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Rickie Lee Jones — Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
Album: It's Like This
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4.6

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Total ratings: 96









Released: 2000
Length: 5:06
Plays (last 30 days): 0
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The low spark of Rickie struggling through this song. Thankfull for us (and her) she does better elsewhere.
Posted 18 years ago by close2zero    [ Reply ]
... Thanks RP for this and all RLJ! ... Really Love her! ...">
Posted 18 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
The only thing wrong with this cut is her voice.
Posted 18 years ago by Old_Pat    [ Reply ]
Rickie is the Goddess. Amen.
Posted 18 years ago by Gryn    [ Reply ]
Please tell this person to stop singing before she hurts someone!
Posted 18 years ago by empyrean    [ Reply ]
Ouch! My first 1. I can imagine giving as much as a 5 if I had never heard the original, but this made me laugh from pain.
Posted 18 years ago by CraigSimon    [ Reply ]
Man, you guys, what a bunch of morons. I've just been listening to a live version of this from RLJ's website and it is truly great. Ricky is a one of the "real heavies," says Walter Becker, so if you won't take my word for how out of order you people are to diss one of the all-time greats, take his. You'd all do well to remember that Ricky Lee has never made a bad recording in her life. love n kisses, Thoss (from the hills)
Posted 19 years ago by Thoss    [ Reply ]
An outstanding job of taking a bad song and making it worse.
Posted 22 years ago by nolands    [ Reply ]
ok. i must admit that this one has definitely grown on me (at least a little bit) with repeated play. that doesnt say much though. i also find myself humming along to top40 corporate radio swill after hearing enough times.
Posted 22 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]
Please Bill, I JUST had lunch, and would perfer to keep it...
Posted 22 years ago by mksothrpeoplrich    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Johray63: Quess it seemed to be an obvious choice for her to do this song, but I can't say it obviously worked out fine. Maybe I should be listening to it late at night, after a couple of drinks or joints. Can imagine liking it then.
Johnray63... nope, that doesn't help either :p This is horrible. Granted, this is one of the greatest rock songs of all time so the standard are (and should be) very high. Somebody should have prevented her this embarassment and told her to stop. Stevie Winwood sang this song with SOOO much heart... There is ZERO heart in this version. I can't sing, but if I did, I can tell you that every ounce of emotion in my body would need to be pouring out to do this one. I don't think she even broke a sweat.
Posted 22 years ago by bobringer    [ Reply ]
Well, it\'s always interesting to hear another version of a song, but I really like the original much better on this one, not much of an own interpretation either, she just sings it the way Steve W would but in her own voice, music sounds similar too.
Posted 22 years ago by SuperWeh    [ Reply ]
I wish she would have picked another song to butcher. I like her and think she is a fine artist but she must have been stoned out of her mind to cover this song. Sorry Rickie, but you screwed the pooch on this one :D
Posted 22 years ago by hippie    [ Reply ]
obviously a \"love it\" or \"hate it\" song. file me under love.
Posted 22 years ago by cooter    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by JrzyTmata: there aren't many songs that will make me reach for the mute key, but this is one of them
100% agree. This song hurts.
Posted 22 years ago by harmanjd    [ Reply ]
Ricki Lee: What I am is what I am. Ricki Lee on Sudafed: by a bun dat \'idnt bate ady doize
Posted 22 years ago by dpeer01    [ Reply ]
Quess it seemed to be an obvious choice for her to do this song, but I can\'t say it obviously worked out fine. Maybe I should be listening to it late at night, after a couple of drinks or joints. Can imagine liking it then.
Posted 22 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
Love the music, but Rickie\'s voice has just always been too high and squeeky for me, a bit like finger nails down a chalk board.
Posted 22 years ago by MylenerHead    [ Reply ]
there aren\'t many songs that will make me reach for the mute key, but this is one of them
Posted 22 years ago by JrzyTmata    [ Reply ]
Icky Pee Drones - creative juices runnin\' a little dry?
Posted 22 years ago by rmurray248    [ Reply ]
RLJ puts her own style into this cover and it works. I much prefer when a performer takes a song and really makes it her own, rather than trying to copy the original. Beautiful.
Posted 22 years ago by tailwaggers    [ Reply ]
Oh man! This should just never have made it out of the studio. Phew.
Posted 22 years ago by markw    [ Reply ]
While I generally enjoy the music of Rickie Lee Jones, I am not really a fan of this song...no matter who covers it. It was only marginally notable when it was originally recorded by...um...er, was it Traffic?
Posted 22 years ago by Jester    [ Reply ]