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Question: Help me figure out this song

GrubbyUtter — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:49:40 -0800

Song Figuring Out Filter: a classicrock-ish song about some girl being evil. What's the one I'm thinking of?

I want to figure out a song I heard several months ago and I only have a couple vague clues to help *you* help me figure it out. I don't have the tune either, sorry.

1. There is a male voice singing (exclusively, no other voices... not even background vocals I don't think, but who knows). I seem to have the impression that it was an older guy. Not some young kid or anything. I remember thinking that the guy singing sounded like he would look like The Dude (Big Lebowski). Not that that is at all helpful.

2. The song was about a woman being evil or of the devil, wicked, something like that.

3 It had sort of a classic rock feel to it. I want to say it reminded me of maybe ZZ Top and Canned Heat? It wasn't them though. Just had that vibe.

4. Here is a list of songs I've run into while trying to find it. These are not it obviously.

Cliff Richard - Devil Woman
Skip James - Devil Got My Woman
Cradle Of Filth - Devil Woman
Marty Robbins-Devil Woman
The Doors - Woman is a Devil
E.L.O - Evil Woman
Eagles - Witchy Woman
Ringo Starr - Devil Woman

I haven't listened to, but I'm pretty sure it's also not, the Poison, or Hanoi Rocks, renditions of Devil Woman either. Lots of songs titled that huh?

It's been bugging me for such a long time! Hope somebody can help!

By: needs more cowbell

needs more cowbell — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:08:56 -0800

Just to get this out of the way, it wasn't Black Magic Woman (done by Santana and Fleetwood Mac respectively), was it?

By: darksong

darksong — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:12:54 -0800

"Lady Evil" by the Dio version of Black Sabbath?

By: Joe Rocket

Joe Rocket — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:16:51 -0800

I know the vibe you mean... Give this a try- Fortune Teller- Robert Plant from the 'Raising Sands' album he did with Alison Krauss? Takes a minute to get started, male vocal only.

By: zaebiz

zaebiz — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:19:50 -0800

Devil Woman - Ringo Starr?
Woman is a Devil - The Doors?

By: ahimsa

ahimsa — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:01:49 -0800

Lucretia Mac Evil by Blood, Sweat & Tears?

By: sandking

sandking — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:42:35 -0800

sugarloaf - green eyed lady?

By: Johnny Assay

Johnny Assay — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:45:08 -0800

She's the Devil by The Pursuit of Happiness?

By: drinkcoffee

drinkcoffee — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:18:00 -0800

"Evil Ways" by Santana?

By: mikepop

mikepop — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:44:22 -0800

"She's Not There" by the Zombies? The singer has some high Canned Heat-ish parts. It's a song about a woman in a negative light. She is not mentioned as the devil or anything, but throwing it out there in case you were getting wires crossed with the band name itself.

By: Dr.Enormous

Dr.Enormous — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:50:10 -0800

Pyschotic Girl by the Black Keys? Sounds pretty classic-rockish and only has male vocals, even though it's recent.

By: grahamspankee

grahamspankee — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:53:01 -0800

Living in Sin by The Broken Family Band? The chorus is:

"You're a devil woman, your heart is black but your body drives me crazy
You're a sick satanic woman, full of hate and I just love that."

Bit more (UK alt-)country style than classic rock. Funny too.

By: grateful

grateful — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:19:22 -0800

It's Spooky!

By: explosion

explosion — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:22:25 -0800

Jerry: "Oh, you mean, Witch-ay Woman."

Just a guess.

By: Coatlicue

Coatlicue — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:12:16 -0800

I wondered if it was "Spooky", too.

By: utsutsu

utsutsu — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:16:37 -0800

She Ain't Pretty - Northern Pikes ?

By: aswego

aswego — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:28:40 -0800

All my money's with ahimsa on BS&T's Lucretia MacEvil.

By: cortex

cortex — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:44:57 -0800

[Folks, please read the more-inside point 4, "definitely not these songs", before answering.]

By: barjo

barjo — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:45:57 -0800

"Evil Woman (Don't Play Your Games With Me)" by the original Black Sabbath?

By: perpetualstroll

perpetualstroll — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:48:16 -0800

American Woman?

By: kuujjuarapik

kuujjuarapik — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:38:22 -0800

is it Christine's Tune (Devil in Disguise)- Flying Burrito Brothers?

By: GrubbyUtter

GrubbyUtter — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:01:43 -0800

Y'all are awesome! I'm listening through these right now. I'll post again in a minute...

By: GrubbyUtter

GrubbyUtter — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:32:44 -0800

Thanks for the suggestions... here are the ones I've been able to listen to that also are not it (can I not post these in the original question?) Don't have time to listen to the rest of these yet! Sorry!

ALSO NOT IT:
Krauss and Plant - Fortune Teller
Black Sabbath / Dio - Lady Evil
Blood Sweat & Tears - Lucretia Mac Evil
Sugarloaf - Green Eyed Lady
The Pursuit of Happiness - She's The Devil
Santana- Evil Ways
The Zombies - She's Not There

By: S'Tella Fabula

S'Tella Fabula — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:47:53 -0800

Black Magic Woman by Santana? Greg Rolie has a kind of "The Dude abides" vibe.

By: peep

peep — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:07:33 -0800

Where did you hear it? Do you know whether it could have been newer and just has a classic rock sound, or do you know if it was actually an older song? Was "evil" or "devil" actually a lyric, or were they implied?

This is a stretch, but could it have been Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress by the Hollies? Chorus starts at about 1:20. It doesn't really fit the evil part, more like temptress, but all your other points made me think maybe.

By: medeine

medeine — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:02:11 -0800

Evil Woman by Yesterday's Children?
Evil by UFO?
Evil by Howlin' Wolf?

By: narrativium

narrativium — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:33:34 -0800

Neil Sedaka - Bad Blood?