Demonic Possession His courts in session I sign my confession Demonic Possession
It was raining on the day she told me them things that fella sold me Mama wasn't thee to scold me No prison or cell could hold me I still recall the date I'z probably about eight when I sealed my fate You honor I rightly state (repete chorus)
Suddenly I had a foot hold I became such a butthole I don't need nobody consoling me No one but the devil controlling me
I can kick ass and talk backward I hang out with a whole bunch of slackers and I know I can get some help from him I listen to a lot of Led Zeppelin (repete chorus)
I got so much money I don't need smarts My records are flying to the top of the charts and I'm eating in all those fancy restaurants and Hanging out with Sam Phillips and I owe it all to him Oh, the shape I'm in The devil says the only thing that's buggin him is Hell's filling up with Republicans
mwh wrote:Love this song, but Sam Phillips? I'm pretty sure it's Jerry Lee Lewis.
you are correct, but the "official" lyrics on the dbt website have always been sam phillips. was hoping somebody had some info as to why it was changed to the jerry lee lewis.
one of my favorite lines in all of dbtdom.
and i'm eating in all those fancy restaurants.....hanging out with jerry lee lewis.
This is our weakest album and we didn't really know how to do what we were trying to do yet. It does, however have The Living Bubba, which is still the best song I've ever written, Panties In your Purse, which was one of Cooley's earliest creations, and Late For Church, which was written by our original bass player Adam Howell and is one of the weirdest and sublime things we ever recorded.
I read the "weakest" part to be talking about the substance of the album.
I also don't mind the sound either. GB wouldn't be the same without the static crackle at the beginning of Why Henry Drinks or the end of Panties, and I wouldn't change a thing on PD. The most important thing in my book is hearing three guitars and a tight rythym section, and both albums hit those nails on the head.
mwh wrote:Love this song, but Sam Phillips? I'm pretty sure it's Jerry Lee Lewis.
you are correct, but the "official" lyrics on the dbt website have always been sam phillips. was hoping somebody had some info as to why it was changed to the jerry lee lewis.
one of my favorite lines in all of dbtdom.
and i'm eating in all those fancy restaurants.....hanging out with jerry lee lewis.
I guess i havent read the officail website lyrics, good question!Good song and great album!!!!! Yes, why dont we hear that much. The Living Bubba(which i love) and the occasional PITP is pretty much all you get played off the album.
I partial to "I hang out with whole bunch of slackers, and i know i can get some help from them, i listen to a lot of LED ZEPPELIN!!!!
its kinda like an erection at church, you just can't beat it
uuuhhhhh, I've noticed they play a bunch of the others from time to time, namely Wife Beater, Buttholeville, 18 Wheels of Love, and very rarely - Sandwiches for the Road(awesome tune!). I remember a show we saw in Baltimore in '08 maybe? where the Avett Bros. opened and they busted out Wife Beater for us. niiiiiiiiice.
and i'm eating in all those fancy restaurants.....hanging out with jerry lee lewis. [/quote] I guess i havent read the officail website lyrics, good question!Good song and great album!!!!! Yes, why dont we hear that much. The Living Bubba(which i love) and the occasional PITP is pretty much all you get played off the album.
I partial to "I hang out with whole bunch of slackers, and i know i can get some help from them, i listen to a lot of LED ZEPPELIN!!!![/quote]
Passing along from Patterson: 3DD Gang: Regarding the song Demonic Possession:
I wrote it while working a wait shift at a great little cajun restaurant in Watkinsville GA in August of 1996. It was during the GOP convention and the TV in the kitchen was on with coverage of Pat Buchanan's speech. Seems like he was invoking God into his speech as if his was the only message for those with faith and I remember thinking that he'd surely peg Jesus as a hippie commie or something and if there was a God, he or she would probably think Buchanan was an asshole.
I can't remember the specifics of what inspired what, but as things happen in songwriting I'm sure one thing inspired another and so on. It was written really quickly (as were most of my songs in those days) and earmarked for the Pizza Deliverance album (which was to come first and which was dedicated to Sam Phillips who grew up in my home town). Sam is often rightly considered The Father of Rock and Roll which used to be considered The Devil's Music. I'd write a line or two then refill someone's sweet tea. Whenever I'd walk back into the kitchen, I'd see a little of the speech and usually my boss, who was Cajun and quite the character, would spout off something obscene and hilarious. (Picture James Carville with a cigarette, some bourbon and a lot more hair).
Back when we played The Star Bar and opened shows for Truckadelic, we always got laughs and cheers with the line about Led Zeppelin and sometimes in Athens I would substitute "Her" for "Him" and end the line with "listen to a whole lot of Jucifer."
I know that live it quickly was changed to Jerry Lee Lewis because of his conflicted views on God and Satan.
Once I probably sang Jerry Lewis, which kind of works in a fucked up way also.
I don't remember how it ended up on Gangstabilly instead but I've always regretted it's inclusion on any album, as I've always felt it was one of my very lesser songs and the most half baked of anything I've allowed out the door and onto an album. I don't think the track is very well-played on the album either and is by far my least favorite recording in our catalog. Many hate The President's Penis is Missing more, but to me it still holds up for what it intended to do and as a snapshot of a time that unfortunately now comes off as good old days (Green Grinch anyone?). Plus it has the word "Ole'" in the chorus. You gotta love that. If I was doing it now, neither song would make the album.
Summer of 1996. An exciting time for me as the world was flush with the possibilities this brand new band seemed to offer. I was living in abject poverty but I was writing at a fevered pitch. I probably wrote 100 songs that year including Bulldozers and Dirt and The Living Bubba (written about a week apart in March of that year). This year those songs (and DBT) will be eligible for a drivers license but I don't think I'll be letting Demonic Possession drive anywhere anytime soon.
Oh and Bob Dole would be considered way too liberal for this year's GOP.
I respectfully disagree with Mr. Hood on this one. Considering the "Righteous" attitude's of Rick Santorum and the like this year, I think it fits perfectly with what is going on in American politics. Patterson, if your listening, PLEASE bring this one back. It's better than you think.
Tequila Cowboy wrote:Keep it civil boys. Keep it civil.
it's all good. i thought zip was referring back to the song with the butthole comment. if he was, bonus points for him. if not, then the irony is even better.
Tequila Cowboy wrote:Keep it civil boys. Keep it civil.
man, oh, man. It's amazing to me how this site has changed in the last few years. I guess it's for the better, but sometimes I actually miss the profanity laced knockdown's I used to have with Cortez
Tequila Cowboy wrote:Keep it civil boys. Keep it civil.
man, oh, man. It's amazing to me how this site has changed in the last few years. I guess it's for the better, but sometimes I actually miss the profanity laced knockdown's I used to have with Cortez
I'm not stopping you Rev, have at Cortez if you'd like. I'll even throw a "motherfucker" or two into the fray. Hell we can have a cussing contest. I just think a dust up over Demonic Possession is a bit silly.
We call him Scooby Do, but Scooby doesn’t do. Scooby, is not involved
mark lynn wrote: I don't remember how it ended up on Gangstabilly instead but I've always regretted it's inclusion on any album, as I've always felt it was one of my very lesser songs and the most half baked of anything I've allowed out the door and onto an album. I don't think the track is very well-played on the album either and is by far my least favorite recording in our catalog. Many hate The President's Penis is Missing more, but to me it still holds up for what it intended to do and as a snapshot of a time that unfortunately now comes off as good old days (Green Grinch anyone?). Plus it has the word "Ole'" in the chorus. You gotta love that. If I was doing it now, neither song would make the album.
Patterson
It's nice to know that Mr. Hood knows and understands (and can edit) his music better than his fans. That's a very good thing.
What used to be is gone and what ought to be ought not to be so hard
Tequila Cowboy wrote:Keep it civil boys. Keep it civil.
man, oh, man. It's amazing to me how this site has changed in the last few years. I guess it's for the better, but sometimes I actually miss the profanity laced knockdown's I used to have with Cortez
It was incredibly one-sided on a couple of levels. You resorted to the profanity & name calling. I simply gutted your ridiculous statements and occasionally posted an unflattering picture of you that you yourself posted to the 'net. Ahhhhhhhh... the good ol' days.
You are entitled to your opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts.
- DPM
Tequila Cowboy wrote:Keep it civil boys. Keep it civil.
man, oh, man. It's amazing to me how this site has changed in the last few years. I guess it's for the better, but sometimes I actually miss the profanity laced knockdown's I used to have with Cortez
It was incredibly one-sided on a couple of levels. You resorted to the profanity & name calling. I simply gutted your ridiculous statements and occasionally posted an unflattering picture of you that you yourself posted to the 'net. Ahhhhhhhh... the good ol' days.
I had forgotten about the pictures. Those were always entertaining.
We call him Scooby Do, but Scooby doesn’t do. Scooby, is not involved
No matter what Patterson thinks of the song I still love it. I also consider Gangstabilly and Pizza Deliverance to be my two favorite Drive-By Truckers albums. When I first heard them I would listen to them non-stop for weeks on end. There's been other albums they've released since then that I like a whole lot but none that have had that same kind of effect on me.
