The WELL: deadsongs.vue.125: Loser

#14: Robin Russell (rrussell8) Sun 28 Aug 11 19:29

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 19:29:00 PDT

I'm another who sang "all alone" for decades. [Read entire topic]

#13: % (jewel) Fri 26 Aug 11 10:55

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:55:00 PDT

I interpreted the correct text (after all these years) the way David did when I read it. [Read entire topic]

#12: David Dodd (ddodd) Thu 25 Aug 11 11:45

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:45:00 PDT

And the phrase is also used in "So Many Roads": "Thought I heard that KC whistle moaning sweet and low / Howlin' wide or moaning low," which refers in turn to KC Moan: "Well, I thought I had heard that K C when she moan." FWIW. [Read entire topic]

#11: David Gans (tnf) Wed 24 Aug 11 16:44

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:44:00 PDT

I think it means, "Don't give me any shit just 'cause I'm in a weakened state." [Read entire topic]

#10: David Dodd (ddodd) Wed 24 Aug 11 16:18

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:18:00 PDT

I always thought it was "all alone" too, until I saw it in print. "Moanin' low" is a connection to the old version of Casey Jones, right? Or something...I'll have to go read that book of annotated lyrics and try to figger it out. [Read entire topic]

#9: % (jewel) Wed 24 Aug 11 11:22

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:22:00 PDT

I always thought it was Because I'm all alone. I'm so glad he brought this up to you or I may never have learned that line. I've only been singing that song about 30 years. [Read entire topic]

#8: David Gans (tnf) Wed 24 Aug 11 10:32

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:32:00 PDT

Last week a fellow musician heard me sing "Loser" and asked me if I was sure about "moanin' low." He was sure that line was

Don't you push me, baby, Because I'm on a loan [Read entire topic]

#7: David Dodd (ddodd) Tue 2 Mar 04 14:29

Tue, 02 Mar 2004 14:29:00 PST

Bezackly. [Read entire topic]

#6: Marked from the Day That I was Born (ssol) Tue 2 Mar 04 12:37

Tue, 02 Mar 2004 12:37:00 PST

Yuck, n''yunk... Will Mickey Mouse be sticking the Ice Cream Cone in his kisser on the front cover of that edition? [Read entire topic]

#5: David Dodd (ddodd) Tue 2 Mar 04 10:05

Tue, 02 Mar 2004 10:05:00 PST

I will certainly track them for the post-copyright-expiration edition of the complete GD lyrics! Should be out in a couple hundred years...at the very latest. [Read entire topic]