Dr. John began making his own idiosyncratic music in the 1960s. Along with Professor Longhair, Dr. John is heir to the rich New Orleans tradition. He is perhaps best known for "Right Place, Wrong Time", an international hit in 1973, reissued and used on soundtracks many times since.
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, his professional musical career began as a session musician in New Orleans in the 1950s. Early on he also played guitar and was often known as Mac Rebennack. He switched to the bass ("the lowest time of my life"), and then the piano after his index finger was nearly shot off protecting his bandmate and longtime friend Ronnie Barron. He gained fame beginning in the late 1960s and early 1970s, with music that combined New Orleans-style rhythm and blues with psychedelic rock and stage shows that bordered on voodoo religious ceremonies, including elaborate costumes and headdress. For a time he was billed as Dr. John, The Night Tripper. The name "Dr. John" came from a legendary Louisiana voodoo practitioner from the start of the 19th century.
Dr. John has also done vocals for Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits' "Luv dat chicken..." jingle, as well as the theme song ("My Opinionation") for the early-1990s television sitcom Blossom. His movie credits include Martin Scorsese's documentary The Last Waltz (in which he joins The Band for a performance of his song "Such a Night") and Blues Brothers 2000 (in which he joins the fictional band The Louisiana Gator Boys to perform the song "New Orleans"). In the 2009 Disney film The Princess and the Frog, Dr. John sings the opening tune, "Down in New Orleans".
In January 2008 Mac Rebennack, Dr. John, was inducted into The Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame.
I Been Hoodood
Dr. John Lyrics
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Shinin' so bright
Now I see the future in your eyes
And it looks so right
Never heard a song so sweet
Like the one I'm hearing now
When you're lying here next to me
The world is filled with laughter
Now (now)
I know (I know)
I've never been in love before
Oh, now (now)
I know (I know)
I want to feel it more and more
Like a color that I've never seen
With a touch I've never felt
Love used to be a clouded dream
But now I see it all so well
I can't wait to live another day
To wake and see you again
When I go to sleep, I pray
We're gonna last forever
We're gonna be together
It'll never end
Now (now)
I know (I know)
I've never been in love before
Ooh, now (now)
I know (I know)
I want to feel it more and more
Now (now)
I know (I know)
I've never been in love before
Ooh, oh, now (now)
I know (I know)
I want to feel it more and more
Ooh, now (now)
Now I know (I know) oh
I've never (been in love before) never been in love before
Ooh, now (now)
I know (I know)
I want to feel it more and more and more and more
(Now)
I know (I know)
I've never been in love before
The song "I Been Hoodood" by Dr. John is a romantic ballad where the singer describes the feeling of falling in love for the first time. The lyrics emphasize the newfound clarity and hope that come with the experience of falling in love: "Never seen the moon before/Shinin' so bright/Now I see the future in your eyes/And it looks so right". The singer contrasts his previous experience of love as a "clouded dream" with the new sensation of "feeling it more and more".
Throughout the song, the singer expresses his contentment with his current partner and his anticipation for their future together. The final lines of the song emphasize the singer's newfound sense of certainty about his love: "Now I know/I've never been in love before/Ooh, now I know/I want to feel it more and more and more and more".
Overall, the song celebrates the transformative power of love and the joy that comes with finding a partner whom one can truly cherish.
Line by Line Meaning
Never seen the moon before
I am experiencing something new and magical for the first time
Shinin' so bright
The experience is particularly intense and radiant
Now I see the future in your eyes
I feel a sense of hope and optimism about what lies ahead with this person
And it looks so right
The future with this person seems perfectly aligned and promising
Never heard a song so sweet
The emotional intensity of the experience is amplified by its beauty and sweetness
Like the one I'm hearing now
The particular moment of the experience is particularly poignant and memorable
When you're lying here next to me
The intimacy and closeness of being physically connected to this person intensifies the experience
The world is filled with laughter
The experience is joyful and humorous
And what I've been after, oh
This experience is what I have been searching for and desiring
Now (now)
This moment is particularly significant and transformative
I know (I know)
I have gained insight and awareness from this experience
I've never been in love before
This experience has transformed my understanding of what love is
I want to feel it more and more
I desire to continue to experience this love and emotional intensity
Like a color that I've never seen
This experience feels new and exciting, like discovering a new color
With a touch I've never felt
This experience is physically and emotionally intense and new
Love used to be a clouded dream
My understanding of love was previously unclear and uncertain
But now I see it all so well
This experience has brought clarity and understanding to my understanding of love
I can't wait to live another day
I am excited and eager to continue living and experiencing life with this person
To wake and see you again
Being reunited with this person each day is a source of joy and comfort
When I go to sleep, I pray
This person is so important to me that I pray for our relationship and future together
We're gonna last forever
I feel confident in the strength and longevity of our relationship
We're gonna be together
I desire and believe in a future together with this person
It'll never end
Our love and commitment to each other will endure indefinitely
I want to feel it more and more and more and more
I am so in love with this person that I desire to experience this intensity and joy again and again
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Billy Burnette, David Malloy, Dennis W. Morgan
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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@euwemax4357
a kinda woman by the railroad track
She boined a candle on me, fer a fack
Create illusion, then came confusion
Just don't know, just where I'm at
you know that
I been hoodood
I been hoodood
I been hoodood
who do who do who
You boined a candle on me
caught a rabbit, and a boined a frog
mixed it in the hollow of an empty log
special mineral well, got to cross
Three days - I'm rippin' and runnin', I'm still lost
ya know
I been hoodood
I been hoodood
I been hoodood
who do who do who
You boined a candle on me
yah - nah
And every since then, hey - been bad
My teeth chatter matta, hey what's the matta!
I tol her chile what it all about
She Gave me a dirty look, all my hair Fell out
hey nah
I been hoodood
I been hoodood
I been hoodood
who do you do who
burned your candle on me
you got me hoodooood
I been hoooodood
@euwemax4357
I spent some time looking for the lyrics.. couldn't find them, so I came up with this with careful listening.. see what you think
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Candle woman by da railroad track
She boined a candle own me, fur a fak
Create a illusion and a kinda confusion, nah
Just don't know, just where ahm at
You know dat
I been hooooo doooo ed
I been hooooo doooo ed
I been hooooo doooo ed
Who do, you do, who
You boined your candle own me
Catch de rabbit, den you burn de frawg
You mess em in a holla of a hainted lawg
A special mineral, well got to cross
Three days I'm a rippin' and a runnin'
Ahm still lost
You know
I been hooooo doooo ed
I been hooooo doooo ed
I been hooooo doooo ed
Who do, you do, who
You boined your candle own me
Yeah, nah
Every since then
Head, been bad
Mah teeth chatter man ah
Whassa mattah
I axed the chile what it all about
She gimme me a dirty loook
Mah hair fell out!
You know dat
I been hooooo doooo ed
Hey nah
I been hooooo doooo ed
I been hooooo doooo ed
Who do, you do, who
Boined your candle own me
You got me hooooo doooooo ed
Got me hoooooo doooooo ed
Hoooooo doooooo ed
(craaazee)
@euwemax4357
Cajun woman by the railroad track
She burned a candle on me for a fact
Create illusion and a gang of confusion
I don’t know just where I’m at
You know that
I been hoodood
I been hoodood
I been hoodood
Who do you do who
You burned a candle on me
Caught the rabbit and then you burn the frog
You mash em in the hollow of a hainty log
A special mineral well you got to cross
Three days I’m a rippin’ and runnin’
I’m still lost – you know
I been hoodood
I been hoodood
I been hoodood
Who do you do who
You burned a candle on me
Hear it now
Ever since then, head been bad
My teeth chatter
matter whats the matter
I asked the child what it all about
She give me a dirty look
My hair fell out
you know that I
I been hoodood
Hear now
I been hoodood
I been hoodood
Who do you do who
You burned a candle on me
You got me hoodood
Got me hoodood
Hoodood
crazy
@elizabethsnyder_baldonado39
This dearly beloved brother was 1 of a kind.
Accent on the "KIND"!!!🤗
@davidkeith7131
Great musician and I feel he was underrated.
@dennishockaday1509
R.I.P Dr. John. Truly one of a kind.
@gogoyubari366
May Dr. John rest with Jesus.
@yomommastupid
The Meters as back up band and produced by Allen Toussaint can't go wrong !!!
@garyrbeck
In the right place
@pondlife9931
Groove coming from the very core of the Earth.
@catherinegeldart6999
One of the first albums I bought
@jbmcdoogle
Rest In Peace, Mac Rebennack!