From Cool Hand Luke, in memory of Paul Newman:
We used to wail on this back in my church camp days. (We weren’t big on hypocrisy back then, either.) A folk-inspired song written in the ’50s, it’s been covered by a wide variety of artists, including Jack Johnson, the Levellers, the King Earl Boogie Band, the Flaming Lips, the Dead Kennedy and Billy Idol.
Thanks.
I forgot about this song and wish Paul Newman got more chances to sing in movies.
That song was on the radio when I was younger, but I never paid attention to who was singing – maybe it was the version by the King Earl Boogie Band that was banned in the UK . Now you tell me it’s been around since the fifties.
Coming here is so educational, Craig.
Annie at the Transplantable Rose