvard Grad tryin to sound like white trash thing never did it for me. Not that she ain't talented.

 
Well, Radcliffe College, and I don't believe she graduated.
Posted 8 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Idunno, the whole Harvard Grad tryin to sound like white trash thing never did it for me. Not that she ain't talented.
Posted 8 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Deliciously Wicked Bonnie  {#Hearteyes}
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 martinc wrote:
godess like

 
Make that a Capital "G" & double "d!"  

Goddess!!!


Posted 8 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]

MilesW wrote:
That could be the finest blues guitar I've ever heard - masterful!

 
love the dynamics too...
 
Posted 8 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
That could be the finest blues guitar I've ever heard - masterful!
Posted 8 years ago by MilesW    [ Reply ]
Always stunning, this is just so fine.
Posted 8 years ago by SECA_Alan    [ Reply ]
Bonnie Baby Rock me!!! Ooooowwwwwww-hoooo-hoooooooooo  : )
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Bonnie at her very best.  I'll always thought her voice was most suitable to blues.
Posted 9 years ago by Clark_Novato    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:
This is the Bonnie I like... not that pop chart doppelganger.

 
Nice stuff - I like that clean Stratocaster sound.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
wow, we need more chicks like this one. {#Hearteyes}
Posted 9 years ago by anika200    [ Reply ]
this might be my fav of hers.
Posted 9 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
What a song! I'm so glad I got to see her — one time with Stevie Ray Vaughan at Red Rocks in the mid-80s — because: SHE JAMS!
Posted 9 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Magnificent{#Bananajam}
Posted 10 years ago by fitmartin    [ Reply ]
Queen of the blues!
Posted 10 years ago by luv4music    [ Reply ]
This is the Bonnie I like... not that pop chart doppelganger.
Posted 10 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Bonnie is finger-lickin awesome! {#Guitarist}
Posted 11 years ago by MilesW    [ Reply ]
Had to think about that one for a minute, Poose, but its pure dead brilliant!!!

ThePoose wrote:
Ha! Bonnie was in Baghdad when the Chicks were in dad's bag!


mrdak wrote:
Yeah girl...... the Dixie Chicks do this pretty darn good too.  {#Tongue}

 



 


Posted 11 years ago by scott_bruce    [ Reply ]
One of my most favorite guitarists.  Boy can she play the blues.  Clean, soulful and complex (but not frenetic like so many others).
Posted 11 years ago by markthecarp    [ Reply ]
Nice guitar.....love that slow blues!
Posted 11 years ago by dickmahoon    [ Reply ]
Aw, hell ya!  Love this tune, and this version is sweet.
Posted 11 years ago by jeremyleo    [ Reply ]
Dang!
Posted 11 years ago by richrosen    [ Reply ]
Ha! Bonnie was in Baghdad when the Chicks were in dad's bag!


mrdak wrote:
Yeah girl...... the Dixie Chicks do this pretty darn good too.  {#Tongue}

 


Posted 11 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Yes sweet Bonnie you may! Cuddle it, grab it and pull it with those wicked fingers, for a delicious long time, then kick it right down the steps when your done with my subservient listener ass!  Oww and Yumm, woo-hooo!
Posted 11 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
Very talented. Classic.  Great singer. But she bores me. Always singing yearning mansick and lovestruck or lonely. Every song of hers I've ever heard is a variation on another. 

 
Isn't that really all blues songs? And I don't hear anything wrong with it.
Posted 11 years ago by Antigone    [ Reply ]
Very talented. Classic.  Great singer. But she bores me. Always singing yearning mansick and lovestruck or lonely. Every song of hers I've ever heard is a variation on another. 
Posted 11 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Love this woman...
Posted 11 years ago by kvmrdj    [ Reply ]
kickass guitar
Posted 11 years ago by km888888    [ Reply ]
My heroine! 
Posted 11 years ago by amoreena    [ Reply ]
Listen to that: "....don't put yourself above me, Baby, just love me like a man" {#Exclaim}
Posted 12 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
 RedTopFireBelow wrote:
My my my....   just how I like my blues...    slow and real dirty... .
 
Yup, same here. This is the real deal, back to basics, smoky basement club, seductive blues. The dog's bollox. She sings that to me, I'm an upright fellow all night. 9 from the aroused Nottingham jury.
Posted 12 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Kind of got burned out on her a while back...thx for the subtle reminder of her immense talent
Posted 12 years ago by tulfan    [ Reply ]
I admire Bonnie Raitt, and love her music even though all her songs sound pretty much the same. This is one of her best. 
Posted 12 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
godess like
Posted 12 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]
Dang, Bonnie!
Posted 12 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
What's that got to do with anything?  I'm straight, and I STILL want to have her baby. {#Lol}
 
Then that's just plain crooked! Lol!

But, then again, If anybody's worth getting bent out of shape for, or with,  Bonnie 'd be our gal!
Posted 12 years ago by meinthecorner    [ Reply ]
 mrdak wrote:
Yeah girl...... the Dixie Chicks do this pretty darn good too.  {#Tongue}
 
Sure, I like them broads too, but Bonnie Raitt was kickin' it out both pants legs before the Chicks were gleams in their daddy's eyes. She paid her dues on the blues circuit when women just didn't DO that sort of thing. Along with Janis, she opened the door, hell, they kicked it off the hinges, for all the rocking, bluesy women who've come along since.

Bonnie is an original. An artist true to her calling. Oh hey, she ain't such a bad guitar player neither.

Posted 12 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Saucy.... {#Yes} 
Posted 12 years ago by Suzl    [ Reply ]
Best female slide guitar player.

And she's spitting out quadruplets like she's on guitar fertilization pills. {#Lol}

Posted 13 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
 coyotexxx2 wrote:
I like the Blues live (even recorded) so much better than produced studio recorded.  Not sure why!!
 
This live cut is the best version of this Chris Smither song ever. 

Posted 13 years ago by JGM    [ Reply ]
 RedTopFireBelow wrote:
My my my....   just how I like my blues...    slow and real dirty... .

Thanks Bonnie..  if I wasn't straight.....    


{#Music}
  What's that got to do with anything?  I'm straight, and I STILL want to have her baby. {#Lol}


Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
I like the Blues live (even recorded) so much better than produced studio recorded.  Not sure why!!
Posted 13 years ago by coyotexxx2    [ Reply ]
My my my....   just how I like my blues...    slow and real dirty... .

Thanks Bonnie..  if I wasn't straight.....    


{#Music}
Posted 13 years ago by RedTopFireBelow    [ Reply ]
ssssssssssssssssssssmmmmmoookin'

Very nice!!

9
Posted 13 years ago by Sjaaks    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

Seconded. Excellent raw back-to-basics blues.

 
now,now Fred....you replied some time back that "posh" white Americans have no right to sing the blues...
Miss Bonnie was born to some pretty well off parents.....but the girl rocks!

Posted 13 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
She's the female Stevie Ray Vaughan (or supply your own favorite male blues guitarist here.)  I just lovelovelove her music!!! {#Notworthy}
 
Yup. This is pure, down 'n' dirty, bare-bones, ageless shitkickin' blues. Blues like this will be played and sung for as long as humans get the blues. 8 from the Nottingham jury.


Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 calypsus_1 wrote:

BONNIE RAITT - Love Me Like a Man, Live (1976)
    *

Guitar Heroes: Whatever kind of music I have posted in my channel, the Blues was, is and will always be my favourite kind of music. I drummed a lot on this music ;-))

"1976 was just a few days ago..."

"young, old... don't matter when it's BONNIE! "      piknikie

 

*     a short message to the author or authors of this miserable censorship: You, yes, you're a "sucks" that live on the wrong planet. Will die away.
 

Posted 13 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
Blues can get insanely boring, especially if its not played well... Bonnie is fantastic, and her vibrato on the slide guitar is to die for, and a fantastic singer she is too
Posted 13 years ago by madebytim    [ Reply ]

BONNIE RAITT - Love Me Like a Man, Live (1976)
Guitar Heroes: Whatever kind of music I have posted in my channel, the Blues was, is and will always be my favourite kind of music. I drummed a lot on this music ;-))

"1976 was just a few days ago..."

"young, old... don't matter when it's BONNIE! "      piknikie

 




Posted 13 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
She's the female Stevie Ray Vaughan (or supply your own favorite male blues guitarist here.)  I just lovelovelove her music!!! {#Notworthy}
Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]

Bonnie Raitt By eclarep
https://www.flickr.com/photos/eclarep/

She played a few songs with Jackson Browne before John Edwards' speech.

This photo was taken on November 20, 2007 in Grinnell, Iowa, using a Canon EOS 20D

Copyright All rights reserved

Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
this is great
 
Posted 14 years ago by pdxpdx    [ Reply ]
 wycado wrote:
You just let me put down my triple half-caf Caramel Macchiato, my man purse, my cardigan wrapped around my waist, my sunglasses, and my sandals, and I'll show you a man, honey.
 
Hysterical!
Posted 14 years ago by musicmaniac    [ Reply ]
Awesome voice, amazing performance.  I'm not particularly fond of the blues — but Bonnie Raitt really floats my boat.  More, please!
Posted 14 years ago by justin_thyme    [ Reply ]
You just let me put down my triple half-caf Caramel Macchiato, my man purse, my cardigan wrapped around my waist, my sunglasses, and my sandals, and I'll show you a man, honey.
Posted 14 years ago by wycado    [ Reply ]

God, I'm such a sucker for those sweet, sweet blues chord progressions, even if they are a cliche.  8.

Posted 14 years ago by DaMoGan    [ Reply ]
she is so overlooked ~ it's not right ~ please play us her doin Prine's  Angel from Montgomery (her and Prine preferably)
Posted 14 years ago by peacockangel    [ Reply ]
Yeah girl...... the Dixie Chicks do this pretty darn good too.  {#Tongue}
Posted 14 years ago by mrdak    [ Reply ]
Wow, what a woman! {#Clap}
Posted 14 years ago by bieze    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana}{#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana}{#Drummer}{#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 14 years ago by EclecticQueenTee    [ Reply ]
{#Notworthy}{#Clap}
Posted 14 years ago by ambrebalte    [ Reply ]
 helgigermany wrote:
As a fan of the Blues , this i like very much. Thanks RP!!
 
Seconded. Excellent raw back-to-basics blues.

Posted 15 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
As a fan of the Blues , this i like very much. Thanks RP!!
Posted 15 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Never heard this before today. Most excellent.

{#Yes}
Posted 15 years ago by Tizmself    [ Reply ]


Bonnie Raitt - "Love Me Like a Man" Live (1995)



Posted 15 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by jhayes4: actually i believe this song was written by the blues guitarist Chris Smither as "Love you like a man." (he also has a few songs in the radioparadise rotation) a great track with a cool twist that bonnie sings it from a woman's perspective.
I think you are absolutely right jhayes. I love Chris Smithers' songs. Thanks for the clarification. :D
Posted 22 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
One of the great early Bonnie songs from her first few albums. Sippie Wallace wrote this.
Posted 22 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]