Ryan Adams - English Girls Approximately - Live On Letterman

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  • Ryan Adams performing on "Live On Letterman". Video ripped by GrimFish of the Ryan Adams Archive. To download the whole thing and other RA boots register at ryanadamsarchive.com

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  • @KennyJamz
    @KennyJamz ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "She kissed me on the lips but my heart just slept it off"
    What an incredible lyric. Amazing. Legendary, even.

  • @musicamex
    @musicamex 8 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    One of those songs you play 10 times in a row the first time you hear it and then can't shut it off in your head. Modern day Dylan.

    • @francesward2830
      @francesward2830 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Bob Dylan sounds like a weed eater. Listening to that guy is no different than going to my neighbors house when he's doing lawnwork.

    • @jaymueller2418
      @jaymueller2418 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@francesward2830 Exactly my thoughts.

    • @egmm91
      @egmm91 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Amen

  • @junkyarddog303
    @junkyarddog303 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    One of the greatest singer/songwriters of all time right here. So prolific, so brilliant and his voice can go any and everywhere 🔥 💯

  • @sonomagrown9119
    @sonomagrown9119 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Ryan is not flashy and he may have been born in the wrong generation for mass popularity, but he is one of the best. English Girls is one of the most pure love songs ever written.

    • @jaymueller2418
      @jaymueller2418 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s about working with Beth Orton.

    • @wlgj1341
      @wlgj1341 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not a love song….a social documentary: I wrote it

    • @wlgj1341
      @wlgj1341 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jaymueller2418 no …it isn’t

    • @wlgj1341
      @wlgj1341 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not a love Song, a delineation ( Description of another place in Time): any rate that’s as I’m writing it…

    • @wlgj1341
      @wlgj1341 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jaymueller2418 no. It isnt ..but it’s okay for that, too

  • @timchampion827
    @timchampion827 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Ryan is an absolute master of lyric and song. His dexterity with words and music put him up there with Dylan and Neil Young. Best songwriter of the last quarter century by a country mile, and totally underrated - he should be regularly mentioned alongside the greats like Springsteen and Johnny Cash. This is a wonderful performance by a wonderful songwriter.

  • @marklauria4483
    @marklauria4483 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Most underrated artist of my generation.
    If you disagree , well, you don’t know music

    • @GregoryBurnett-kr1kf
      @GregoryBurnett-kr1kf 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I've loved him from the beginning. And there are a lot of shows that were recorded overseas!

  • @valentinstoyanov304
    @valentinstoyanov304 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    So beautiful, so underrated. Why isn't this the mainstream music?

  • @Maryinthewindow
    @Maryinthewindow 8 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I love this even more than the original recording.

    • @dedelms
      @dedelms 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The live version of this song is always good. Just listen to the Live At The Carnegie Hall version.

    • @JK-nk3hb
      @JK-nk3hb 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      For sure

    • @wlgj1341
      @wlgj1341 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I understand the implication of ‘English Girls’ although it was for me in the writing simply about English-speaking American girls…for me personally a large history of Brit lady admiration

    • @wlgj1341
      @wlgj1341 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That, of course, the implication “ approximately “..

    • @oliverbloor1029
      @oliverbloor1029 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is a very special performance, his vocal is awesome man

  • @woofdog1525
    @woofdog1525 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The masters..the truly great singer songwriters make it looks easy.Ryan Adams is one of those...the words & chords just flow from him.
    Great performance ✌🏾👍👍

    • @wlgj1341
      @wlgj1341 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wrote the lyrics and storyline..DRA arranged the musicality

  • @MrInnis2
    @MrInnis2 12 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Awesome. Every performance on this show is worth 1,000,000 hits at least. This is one of the best.

  • @nickhatton7502
    @nickhatton7502 12 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    'You meant everything'
    Love the ending to this song!

  • @colinblower
    @colinblower 12 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I could listen to this song all day long

  • @alftorrisi8795
    @alftorrisi8795 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Brilliant. Glad I found this track

  • @luvtasinga
    @luvtasinga 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    MY FAVORITE RYAN ADAMS SONG!

  • @Tod7763
    @Tod7763 12 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    One of my favorite RA songs. Just great. Love it that Letterman is a huge fan!

  • @fernandosebastianchiwo5763
    @fernandosebastianchiwo5763 10 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Just three words my love...you mean everything... Simply awesome!!! :)

  • @scragger07
    @scragger07 11 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Yes, it was Beth Orton, who Ryan loved and wanted to get married to but I think that she wished to stay in her home country and so the regretfully parted and got on with life. That is why this song seems so painful and personal for Ryan which shows in this performance.

  • @sheababy763
    @sheababy763 12 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    this was written for Beth Orton...she's the daybreaker--her produced and worked with her on that album...

  • @neddyknacker
    @neddyknacker 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    2:54am and I absolutely love this song! We can all be mean sometimes but sometimes you love the mean ones. "Words may move but they never more fast enough"

  • @paulblack8887
    @paulblack8887 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Really underrated voice I think too, hits the recorded versions pacing so well...

  • @14wAYNE
    @14wAYNE 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    one of his best

  • @JckRbbtSlmz
    @JckRbbtSlmz 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This song is saving my life at the moment.

    • @cleanthegreen
      @cleanthegreen 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      JckRbbtSlmz so? How’d it go?

    • @wlgj1341
      @wlgj1341 ปีที่แล้ว

      Funny

    • @wlgj1341
      @wlgj1341 ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually…I wrote this..I’m gratifyied

  • @EnglishKev
    @EnglishKev 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Do I wait is the best song ever.

  • @chandrashekhermishra5847
    @chandrashekhermishra5847 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    English girls are pretty when they play guitar
    Crazy like a day just breaking I ain't sure what for
    Ain't got a mother or a father or a place to fall
    She's got a brother in the blues,
    But he doesn't know the blues at all
    You said you didn't love me, it was right on time
    I was just about to tell you, but ok, alright
    Said you didn't love me, you didn't want a thing
    English girls can be so mean
    She's got pretty eyes as a pair of jewels
    Falling down the Camden
    Like a couple drunken criminals
    She had a messy bedroom on the edge of town
    I had never been good enough
    To ever keep around
    You said you didn't love me, it was right on time
    I was just about to tell you, but ok, alright
    Said you didn't love me, it didn't mean a thing
    English girls can be so mean
    But, oh, look at you now
    Oh, look at you now
    Mmm, best I've ever seen
    Just a tall drink of water
    Just pourin' down the sink
    Tall drink of water, she's a Norfolk waterfall
    Little daybreaker, she's shooting like a cannon ball
    Crazy like a rocket when
    You're coming through my radio,
    Kept me in your bed till the winter time
    Through the fall
    Fall time come, and I guess my little bird can sing
    Come on Elizabeth, come on Bethany
    Come on forever, I'm tired and I want to sleep
    My little dove flew away, and I'm guessing
    She was done with me
    You said you didn't love me, it was right on time
    I was just about to tell you, but ok, alright
    Said you didn't love me,
    That you didn't want a thing
    English girls can be so mean
    But, oh, look at you now
    Oh, look at you now
    Mmm, best I've ever seen
    Just a tall drink of water
    Just pourin' down the sink
    Kissed me on the lips but my heart just slept it off
    Words may move,
    But they're never movin' fast enough
    Celebrate the differences
    I'll celebrate the songs you sing
    Just three words, my love
    You meant everything
    You meant everything
    You meant everything
    You meant everything

  • @thewheel246
    @thewheel246 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    i just discovered this cat..very cool music.

  • @manage7383
    @manage7383 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great songs are rare,this is one

  • @adsensedd
    @adsensedd 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just a tall drink of water Just pourin' on down the sink. Every time one of my older relatives or friends whinges about the lack of good music around now, I show them Ryan Adams.

  • @tomnee8631
    @tomnee8631 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I feel like I haven't really listened to this song before.

  • @ShanntahnPininchula
    @ShanntahnPininchula 8 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Jason Isbell and Ryan Adams probably some of the better singer songwriters out there I am guessing the last 20 or 30 years.

    • @alisak58
      @alisak58 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I just would add John Mayer to that for a perfect trio, oh and Shawn Mendez so make it quartet

    • @vernonallen3370
      @vernonallen3370 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would add Rufus Wainwright.

    • @francesward2830
      @francesward2830 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Elliott Smith

    • @swansinthesea5381
      @swansinthesea5381 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@francesward2830 Elliot Smith for sure. John Mayer is good but not on the level of Adams, Smith and Natalie Merchant.

    • @richardsylvanus2717
      @richardsylvanus2717 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Aimee Mann

  • @dsh1224
    @dsh1224 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just three words my love: you meant everything

  • @frommetoyou1981
    @frommetoyou1981 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yeah this is very Dylan, one of the many highlights from the brilliant "Love is hell" album......

  • @HughMorristheJoker
    @HughMorristheJoker 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great song writer

  • @faves36
    @faves36 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just....perfect :)

  • @TheCrazyLittleThing6
    @TheCrazyLittleThing6 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    AMAZING!!!!

  • @waymanmccall5698
    @waymanmccall5698 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had experiance in England in the late 90's. Met a girl. Same experiance as this song. Bethany She played guitar.

  • @DKMbj
    @DKMbj 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mmmmm, best I´ve ever seen ;0)

  • @morolyn
    @morolyn 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I bet the girl he wrote this for is kicking herself in the ass right now. haha He's the best.

  • @feinschmeckeren
    @feinschmeckeren 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    About time that these awesome tunes came live and in decent quality! Thank you!!!!

  • @rwhitten577
    @rwhitten577 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Unbelievable!

  • @TallTiger11
    @TallTiger11 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for posting. Love this tune!

  • @tahcofan
    @tahcofan 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thanks for posting!

  • @christinejautee2308
    @christinejautee2308 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am happy because i you know

  • @electrifin
    @electrifin 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks im going to search for it

  • @scragger07
    @scragger07 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, what was the atmosphere like? Wonder what his missus thought?? Cheers, lucky you for being there!

  • @northcountrybhoy4265
    @northcountrybhoy4265 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Beth Orton

  • @scragger07
    @scragger07 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this song and the performance here is great. The ending though isn't as good as that on the recording.

  • @igggy95
    @igggy95 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    iron maiden leather jacket, swag
    great song

  • @mcfifi999
    @mcfifi999 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    But I ain't ever been a good enough to ever keep around...

  • @paulblack8887
    @paulblack8887 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Cancel Mandy Moore, oh wait her talent already did

  • @kennychung8027
    @kennychung8027 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i don't hear it... friend of the devil chorus starts on the V where as English Girls' Chorus starts on a ii...

  • @dude8001
    @dude8001 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love Is Hell part 2 or the whole compilation

  • @wlgj1341
    @wlgj1341 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    sebastion: the process of culminating for lyricism is very gratifying ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE THE HOOK COMING..a writer knows immediately how well it will work

  • @CEIVE4EVER
    @CEIVE4EVER 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I miss the electric guitar at the final; the best part of the song.

  • @wlgj1341
    @wlgj1341 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ryan was really in a good Place to deliver music

  • @janedawson1398
    @janedawson1398 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If I judged people by what their ex had to say I’d have no friends left.

  • @NJcruiser
    @NJcruiser 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    He switches up his guitars during this show. Is he playing standard tuning on one and an open tuning on another guitar?

  • @simonpmccullagh6320
    @simonpmccullagh6320 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I love bryan adams so much, this song is great, nothing will lever beat summer of 69 though

    • @ralfkohler9467
      @ralfkohler9467 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Simon P McCullagh Just like thousand times before:
      HIS NAME IS RYAN !! RYAN !! RYAN!!
      Different man. Different music. Different World.
      Got it ??

    • @simonpmccullagh6320
      @simonpmccullagh6320 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ralf Köhler Jesus lad, come on, even I thought I was being ridiculously obvious in my sarcasm. I love that dude, I can play about five of his songs. But thanks for loving him so much. Did you hear the story were some guy was shouting 'Play summer of 69' at one of his gigs and he stopped the gig and got the idiot turned out of the show?

    • @clarakanazawa6201
      @clarakanazawa6201 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Simon P McCullagh I've heard he wrote "English Girls" after that duet with Spice Girl's Melanie C, "Baby when you're gone"

    • @simonpmccullagh6320
      @simonpmccullagh6320 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Clara Kanazawa that sounds like the truth, well approximately.

    • @ralfkohler9467
      @ralfkohler9467 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Simon P McCullagh
      Nearly collapsed when I read your comment on my outburst. Sorry, man
      but " I see Monsters" sometimes.
      Did you hear that he finally did it and played "Summer of 69" exactly the same venue where this poor guy ( he was just tryin to make a joke) was kicked out of the show thirteen years ago. see: 4/28/15 Ryman Auditorium Nashville.
      Mr B. Adams was delighted and Mr R. Adams got rid of a terrible curse.
      An outstanding musican with a delicate sense of humour.

  • @SeaHorseGypsy
    @SeaHorseGypsy 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    @hugosalarm nope. Hes ours. Be happy.

  • @electrifin
    @electrifin 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    in wish album is this song?

  • @Jules-cv3tq
    @Jules-cv3tq 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    wonderwall?

  • @joeyfioti8541
    @joeyfioti8541 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    A long lost Led Zeppelin hit, written by Ryan Adams.

    • @mapatterson22
      @mapatterson22 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Joey Fioti What on earth does that mean?

  • @sheababy763
    @sheababy763 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    @Emilyplays1 ???

  • @GrimLithics
    @GrimLithics 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    :-)

  • @thekaratekidpartii2169
    @thekaratekidpartii2169 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    this isn't the letterman recording

    • @barrymoore7445
      @barrymoore7445 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      shem the penman it certainly is. Web series

  • @jimlay1622
    @jimlay1622 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I hate grammarly...H Ate whith a cap H...

  • @justonekernel
    @justonekernel 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love Ryan Adams' music, especially this song but am I the only the person that realizes that the chorus is a rip-off of Grateful Dead's "Friend of the Devil"?

    • @slavvewilliams1948
      @slavvewilliams1948 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it totally is; but to be fair ryan's not made his worship for the dead a secret by any means... rosebud is literally about jerry's guitar.

  • @SoSo-li6dn
    @SoSo-li6dn 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    sound quality is so crap but dont care

  • @northcountrybhoy4265
    @northcountrybhoy4265 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beth Orton