Doobie Brothers Toulouse Street
March 28, 2010 by
Filed under Red Light District
I love this Doobie Brothers song although I was hard pressed to interpret the lyrics into video almost resulting in no video. Instead, I chose to use the Storyville era of New Orleans which flourished for 20 years between 1898 and 1917. Patrick Simmons is undoubtedly my favorite song writer for the Doobies. His compositions were essentially deep album cuts or B-Sides to Johnston’s (and later, Michael mcdonald’s) radio-friendly singles. The movie, Pretty Baby starring Brooke Shields (Violet) was made which depicts the Storyville history and I included one “parlor” picture from the movie. At the turn into the 20th century, the undisputed center of good times in the Big Easy was literally carved out of the New Orleans landscape by Alderman Sidney Story. Storyville – as it came to be known, was the citys experimental “red light ” district for legalized prostitution. Toulouse Street Patrick Simmons Im walkin in shadows, I cannot see Faces, they smile when I fall or flee Doors without windows all shuttered tight again I just might pass this way again I just might pass this way again I just might pass this way I just might pass this way again The night she is hot, Creole girls they sing My heart, it is pounding, my ears they ring The spell has been cast down in New Orleans again I just might pass this way again I just might pass this way again I just might pass this way I just might pass this way again Locked in a room down in New Orleans My blood is a flowin fast Locked in a …
SacredMojo, excellent job, I feel lucky I ran across it. I was just looking for “I cheat the hangman” and found this. I had almost forgotten this song, and my wife and I just returned from a trip to New Orleans, where we stayed at the Maison du Puy…on Toulouse street. Glad I saw this. Thanks for the post
SacredMojo…You’ve taken a masterpiece and enhanced it further still. Brilliant!
omg….i had so forgotten this beautiful song, and the excellent bonus of the vid was a wonderful addition.
one of my favorite pieces of music ever. thank you.
Hard to find,,thanks for posting this.
never knew what this was about, now I wish I didnt understand so well what it is about, and I grew up in new orleans too. what a band.
Here’s hoping you get the deal I did. I just picked up Toulouse Street and Minute By Minute for $3.99 and $4.99, respectively, at J&R here in NYC.
“…I was hard pressed to interpret the lyrics into video almost resulting in no video.”
-SacredMojo sidebar
You rose to the challenge magnificently. I was blown away.
Lovely song and vid…. thanks for posting SacredMojo.
I just might pass this way again…
What a beautiful song; I thought so when it was first released, and even more so now, all these years later…
Anyone who has ever lived…-really- lived in New Orleans will instantly recognize this as truth and beauty
I second what Larrymh07 – now I’m going to go buy this…been ages since I heard this song – and the video you made for it game me goose bumps. Excellent job!
I’m laid off and on a tight budget, but now I’m going to have to go out and buy the “Toulouse Street” CD. Now look what you did!
Seriously, thanks for posting this. You did a superb job on the video.
this tune is utterly captivating
This, and “I Cheat the Hangman” are my favorite Doobie Brothers songs.
You beautifully captured the nostalgia & eroticism of that era. Great work!
beautiful
I have to agree. That’s why I got out of the radio susiness. This is some of the best music EVER PUT ON VINYL.
Been SOOOOO long!
WOW. This just gets better with age as radio continues to dissapoint me.
Pat Simmons has to be one of the most underated musicians in the world.
Me, too – - love it – but had never heard it until the movie ‘Bottle Shock’…
This is also MY favorite song by the Doobie Brothers!
Despite the fact that this song never got any airtime I have to say that it is my favorite Doobie Brothers song of all. Hurray for Patrick Simmons!
freakin lucky i would die to see these guys i love there songs
The Doobies were my favorite band ever — with and without MM — and their music is timeless in its excellence. Also saw them in concert a couple ot times… purely unforgettable… an amazing band.
This remains one of my favorite productions on YouTube…and, will always hold the Doobies close at heart…PEACE?