TRACK TALK #108 Shot Of Love

SHOT OF LOVE
ALBUM : Shot Of Love (1981)
Recorded : Mai 1981
Released : 10 Août 1981

Première performance live : Londres (1er Juillet 1981)
Dernière performance live : Cleveland (2 Novembre 1989)
Total : 77 fois.



Lyrics
I need a shot of love
I need a shot of love

Don't need a shot of heroin to kill my disease
Don't need a shot of turpentine, only bring me to my knees
Don't need a shot of codeine to help me to repent
Don't need a shot of whiskey, help me be president

I need a shot of love
I need a shot of love

Doctor, can you hear me? I need some Medicaid
I seen the kingdoms of the world and it's makin' me feel afraid
What I got ain't painful, it's just bound to kill me dead
Like the men that followed Jesus when they put a price upon His head

I need a shot of love
I need a shot of love

I don't need no alibi when I'm spending time with you
I've heard all of them rumors and you have heard 'em too
Don't show me no picture show or give me no book to read
It don't satisfy the hurt inside nor the habit that it feeds

I need a shot of love
I need a shot of love

Why would I want to take your life?
You've only murdered my father, raped his wife
Tattooed my babies with a poison pen
Mocked my God, humiliated my friends

I need a shot of love
I need a shot of love

Don't wanna be with nobody tonight
Veronica not here, Mavis just ain't right
There's a man that hates me and he's swift, smooth and near
Am I supposed to set back and wait until he's here?

I need a shot of love
I need a shot of love

What makes the wind wanna blow tonight?
Don't even feel like crossing the street and my car ain't actin' right
Called home, everybody seemed to have moved away
My conscience is beginning to bother me today

I need a shot of love
I need a shot of love

I need a shot of love
I need a shot of love
I need a shot of love
I need a shot of love

If you're a doctor
I need a shot of love

J'aime me surprendre à écouter cette chanson. Elle envoie du steack

Oui, elle lance bien l'album. Sur Expecting Rain, un mec dit chaque jour qu'il voudrait que Shot Of Love soit jouée. Je me demande ce que ça donnerait   

De l'énergie, de la fougue et comme vous le dîtes, une intro d'enfer (désolé pour le jeu de mots).
Encore une bonne raison de réhabiliter l'album du même nom.
Je vous conseille les performances live de la même année.

Une reprise fougueuse de PJ Harvey, en 1999 :

voici ma version live favorite :

- avignon 25/07/81