In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
The gypsy woman told my mother
Before I was born
I got a boy-child's comin'
He's gonna be a son-of-a-gun
He's gonna make pretty women's
Jump and shout
Then the world gonna know
What this all about
Don't you know I'm here
Everybody knows I'm here
Well, you know I'm the hoochie-coochie man
Everybody knows I'm here
I got a black cat bone
I got a mojo too
I got John the Conqueror
I'm gonna mess with you
I'm gonna make you girls
Lead me by my hand
Then the world'll know
The hoochie-coochie man
Don't you know I'm here
Everybody knows I'm here
Well, you know I'm the hoochie-coochie man
Everybody knows I'm here
On the seventh hour
On the seventh day
On the seventh month
The seventh doctor say
"He was born for good luck
And that you see
I got seven hundred dollars
And don't you mess with me
But you know I'm here
Everybody knows I'm here
Well, you know I'm the hoochie-coochie man
Everybody knows I'm here
Before I was born
I got a boy-child's comin'
He's gonna be a son-of-a-gun
He's gonna make pretty women's
Jump and shout
Then the world gonna know
What this all about
Don't you know I'm here
Everybody knows I'm here
Well, you know I'm the hoochie-coochie man
Everybody knows I'm here
I got a black cat bone
I got a mojo too
I got John the Conqueror
I'm gonna mess with you
I'm gonna make you girls
Lead me by my hand
Then the world'll know
The hoochie-coochie man
Don't you know I'm here
Everybody knows I'm here
Well, you know I'm the hoochie-coochie man
Everybody knows I'm here
On the seventh hour
On the seventh day
On the seventh month
The seventh doctor say
"He was born for good luck
And that you see
I got seven hundred dollars
And don't you mess with me
But you know I'm here
Everybody knows I'm here
Well, you know I'm the hoochie-coochie man
Everybody knows I'm here
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What's wrong with Muddy Waters?! i think he's great!
hoochie coochie can stand for a) female genitals b) (illicit) Liquor or c) (the least likely) a voodoo doctor
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What a walloping refrain!
Idk whether its an attack on the woman -- ie. You want me for sex, everyone knows -- or an attack on the man -- He uses everyone for sex, he'll never be in a committed relationship; he's not capable.
Don't like this.
@anintellectual Well, seeing as your "analysis" is flat out WRONG, then we can disregard what you think of it.
@anintellectual Well, seeing as your "analysis" is flat out WRONG, then we can disregard what you think of it.
This song is quite simply a brag about sexual prowess, told from an old-time, down-south, voodoo culture standpoint. Nothing more, nothing less.
The item mentioned in the second verse is "John the Conqueroot", a "magic ingredient" in a mojo hand/mojo bag, that confers these supposed powers over women.
"Mannish Boy", another Muddy Waters classic is this same song, told a slightly different way.
Muddy Waters is such a fucking phoney.