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TEN SONGS FOR THE NEW RECESSION #4: YR LOVIN’ WON’T PAY MY BILLS
They say the best things in life are free. Unfortunately, none of them are essential to getting by in the modern world. Whoever coined that line was either living off a trust fund, or didn’t put a whole lot of thought into it.
John Lee Hooker knew the deal.
PRODUCTION NOTE: In case yr wondering, the lyrics are in fact almost identical to “Money (That’s What I Want)” by Barrett Strong. But they’re technically two different songs – Hooker gets full songwriting credit for “I Need Some Money” while Berry Gordy and Janie Bradford are the credited songwriters for “Money (That’s What I Want)”. Since Hooker was playing his version years before Barrett Strong’s version came out, an argument could be made that Gordy and Bradford ripped off Hooker’s lyrics. But as far as I know it never went to court.
What it don’t get I can’t use,
This is dF
John Lee Hooker knew the deal.
PRODUCTION NOTE: In case yr wondering, the lyrics are in fact almost identical to “Money (That’s What I Want)” by Barrett Strong. But they’re technically two different songs – Hooker gets full songwriting credit for “I Need Some Money” while Berry Gordy and Janie Bradford are the credited songwriters for “Money (That’s What I Want)”. Since Hooker was playing his version years before Barrett Strong’s version came out, an argument could be made that Gordy and Bradford ripped off Hooker’s lyrics. But as far as I know it never went to court.
What it don’t get I can’t use,
This is dF