THE GUESS WHO LYRICS

how this song came a boot. :) | Reviewer: Canadee_Dan
------ About the song American Woman performed by The Guess Who

Choo Amercian (as Tony Montana would say)
a little research goes a long way. Stop speculating on assumptions and read people read... now : look: Listen and : Learn...

Randy Bachman explained the origins of this song in an interview with Words & Music magazine, Spring 2005. Said Bachman: "We were playing in a curling rink in Kitchener, Ontario (Canada), and I broke a string. I was up there alone, tuning up my E an B strings on an old Les Paul. I started playing that riff and in the audience, heads started turning. The band got up, and I said, 'Keep playing this, I don't want to forget it.' When Burton had run out of solos, I yelled out, 'Sing something!' So out of the blue Burton just screamed, 'American Woman, stay away from me!' That was the song, the riff and Burton yelling that line over and over. Later, he added other lines like 'I don't need your war machine, you ghetto scenes.' Before America knew it, it was a #1 record and it was a protest song."

Puppy Love | Reviewer: Jo-Anne
------ About the song Life in the Bloodstream performed by The Guess Who

Life in the Bloodstream is the first song that a boy ever dedicated to me. The song was popular as a Slow-Dance at the Friday nght dance . This song has remained my FAVORITE SONG since i was 13. I dont think that the words posted are entirly correct. If the proper words including the corous could be found and posted, it would mean the world to me. thank you

Temptress as metaphor for America | Reviewer: idjit
------ About the song American Woman performed by The Guess Who

If the damn song's about a woman then what in the hell does 'war machine' have to do with a woman? Eisenhower even called the USA "war machines" the "military industrial complex", and any IDIOT can see the woman is the temptress--with her "coloured lights..." and "...lights sparkle someone else's eyes..." is America and the author isn't talking about women, I don't care what he says. War machine, come on, people wake up, what other theme for this could be possible than that of a woman or temptress as metaphor for the flashy, tempting, cheap, materialistic, soul-grinding, soul-selling whore that is America? Also, Howl, by Allen Ginsberg talks of Mighty Moloch, which is yet another metaphor on America. People were hip back then, and read that kind of stuff avidly. Whether the author admits it or not, that's the kind of stuff that was on his Canadian mind at the time. War protest song, no, not really. Protest about American imperialism and materialistic attitudes at any cost, yes, really. This song was a sad precursor of the state of the American Union, today. Read it, (as it is) and weep, Americans. Oh, btw, I'm a born/raised American myself, but that doesn't preclude me from seeing the truth about this nation.

it haunts me! | Reviewer: al baum
------ About the song A Wednesday in Your Garden performed by The Guess Who

somehow or other, i had never heard this song before, though i learned from this site that it was a Guess Who song and i hunted it down to hear it, i first heard it by ronnie dyson, his voice, this song!!!! it haunts me

STOLEN MATERIAL | Reviewer: Dan Brisebois
------ About artist/band The Guess Who

As the author of CanadianBands.com, I can tell you no one named 'James B' wrote this. I did, and did not give permission for its use on this website, therefore the owners of this website are in violation of copyright infringement.

The Real Reason I heard. | Reviewer: Anonymous
------ About the song American Woman performed by The Guess Who

Apparently, from an interview with Cummings, he said that he was tuning his guitar, broke the strings, and had to get some new ones. He said that he then conitnued to tune and it was the riff of the song. He just started doing that and the crowd thought it was him playing his new song. That's how I heard it start. (I was watching a documentary channel)

I'm an American woman & proud of it | Reviewer: BH Gal
------ About the song American Woman performed by The Guess Who

An Iranian [notice I didn't write "Persian"] man dedicate that to me because I wasn't submissive enough for him. I told him that the song is about America, not American women. It's about our country's involvement everywhere in the world. He then complained that American women don't know how to comply with men's orders. I wished him luck in finding such a woman! haha

Keeps Coming Back | Reviewer: MooT BooXLé
------ About the song Sour Suite performed by The Guess Who

I first heard this song in 2002, when I was going through a terrible time in my life...and had some depression issues directly and indirectly related to that...this song was one I played over and over again- a Sour Suite indeed!
Even after all these years have passed, when I've had a bad day or I'm going through a hard time, this song comes back...and I sit down at the piano any play and sing it - it can be a transcendental moment...where the song expresses feelings that I sometimes can't. God bless Burton Cummings.

confused | Reviewer: Anonymous
------ About the song Species Hawk performed by The Guess Who

hello,there is a mistake on the canned wheat cd,miss frizzy is playing where it reads Species Hawk a great track. its also listed on the new guess who cd.im afraid to buy this cd and get wrong song can you verify this,this is no gag

confused | Reviewer: wayne legreeley
------ About the song Species Hawk performed by The Guess Who

hello,there is a mistake on the canned wheat cd,miss frizzy is playing where it reads Species Hawk a great track. its also listed on the new guess who cd.im afraid to buy this cd and get wrong song can you verify this,this is no gag

The Guess Who | Reviewer: Patti Gaughan
------ About the song Friends of Mine performed by The Guess Who

I have been trying to find the song that contains part of the Flander Field poem and you provided it with Friends of Mine. Can you tell me what CD I can find the song on now?

I have been looking for years and I am so grateful. Thanks

The REAL answer to 'American Woman' | Reviewer: Robbie
------ About the song American Woman performed by The Guess Who

Here's a quote from a Jim Kale interview, The Guess Who bass player who co-wrote 'American Woman'.

"It started as a jam," said Kale. "We were playing in Ontario after being on the road in the States, trying to solidify our hold in the American marketplace with 'These Eyes.' We were playing a two-set situation, and for one reason or another we were late getting back onstage for the second set. In order to dispel the ominous air that was hanging over the place -- as we raced on the stage, one by one we picked up on just this simple rhythm. Cummings came up, ad-libbed some lyrics, and it worked. We recorded it just like that. It was an accident -- completely spontaneous. 'American Woman' was also controversial. The popular misconception was that it was a chauvinistic tune, which was anything but the case. The fact was, we came from a very strait-laced, conservative, laid-back country, and all of a sudden, there we were in Chicago, Detroit, New York -- all these horrendously large places with their big city problems. After that one particularly grinding tour, it was just a real treat to go home and see the girls we had grown up with. Also, the war was going on, and that was terribly unpopular. We didn't have a draft system in Canada, and we were grateful for that. A lot of people called in anti-American, but it wasn't really. We weren't anti-anything. John Lennon once said that the meanings of all songs come after they are recorded. Someone else has to interpret them."

Review from Reedy | Reviewer: Jeff Reedy
------ About the song When Friends Fall Out performed by The Guess Who

This song has a BRILLIANT, quite complex bridge section, which is mesmerizing, tipping its had to psychedelia of the previous decade ... I'm a bass player, and it's hard to pick out exactly what the root notes of the chords being played in that section .... Cheers!!!

To Quote John Lenon | Reviewer: Anna Bouillon
------ About the song American Woman performed by The Guess Who

John lennon once said the interpretation of a song comes after it is written someone has to interpret it that would be us the listener. Just like when you read a poem a long with a thousand other people you have a thousand different opinions about the meaning of the poem. From what I've read about the song it sounds like it was quickly written however in the back of his mind there might have been some opinions about america that wound up being reflected in the song. Who knows what it means. This song is just like American pie it's true meaning will forever be debated.

to quote John Lennon | Reviewer: Anna
------ About the song American Woman performed by The Guess Who

John Lennon once said " the meaning of all songs come after they are recorded." Just like when we read poems along with a thousand other people you will get a thousand different opinions about the meaning of the song. From what I've read about the song it sounds like it was written rather quickly. However, that does not mean that the issues of the decade couldn't have been in the back of his mind while he was writting the song and had some sort of influence on the song. He may have just been homesick, do you realize how different Canada is from America? Maybe they just missed their homeland. Anyway this song is like the song American Pie it's meaning will be debated for years to come. Another thing I've come to learn as a writer as well as an avid reader is that sometimes the writer doesn't want to be taken seriously he just wants to get you thinking.

So Long Bannatyne still rocks after all these years! | Reviewer: Anonymous
------ About the song So Long, Bannatyne performed by The Guess Who

As a long-time Winnipegger, So Long Bannatyne has always struck me as being one of The Guess Who's hidden gems. It remains one of my favourite songs by the Canadian legends. Turn it up LOUD!

its a canadian song | Reviewer: Anonymous
------ About the song American Woman performed by The Guess Who

this song is about canada and the states folks, plain and simple. its a canadian band singing

I don’t need your war machines
I don’t need your ghetto scenes
Coloured lights can hypnotize
Sparkle someone else’s eyes

it has nothing to do with the status of women, vietnam, or the movie 300. well maybe a little to do with vietnam.

lively little song | Reviewer: sixties freak
------ About the song Star Baby performed by The Guess Who

This has always been one of my favorites because it's peppy and it has some good guitar parts. Of course, Burton Cummings' voice makes it fly.

WHAT THE SONG IS ABOUT!! =P | Reviewer: Apple
------ About the song American Woman performed by The Guess Who

AMERICAN WOMAN WAS NOT A WAR RELATED SONG!! HE MADE UP THE LYRICS WHEN HE WAS DRINKING AT A BAR!! ><'' I am 14 and even I know that! T_T And if you want to know how I know, it's because I was listening to an interview with him one day where he said that.

Great song | Reviewer: jeff mellott
------ About the song Hamba Gahle-Usalang Gahle performed by The Guess Who

I ripped off an 8-track tape of Artificial Paradise in 1974 (I was only 13) from a friend. I'm really sorry, but it it was just too good to give back. I finally found it on CD a few years ago and bought it. Great music this track especially.

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