비비 킹을 한마디로 설명한다면 블루스계의 살아있는 전설이 아닐까. 그의 노래와 기타 연주는 블루스 뮤지션은 물론 록과 재즈 뮤지션들에게도 지대한 영향을 주었으며 그의 곡들은 지금도 수많은 연주자들에 의해 리메이크 되고 있는 실정. 50년부터 62년까지의 비비 킹의 음악 행적을 담고 있는 본작을 단순히 베스트 성향의 일반적인 모음집으로 본다면 오산. 첫 장 부터 빌보드 차트에 랭크되었던 곡들을 수록, 해당 년도마다 그의 인기도와 음악적 변화상에 대해 되짚어 볼 수 있다. 한편 CD 2에는 라는 큰 테마를 정해 비비 킹이 영향을 준 혹은 그 반대로 가스펠, 재즈, R&B 등에서 비비 킹이 영향을 받아 만든 음악들을 수록, 보다 흥미로운 음악 감상을 할 수 있게 돕고 있다. .... ....
I've been in love with you baby Honey before I learned to call your name Yes, I was in love with you baby Honey before I learned to call your name Yeah, the way you treatin' me baby Honey you gonna drive old me insane
Yeah, you know I love you I'll do anything you tell me to Yeah, you know I love you baby And I'll do anything you tell me to Well there's nothing in this world baby Honey that I wouldn't do for you
Well if you love me baby Honey do everything I say Yeah, if you love me baby Honey do everything I say Yes, if you don't do what I tell you You better get on your knees and pray
Well, I want you to be my girlfriend Baby I'm gonna be your boy Yes, be my girlfriend baby Honey and I'm gonna be your boy Yeah, I'm gonna buy you a Cadillac car Just to drive me where ever you are...
Well, I'm feeling alright Everything's okay Well, I'm feeling alright And everything's okay Well, I got a letter from my baby She's coming home today
Oh, won't you come on, baby? Baby, please hurry home Oh, won't you come on, baby? Baby, please hurry home Yes, I'm tired of sleeping by myself And I'm tired of being alone
Well, I'm looking for you, baby And everything's alright Well, I'm looking for you, baby Everything's alright Yeah, but if you don't get here in the morning Please be here by tonight
Oh, hurry, baby Please catch the first train Oh, hurry, baby Please catch the first train Well, if you don't hurry home, baby Old B's gonna go insane
When my heart starts to beat like a hammer And my eyes get full of tears Oh when my heart starts to beat like a hammer And my eyes get full of tears You know you've only been gone 24 hours baby And baby it seems like a million years
Now if I ever mistreated you baby You know I didn't mean no harm Oh if I ever mistreated you baby God knows I didn't mean no harm You know I'm just a little country boy baby And I was raised right down on the cotton farm
Oh you give me so much trouble baby Baby I don't know what to do Oh you give me so much trouble baby Baby I don't know I don't know what to do I ain't got nothing I ain't got nothing now baby Baby it's all over and it's all on account of you
Well she's thirty-six in the bust Twenty-eight in the waist Forty-four in the hips She's got real crazy legs You upset me baby Yes you upset me baby And I'm telling you people She's something fine that you really ought to see
Well she's not too tall Complexion is fair Man she knocks me out The way she wears her hair You upset me baby Yes you upset me baby Like being hit by a falling tree Woman, woman what you do to me
Well I've tried to describe her It's hard to start I'd better stop now Because I've got a weak heart Well you upset me baby Yes you upset me baby Well like being hit by a falling tree Woman, woman what you do to me
Well I've tried to describe her It's hard to start I'd better stop now Because I've got a weak heart You upset me baby Yes you upset me baby Well like being hit by a falling tree Woman what you do to me
Well I had a woman She was nice, kind and loving to me in every way Oh I had a woman She was nice, kind and loving to me in every way Oh she used to love me And bring my breakfast to my bed every day
For ten long years She was my pride and joy Oh for ten long years She was my pride and joy And I used to call her my little girl Oh she used to call me She used to call me her little boy
Oh it's all over baby You know I'm all alone It's all over baby Damn you know I'm all alone Well the reason you hear me singing the blues baby Yeah you know my baby's gone She's gone she's gone
Well, my bad luck is falling Falling down like rain Bad luck is falling Falling down like rain No matter what I do Seems like my luck won't never change
I felt kinda lucky My luck was running slow The last hand I caught four aces And the police broke down the door I said, Lord Lord, what can a poor boy do? Well, ain't it bad when you can't make no money Seems like all the bad breaks will come to you
Yeah, I got home this morning She was looking kinda funny She said "Don't come in, daddy Daddy, unless you got some money" And I said, Lord Lord, what can a poor boy do? Well, ain't it tough when you can't make no money Without your woman turning her back on you
Well now, I asked my woman for some dinner She looked at me like a fool She said, "I'm playing checkers, daddy And I think it's your turn to move" I said, oh Lord, what can a poor boy do? Yes, it's bad when you can't make no money And your woman turns her back on you
I've got a sweet little angel I love the way she spread her wings Yes got a sweet little angel I love the way she spread her wings Yes, when she spreads her wings around me I get joy, and everything
You know I asked my baby for a nickel And she gave me a $20 bill Oh yes, I asked my baby for a nickel And she gave me a $20 bill Whoah, you know I ask her to buy a little drink of liquor And she gave me a whiskey still
Oh, if my baby should quit me I believe I would die Oh if my baby should quit me Lord I do believe I would die Yes if you don't love me little angel Please tell me the reason why
Troubles, trouble, troubles, troubles is all in the world I see Troubles, trouble, troubles, troubles is all in the world I see Oh sometimes I wonder, wonder what is gonna become of me
When I wake up early in the mornin', blues and troubles all around my bed Oh when I wake up early in the mornin', blues and troubles all around my bed Oh I never will forget people, the last words I heard my baby said
She said I'm leavin' you in the mornin', BB and cryin' won't make me stay She said I'm leavin' you in the mornin', BB and your cryin' won't make me stay Ah the more you cry honey, the farther you're goin' to drive me away
Oh if you just got to go baby, I hope you will come back one day Oh yes if you just got to go baby, please come on back some day Oh but I never will forget baby, baby the way we used to love and play
I want to get married But no woman will hear my plea I want to get married But no woman will hear my plea Yes, it seems somehow I can't get one to walk downthe aisle with me
Well, I've only been in love But three times in my life Yes, the first, I couldn't satisfy her But I've only been in love three times in my life Yes, the second one was a juice-head And the third was another man's wife
Yeah, they say "join the navy If you really wanna see the world" Well, but I say "join B.B. King Baby if you really want to be loved"
Aw, my time is gone Babe and I really must say goodbye Aw, my time is gone Babe and I really must say goodbye So you women better watch out I must have that wife before I die
Rock me baby, rock me all night long Rock me baby, honey, rock me all night long I want you to rock me baby, like my back ain't got no bones
Roll me baby, like you roll a wagon wheel I want you to roll me baby, like you roll a wagon wheel Want you to roll me baby, you don't know how it makes me feel
Rock me baby, honey, rock me slow Yeah, rock me pretty baby, baby rock me slow Want you to rock me baby, till I want no more
Blues shadows fallin', since my baby went away Blues shadows fallin', since my baby went away You know the blues is my companion, every night and every day
The blues walked in this morning, when my baby said goodbye The blues walked in this morning, when my baby said goodbye I wish I could change her mind, but I know it's no use for me to try
Yes will you talk to me baby, if it's just by the telephone Won't you please talk to me baby, if it's just by the telephone Let me tell you how I miss you baby and how it feels to be alone
So brother, if you got a good woman, man, you better take my advice Say, if you got a good woman, man, you better take my advice You better treat her like an angel and keep her home at any price
I sit right here baby, baby, and sit down on my knee Yes, right here darlin', baby, and sit down on my knee I want to tell you babe Abut the way you're treatin' me
You're the mean mistreater darlin' And you don't mean no man no good Yes, a mean mistreater And you don't mean no man no good Yes, I'm going to quit you darlin' And live like a wise man should
Yes, I'm going away to leave you darlin', babe And your cryin' won't make me stay Well, I'm going away to leave you, baby And your cryin' won't make me stay Yes, I'm gonna leave you darlin' Some day you will change your way
Hey baby, you ain't treating me right You go off everyday and don't come home til night That ain't the way to do it That ain't the way to do it That ain't the way to do it That ain't the way to get along
Well I'm pickin' you up and takin' you to my house Now you're up and you're treating me like a mouse That ain't the way to do it That ain't the way to do it That ain't the way to do it That ain't the way to get along
Well I takin' you into my house and did everything I could You told everybody in the neighborhood That ain't the way to do it That ain't the way to do it That ain't the way to do it That ain't the way to get along
Well if you got a little woman and she won't treat you right Beat her three times a day and whoop her a little at night That ain't the way to do it That ain't the way to do it That ain't the way to do it That ain't the way to get along
You might be old, about 90 years But you ain't too old to shift them gears You can shake it up and go (Shake it up and go) Shake it up and go (Shake it up and go) You good-looking people sure can shake it up and go
Mama killed a chicken, she thought it was a duck She put it on the table with his legs sticking up She had to shake it up and go (Shake it up and go) Shake it up and go (Shake it up and go) You good-looking people sure got to shake it up and go
I told my baby the week before last The gait she had was just a little too fast She had to shake it up and go (Shake it up and go) Shake it up and go (Shake it up and go) You good-looking people sure got to shake it up and go
Look here baby, you ain't treating me right You go out everyday, stay out late at night You got to shake it up and go, baby (Shake it up and go) You got to shake it up and go (Shake it up and go) You good-looking people sure got to shake it up and go
Well, baby, baby, baby look at you Yes, I said baby, baby, baby, baby look at you Well, you want to jump on me and hurt me 'Cos I won't let you tell me what to do
Well, when I first met you baby You didn't know what love is about You were standin' on the streets beggin' And ragged as a barrel of sauerkraut
Baby, baby, baby look at you Well now, you want to jump on me and hurt me 'Cos I won't let you tell me what to do
Well, you said once that you loved me I would always be your own And now you got your hands on some money, baby And you're drivin' B.B. away from home
Well, you said that you loved me I always would be your man Now you thrown me outdoors And said "Go and do the best you can"
Precious Lord, take my hand Lead me on, help me stand Lord, I'm tired, Lord, I'm so weak Lord, You know I am worn Through the storm, through the night Lead me on to the light Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me home
When my way, it gets kind of dreary Precious Lord, somewhere near When my light is almost gone
Hear my cry, Lord, hear my call Hold my hand lest I fall Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me home
I want to go home but I ain't got sufficient clothes Doggone my bad luck soul I ain't got no money and my job's done closed I would call that old woman but I'm afraid that she may explode
My wife done quit me, my girlfriend too Doggone my bad luck soul I ain't got nobody and I don't know what to do They say things will get better but I don't believe it's true
I thought I had friends but they all disappeared Doggone my bad luck soul Everything I do people, everything I do seems to be wrong It wouldn't be so bad if I knew I had a home
Hold that train, conductor Please don't let that engineer start Hold that train, conductor Please don't let that engineer start Well, I wanna ride your train this morning Just to ease my achin' heart
Yes, for the last few mornings lately Before I get out of my bed Yes, for the last few mornings lately Before I get out of my bed Well, I hear your whistle moanin' And it almost drives me out of my head
I'll pay my fare when we starts rollin' All your money's right here in my pants I'll pay my fare when we starts rollin' All your money's right here in my pants Well, I know I should back and buy a ticket Yes, but I'm afraid to take the chance
Oh, don't stop this train, conductor Till this old state is out of sight Yes, don't stop this train, conductor Till Mississippi is out of sight Well, you know I'm going to California Where I, I know my baby will treat me right
I met a fine beautician In a very fine condition She was long and lean And you know what that means She's a good lovin' mama A hard workin' woman She makes a lot of money I don't have to worry about a thing
She works hard all day Dressin' hair Man you can bet I want to get somewhere With my good lovin' mama My hard workin' woman She makes a lot of money I don't have to worry about a thing
I meet the finest woman From everywhere Because my baby Dress their hair I'll be her lover boy She treats me like a king She makes a lot of money Don't have to worry about a thing
Yes, she keeps her hair So neat and fine And every pound of her is mine I'll be her lover boy I'll be happy as a king She makes a lot of money Don't have to worry about a thing
This is a mean old world, baby to live in all by yourself Yes it's a mean old world, baby to live in all by yourself Yes, you can't get the woman you love and you have to put up with somebody else
Baby, I smile to keep from worryin' and I laugh just to keep from cryin' Oh I smile to keep from worryin', baby and I laugh just to keep from cryin'
Well, that's to keep the public for knowin' what I got on my mind
Yes, someday baby, when the blood runs cold in my vein Yes, someday baby, when the blood runs cold in my vein Well, I hope You'll around by here to mistreat me baby, 'cause my heart it feel no pain
If you ever been mistreated, then you know just what I'm talking about. If you ever been mistreated people, you know just what I'm talking about. I tell you I worked, I worked five long years for a woman, and she had the nerve to put me out.
You know I got a job in a steel mill, trucking steel like a slave. Five long years, every Friday I went straight home with all of my pay. If you ever been mistreated people then you know just what I'm talking about. I tell you I worked, I worked five long years for a woman, and she had the nerve to put me out.
But you know, I finally learned a lesson, a long, long time ago. The next woman that I marry, she gotta work and bring in the dough. If you been mistreated people then you know just what I'm talking about. I tell you I worked, I worked five long years for a woman, she had the nerve, she had the nerve to put me out.