James McMurtry - You Got To Me (eTown webisode

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  • Опубліковано 2 лис 2024

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  • @davidlabelle361
    @davidlabelle361 4 роки тому +16

    Greatest. Living. Songwriter.

  • @mikem4672
    @mikem4672 8 років тому +44

    James McMurtry is a gift!! He should have much more acclaim. What a gifted songwriter!!

    • @crobarus
      @crobarus 7 років тому +2

      My favorite J M song.

    • @prairiecracker214
      @prairiecracker214 5 років тому +1

      Mike M - Word

    • @nadominhoca
      @nadominhoca 4 роки тому

      Pretty sure he is happy and confortable with what he achieved. He got the best acclaim from real appreciators!

  • @rickbroderick9146
    @rickbroderick9146 5 років тому +17

    Just a born storyteller...got soul, and gives it straight

  • @roygunter3244
    @roygunter3244 4 роки тому +16

    I have listened to this song at least 100 times, and each time I hear or feel something uniquely different. He can certainly fray your nerves and let the sadness in. He is so talented, of course there is no one like him just like all great talents what makes him great is the fact he is just him, no gimmicks or fancy lights needed. Every time I listen it is different because I feel a bit different and he has the ability to speak to people no matter how they feel.

  • @garryr486
    @garryr486 2 роки тому +9

    He has the same ability as his father to develop rich characters and to impeccably articulate time and place with vivid imagery. One of the best beer salesmen out there.

    • @zizendorf
      @zizendorf Рік тому +1

      Sells me Scotch! Lots...slowly...

  • @hughgeorge2919
    @hughgeorge2919 Місяць тому

    James is incomparable in his ability to travel around the country and write songs that are tailored to different regions…..Hurricane Party, Long Island Sound, Song For A Deck Hand’s Daughter come to mind.

  • @tobysettle8595
    @tobysettle8595 5 років тому +11

    So cool to see one of my very favorite musicians working in an ensemble setting. James is indeed an American treasure, though he'd probably hate being referred to as such.

  • @dbelew
    @dbelew 4 роки тому +5

    I just LOVE Helen's vocals and presence on stage. A stunningly talented duo are Helen and Nick. Thanks so much for recording and sharing these shows.

  • @alanmcgugan425
    @alanmcgugan425 6 років тому +13

    McMurtry An American Treasure

    • @targetedindividual808
      @targetedindividual808 4 роки тому

      I saw him at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco a few years back. Riveting.

  • @mcmurtryfan
    @mcmurtryfan 7 років тому +16

    I first discovered McMurtry upon the release of "St Mary Of The Woods" and I heard Valley Road on the radio late at night while driving. And I thought, wow, what a great song. Who is this guy? Went out and bought the CD and I've been a convert ever since.

  • @garyHackscienceNet
    @garyHackscienceNet 9 років тому +7

    I rediscover eTown every few years... delightful each time it happens... especially this time with James and Martha singing Zevon.

  • @richardjohnson3463
    @richardjohnson3463 Рік тому

    Wonderful, brilliant!! McMurtry MAGIC!

  • @ljgsuper
    @ljgsuper 8 років тому +36

    What's amazing about McMurtry is that he is a better guitar player than he is a writer, and he's a top notch songwriter. How people can make megamillions and not be able to write or play or sing without electronic harmonizers is unexplainable. This guy has more talent in his fingers than Brittany Spears or Katy Perry have in their entire body and he struggles while they get blockbuster contracts in Vegas. Life aint fair

    • @crobarus
      @crobarus 7 років тому

      They are a whole lot prettier . But they they ain't no Janis Joplin or Joni Mitchel

    • @MrGeorgespinkelberg
      @MrGeorgespinkelberg 2 роки тому

      I’m not sure how good he is at guitar but I think he’s too great of a writer for that statement to accurate

  • @seanmcglynn3638
    @seanmcglynn3638 5 років тому +9

    See him live he is great and actually gets paid

  • @jenniedecker2009
    @jenniedecker2009 4 роки тому +2

    i love everything he does he strings words together that resonate deeply

  • @earthurgeer
    @earthurgeer 3 місяці тому

    SUCH BEAUTY, LOVE TO YOU YOUNG GODSON, SWEET!

  • @ole5anddimer
    @ole5anddimer 3 роки тому +3

    "Brought all this empty down on top of me."

  • @mikedotte
    @mikedotte 4 роки тому

    It's amazing to see an artist who can crank out a song as perfect as this after so many other ones. My favorite JMc song.

  • @izzybearsnursrey8073
    @izzybearsnursrey8073 Рік тому +1

    Would luv to meet this guy great storyteller.

  • @andrewmain679
    @andrewmain679 Рік тому

    I remember Union Me. And , U got to me…. Great song.

  • @duaneingram3172
    @duaneingram3172 3 роки тому +6

    The 12 people that have thumbs down need to put their thumb somewhere else.

  • @tigvi3429
    @tigvi3429 3 роки тому

    Gimme more! Love this guy!!

  • @BillySBC
    @BillySBC 2 роки тому

    What a fantastic songwriter.

  • @billhunt4539
    @billhunt4539 2 роки тому +3

    Possibly the only song in recorded history to use the word "impervious"...

  • @gailmichaels5923
    @gailmichaels5923 6 місяців тому

    Damned near perfect

  • @iheartmydogs1870
    @iheartmydogs1870 5 років тому +2

    LOVE this!

  • @ItsMeKevinFPV
    @ItsMeKevinFPV 6 років тому +1

    Just AWESOME!!

  • @dalegillingham100
    @dalegillingham100 3 роки тому +2

    To celebrate undying faith
    We're gathered here like drifted wrecks
    For a late September wedding
    October breathing down our necks
    And I knew this town in another time
    I knew this town a younger man
    With the world in my hip pocket
    And a subway token in my hand...
    You got to me
    And they got candle light and a reggae band
    Champagne by the bucket load
    Limos lined up down the curb
    To take us where we need to go
    And I need to go somewhere I've been
    To find the place I lost the trail
    Way back then, so long ago
    I don't suppose you even know you got to me
    Brought all this empty down on top of me
    You got to me
    We danced between the snowflakes falling
    Tripping on the cobblestones
    And the trolley tracks, we had it all then
    Christmas break, your roommates gone
    We stoked the fire and let it burn
    Til the embers glowed in the morning light
    Trust in the tangle of skin on skin
    I've not known quite that feeling since you got to me
    Brought all this empty down on top of me
    I didn't know that we were not to be
    But I know a thing or two now
    The wedding party's raging yet
    How the old and desperate misbehave
    The limo smells like cocaine sweat
    Cheap perfume and aftershave
    It's gotta be one of these row house doors
    I knew the number long ago
    I'll step out on the curb
    And tell the driver "just go on and go"
    And you got to me
    Brought all this empty down on top of me
    I didn't know now that we were not to be
    But I know a thing or two now
    The paper boy wants a smoke
    Leans his bike against a tree
    And he's tired and cold and broke
    And he don't know what to make of me
    Standing here in my three piece suit
    Standing here just like I am
    With my vest unbuttoned and my necktie loose
    Impervious to all abuse
    You got to me
    Brought all this empty down on top of me
    Off on a thousand dollar odyssey
    And I know a thing or two now

  • @TheSerranoEd
    @TheSerranoEd 2 роки тому

    Perfect

  • @rschmot
    @rschmot 2 місяці тому

    Can someone tell me who the backup singer and backup guitar player is?

  • @howardrobinson4938
    @howardrobinson4938 2 роки тому

    Could well be the finest performance on eTown. Hum...wonder why?

  • @patjohnston7603
    @patjohnston7603 Рік тому

    bittersweet…

  • @MrDrewlips
    @MrDrewlips 6 років тому +3

    Who's this lovely woman?

    • @dschoonaert
      @dschoonaert 3 роки тому +1

      Helen Forster, eTown co-host (file this answer under the category "Better Late Than Never")

    • @MrDrewlips
      @MrDrewlips 3 роки тому

      @@dschoonaert thanks. she's great.

    • @sallysmith7242
      @sallysmith7242 3 роки тому

      @@dschoonaert Thanks for the info. Couldn't figure out who she was is...she's fantastic. Well, everything here, down to the dobro is fantastic.

  • @frankcorrenti5941
    @frankcorrenti5941 5 років тому +1

    Yes, and now, other than the bottleneck, I place this song along with LUCINDA WILLIAMS and the sides she puts together, down in the NOLA land. Bon Temps Roulez mon ami.

  • @targetedindividual808
    @targetedindividual808 4 роки тому +2

    Impervious to all abuse.

  • @winkleoop
    @winkleoop 6 років тому +1

    Haha Get a haircut hippie!

  • @charlie.something
    @charlie.something 4 роки тому

    I've seen him 5 times, being nowhere near texas. he played the same setlist 4 of 5 times. sigh. fucking kidding me? took a one off acoustic set to hear a saint mary. if I hear turtle bayou one. more. fucking. time. dude. mix your shit up. you have the songs. jenny finlay should be ashamed of herself. she's not repping you, dude.

  • @TheSerranoEd
    @TheSerranoEd 2 роки тому

    Perfect