recorded 50 years ago today (river)/tomorrow (cowgirl)
― mookieproof, Thursday, 17 January 2019 20:22 (five years ago) link
I've always thought that Cowgirl was the sound of the last big log being thrown on the last campfire on earth.
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 17 January 2019 20:29 (five years ago) link
Cowgirl 4eva
― sleeve, Thursday, 17 January 2019 20:37 (five years ago) link
i agree with both of the previous posts! it has a crackle and a sizzle and an air of The End! i never ever get sick of cowgirl, sometimes i tire of the river (just a little)
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 17 January 2019 20:38 (five years ago) link
happy 50th birthday to these two great songs!!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 17 January 2019 20:40 (five years ago) link
i realize that post was inane but obvs inspired by love
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 17 January 2019 20:41 (five years ago) link
i love you, down by the river and cowgirl in the sand! if you want to listen to two very lo-fi (but very HOT) live versions from 1970, here you go: https://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/182086674297/down-by-the-river-cowgirl-in-the-sand-neil
― tylerw, Thursday, 17 January 2019 20:44 (five years ago) link
at some point in the mid-80s i saw this version of 'river' (with the international harvesters in 1984) on austin city limits. in retrospect probably pales beside other live performances with other backing bands but as a 13yo i remember being utterly hypnotized by it. which is why i probably voted 'river'
― mookieproof, Thursday, 17 January 2019 20:53 (five years ago) link
On the album, "Cowgirl" easily. But as a jam that's 47 years long, this is shivers when they finally hit the chorus after suspense that goes longer than the whole studio version of "River".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI2ey2g8pcM
― eva logorrhea (bendy), Thursday, 17 January 2019 22:27 (five years ago) link
River is moodier but Cowgirl has more interesting stiff going on musically. That Dm7 stomp underneath “it’s rhe woman in you...” is so great
― calstars, Sunday, 3 February 2019 13:03 (five years ago) link
Also, River is moving, but is hardly alone as a "shot my woman song", where on Cowgirl, the fever-dream altered state is palpable and strange.
― eva logorrhea (bendy), Sunday, 3 February 2019 18:22 (five years ago) link
Ha, I just listened to this record a couple hours ago.
River is the sound of the coming apocalypse; Cowgirl the sound of everything lost in it.
― Zsa Zsa Binks (PBKR), Monday, 4 February 2019 01:19 (five years ago) link