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Rickie Lee Jones — Jolie Jolie
Album: Traffic From Paradise
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Released: 1993
Length: 4:21
Plays (last 30 days): 3
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Jolie, jolie, pretty little thing
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All I want you to do is just be happy
And we went on a walk and we went on a hill
And come back up again, you know I will
Just to bring you the mail, to me it's just another hill
Jolie, jolie, dancing love
All I want you to do is just be happy, be happy
Do you want me to fly to heaven's gate?
?I won't wait
I'll go right away cuz to me it's just another day
Jolie, jolie, dancing
All I want you to do is just be happy, even happier than that

Do you want me to stop every time I start?
When I kiss your lips and you break my heart
But I do this to me it's just a little kiss
It's just a little kiss
Uh, huh, stay right there on the "A"
Yeah baby stay there
Oh daddy, you can only do the best you can
I just want you to be happy, eh
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 thewiseking wrote:

Imagine the Neville's without balls


The apostrophe only adds additional pain to the comment.
Posted 1 month ago by TurtleMan    [ Reply ]
 ThePoose wrote:

In case you are wondering about the French in this song, jolie means ''pretty'' as in Elle est tres jolie (She is very pretty).
Her accent on the French phrases she sings is pas mal de tout! (not bad at all).


* très
Posted 1 month ago by TurtleMan    [ Reply ]
Posted 9 months ago by TallCreative1    [ Reply ]
Love this from RLJ going to b an 8
Posted 1 year ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:

Imagine the Neville's without balls




the percussion is sounding like a Neville assist on a Lanois tune,  The Maker

Posted 2 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
 Matt_Maurer wrote:

Unmanufactured cool. RLJ had always had her very own cool style ..9/10


100% agreement here, doing the +1 today to join you in Nineland for this steamy hot number.  LLRP!!
Posted 2 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
I love RLJ but this is a very, very long way from her best.  Ordinary blues shuffle.  
Posted 4 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
Unmanufactured cool. RLJ had always had her very own cool style ..9/10
Posted 4 years ago by Matt_Maurer    [ Reply ]
The “Duchess” of Cool! Met her @ the Troubadour when I first arrived in El Lay with “Chuckie!” Yes, he existed!
Posted 4 years ago by bobbyaponte    [ Reply ]
Second line is 'Berce moi toute la nuit' or 'rock me all night'. 

Great shuffle, great sound. 
Posted 4 years ago by birdland    [ Reply ]
I love earlier RLJ (Pirates, The Magazine) but this song is just boring - derivative bluesy chug-a-lug.
Posted 4 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
Love laid back Ricki Lee Jones, cool, groovy, jazzy and great rythums! You go girl!!
Posted 5 years ago by Matt_Maurer    [ Reply ]
"Even happier than that..."
Posted 5 years ago by zenhead    [ Reply ]
 bobringer wrote:
Y'all are gonna think I'm crazy...

But there is a melody underlying this whole thing that is VERY reminiscent of Howlin' Wolf's Killing Floor 
 
Both songs are basic I-IV-V blues progressions, but I don't hear much similarity in the melodies..
Posted 5 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
Imagine the Neville's without balls
 
Do you spend a lot of time thinking about that?
Posted 5 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
Imagine the Neville's without balls
Posted 5 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Reminds me (in a good way) of Van Morrison's Cleaning Windows. Both of them can really do the rhythm shuffle -- and a great band doesn't hurt! ;-)
Posted 5 years ago by rita_johnson    [ Reply ]
a good song from a great album
Posted 5 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
"Corrine, Corrina"
Posted 13 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
I'm not going to copy that Jolie pic down there; it's huge. Pretty nice, though.
Posted 13 years ago by michaelgmitchell    [ Reply ]
 bobringer wrote:
Y'all are gonna think I'm crazy...

But there is a melody underlying this whole thing that is VERY reminiscent of Howlin' Wolf's Killing Floor 
 
You're not crazy.  The underlying melody is essentially a I - IV - V, twelve-bar progression, used in thousands of blues, folk, pop, rock, and zydeco songs.


Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
THAT MADE THIS SONG A WHOLE LOT BETTER!!!

 jagdriver wrote:



 

Posted 13 years ago by mapman    [ Reply ]
Yee hah!

 4merdj wrote:

Holly Jolie!! {#Jump}

holly jolie


 


Posted 13 years ago by mapman    [ Reply ]
Serviceable but not the best RLJ.
{#Tongue}
Posted 13 years ago by mapman    [ Reply ]
Nice!
Posted 14 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]



Posted 14 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 Monicks wrote:
How awesome to be on holiday in CA and to be listening to my fav station RP by a pool in Santa Barbara, via my iPhone! Cool !
 


On my way to work, bye bye fm
Posted 14 years ago by michaelc    [ Reply ]

Holly Jolie!! {#Jump}

holly jolie


Posted 14 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]
 bobringer wrote:
Y'all are gonna think I'm crazy...

But there is a melody underlying this whole thing that is VERY reminiscent of Howlin' Wolf's Killing Floor 
 
You is crazy! {#Wink}
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
How awesome to be on holiday in CA and to be listening to my fav station RP by a pool in Santa Barbara, via my iPhone! Cool !
Posted 15 years ago by Monicks    [ Reply ]
 Mike_Sneade wrote:
{#Yawn} Wake me up when this has finished.
 

Exactly my thoughts.
Posted 15 years ago by NormaJean    [ Reply ]
Y'all are gonna think I'm crazy...

But there is a melody underlying this whole thing that is VERY reminiscent of Howlin' Wolf's Killing Floor 
Posted 15 years ago by bobringer    [ Reply ]
{#Yawn} Wake me up when this has finished.
Posted 15 years ago by Mike_Sneade    [ Reply ]
In case you are wondering about the French in this song, jolie means ''pretty'' as in Elle est tres jolie (She is very pretty).
Her accent on the French phrases she sings is pas mal de tout! (not bad at all).
Posted 15 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
 Leslie wrote:
Rickie's sounding awfully good on this one.
 
I find the guitar to almost sound jerryish dont you?

Posted 15 years ago by kctomato    [ Reply ]
Sexy vocals...
Posted 16 years ago by sirrus    [ Reply ]
suitep wrote:
I feel like giving her a '1' for everything, since she was completely awful and nasty when I saw her play a few years back.
I used to just love her, too.


So far everything I've heard by her is awful and nasty.  Feel free to give her a '1' for everything, I sure did.

Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
Is that Leo Kottke playing guitar here? Sure sounds like his style. EDIT: I just checked out the album info and yes, indeed, it is Leo. Other songs on this album are accompanied by Brian Setzer and others... I might have to check it out.
Posted 16 years ago by NHMick    [ Reply ]
suitep wrote:
I feel like giving her a '1' for everything, since she was completely awful and nasty when I saw her play a few years back. I used to just love her, too.
Well, no one expects Rickie Lee to be all sweetness and light. I saw her perform earlier this year on the The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard tour, though, and she was pleasant and funny.
Posted 16 years ago by Inamorato    [ Reply ]
Odyzzeuz wrote:
Adenoids.
Yeah, well I'd lick her adenoids.
Posted 17 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
Odyzzeuz wrote:
I love that. Now I'm that much happier in my distaste for her adenoidal crooning.
Glad I could help.
Posted 17 years ago by suitep    [ Reply ]
I love that. Now I'm that much happier in my distaste for her adenoidal crooning.
Posted 17 years ago by Odyzzeuz    [ Reply ]
I feel like giving her a '1' for everything, since she was completely awful and nasty when I saw her play a few years back. I used to just love her, too.
Posted 17 years ago by suitep    [ Reply ]
Adenoids.
Posted 17 years ago by Odyzzeuz    [ Reply ]
So cool! Rickie olus chills me!
Posted 17 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
That's quite a set of singer/songwriters - love 'em or hate 'em, they're all distinctive. Rickie Lee Jones - Jolie Jolie Neko Case - Buckets of Rain Tracy Chapman - Let it Rain Madeleine Peyroux - California Raining
Posted 17 years ago by meydele    [ Reply ]
"even happier than that"
Posted 17 years ago by maxmox    [ Reply ]
i wish rickie would've had her adenoids looked to...
Posted 21 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
Thanks for the Rickie!
Posted 21 years ago by Althea    [ Reply ]
My big brother put this on a mix tape for me some 10 years ago....it's so great to hear this on RP!
Posted 21 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Leslie: Rickie's sounding awfully good on this one.
My fave from this cd is a truly lovely song, "Stewart's Coat". Rickie sounds fine in Paradise.
Posted 21 years ago by mperry    [ Reply ]
Rickie\'s sounding awfully good on this one.
Posted 22 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]