• ELO - "Evil Woman" question

    From super70s@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 24 19:34:09 2023
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    Does anybody know anything about an "unedited version" of ELO's "Evil
    Woman"?

    I just heard this version on an online station (RadioStorm - Classic
    Rock - http://streaming.live365.com/b47785_128mp3), and the second verse
    had a completely new set of lyrics I'd never heard before, neither on
    the single version or the Face The Music album version.

    I have an ELO FAQ (last updated in 1999) and it mentions nothing about
    an "unedited version" of "Evil Woman."

    The Wiki page for "Evil Woman" mentions nothing about another version,
    but apparently there's an "Evil Woman - long version + lyrics" on
    YouTube.

    Getting back to the Beatles, this was one of the tracks Jeff Lynne
    played (the other one "Mr. Blue Sky") at the Grammys a few years ago and sometimes the camera went to Paul in the audience really digging it.

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  • From Rink@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 10 15:52:44 2023
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    Op 25-1-2023 om 2:34 schreef super70s:
    Does anybody know anything about an "unedited version" of ELO's "Evil
    Woman"?

    I just heard this version on an online station (RadioStorm - Classic
    Rock - http://streaming.live365.com/b47785_128mp3), and the second verse
    had a completely new set of lyrics I'd never heard before, neither on
    the single version or the Face The Music album version.

    I have an ELO FAQ (last updated in 1999) and it mentions nothing about
    an "unedited version" of "Evil Woman."

    The Wiki page for "Evil Woman" mentions nothing about another version,
    but apparently there's an "Evil Woman - long version + lyrics" on
    YouTube.

    Getting back to the Beatles, this was one of the tracks Jeff Lynne
    played (the other one "Mr. Blue Sky") at the Grammys a few years ago and sometimes the camera went to Paul in the audience really digging it.



    I found a comment under the lyrics of Evil Woman at: <https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/113014/>

    It says:

    ---------

    In 2006, "Face the Music" was re-released,
    with several bonus tracks, including a different,
    "Stripped Down Mix" version of "Evil Woman".
    That version includes a fourth verse:

    Hang out for just a while
    And I'll tell you a story that'll make you smile
    'Bout a dark-eyed woman with a Cadillac
    But all she had was on her back
    Well, a fool rushed in, and thought he saw
    Just the kind of woman that he'd adore
    She lay beside him and turned on her charms
    But this devil's woman sure knows how to do you wrong

    Kenobi65
    on February 21, 2007

    ----------

    Direct link to this comment: <https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/113014/?&specific_com=73015229103#comments>

    So: a bonus version to the re-released album Face the Music...

    Is this what you heard?

    Rink

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  • From Pluted Pup@21:1/5 to All on Tue Feb 28 12:46:14 2023
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    Evil Woman by the Doobie Brothers:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frM9GsGSv-s

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  • From super70s@21:1/5 to Rink on Wed Mar 22 04:29:46 2023
    On 2023-02-10 14:52:44 +0000, Rink said:

    Op 25-1-2023 om 2:34 schreef super70s:
    Does anybody know anything about an "unedited version" of ELO's "Evil
    Woman"?

    I just heard this version on an online station (RadioStorm - Classic
    Rock - http://streaming.live365.com/b47785_128mp3), and the second verse
    had a completely new set of lyrics I'd never heard before, neither on
    the single version or the Face The Music album version.

    I have an ELO FAQ (last updated in 1999) and it mentions nothing about
    an "unedited version" of "Evil Woman."

    The Wiki page for "Evil Woman" mentions nothing about another version,
    but apparently there's an "Evil Woman - long version + lyrics" on
    YouTube.

    Getting back to the Beatles, this was one of the tracks Jeff Lynne
    played (the other one "Mr. Blue Sky") at the Grammys a few years ago and
    sometimes the camera went to Paul in the audience really digging it.



    I found a comment under the lyrics of Evil Woman at: <https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/113014/>

    It says:

    ---------

    In 2006, "Face the Music" was re-released,
    with several bonus tracks, including a different,
    "Stripped Down Mix" version of "Evil Woman".
    That version includes a fourth verse:

    Hang out for just a while
    And I'll tell you a story that'll make you smile
    'Bout a dark-eyed woman with a Cadillac
    But all she had was on her back
    Well, a fool rushed in, and thought he saw
    Just the kind of woman that he'd adore
    She lay beside him and turned on her charms
    But this devil's woman sure knows how to do you wrong

    Kenobi65
    on February 21, 2007

    ----------

    Direct link to this comment: <https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/113014/?&specific_com=73015229103#comments>


    So: a bonus version to the re-released album Face the Music...

    Is this what you heard?

    Rink

    I would bet that's what I heard and I was not aware of a re-released
    Face the Music with bonus tracks (it's such a perfect album -- ELO's
    finest IMO -- I don't think I'd want bonus tracks stuck on at the end
    so if I ever encountered it in a store I probably passed).

    I guess sometimes radio stations like to throw you a loop just to break
    the monotony.

    Thanks, I appreciate the info.

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