'Long Cool Woman'
The Hollies’ 1972 hit “Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress” is one of my all time favorite songs. And here’s why: Until the Internet age, when all information is available to all people, I could never completely decipher the lyrics. All I could ever figure out for sure was something about bars, FBI agents, DA’s, and, of course, a long cool woman. Not knowing the lyrics made it all the more fascinating and mysterious to me. I’ve always pictured the events of the song taking place in a noir-type setting. “Long Cool Woman” preceded MTV by about 10 years so fortunately no video ever came along to ruin that image.
Even now, when a click of a mouse gives me not only lyrics, but a plot description, the song still takes on an almost Coenesque beauty when I hear it.
Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress.mp3
Labels: classic rock
posted by aikin @ 5:14 PM
2 Comments:
Wow -- I never quite knew what this song was about either (and I usually pay a lot of attention to lyrics). Thanks for posting this!
It's interesting that the song doesn't really sound like the Hollies and doesn't have their signature vocal harmonyies. I have a friend who always assumed this song was done by Credence (with one of the other guys singing) because of the distinctive guitar sound.
"...so fortunately no video ever came along to ruin that image"
I always regretted seeing my favorites for this very reason - the fantasy is always better!
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