Talk:I Ain't Superstitious

NOTE: This seems an obvious candidate for an article that should already exist. I don't really have time to write a whole article, but I am writing this stub so that somebody else with more time and knowledge can update as appropriate. I have listed source where possible, but will leave verification of accuracy to others. The way I see it, I could be sitting at home doing nothing, or I could at least be contributing, if only a little.(please remove this comment once article creation is underway ... thank you)

Please feel free to update this article as necessary. There was no article for this title, so I decided to be the catalyst and at least start it.

Thank you and have a great day!
Kristobalicious, 08/25/2007

Notability tag[edit]

I'm not sure what the problem with notability is, this is a staple blues classic of more than 40 years. It meets WP:MUSIC easily. WebHamster 23:04, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I just tossed it on there as I was cleaning it up because I'm not familiar with it and the article doesn't make any assertion of notability. Feel free to remove it. -Chunky Rice 23:08, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Black Cat[edit]

It also may be taken into account that a lot of blues lyrics revolve around rather salacious subjects. The black cat being one of them in that it's a common blues euphemism for the ol' bearded clam :) WebHamster 23:04, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RELEVANCE OF ARTICLE ...[edit]

Are you kidding me? How is this article relevant? You have all kinds of articles about obscure "Indie" musicians, but you don't understand how one of the greatest songs by one of the greatest blues legends is relevant? Huh?

These are the categories this article is relevant to:

Music History, Black History, African American History, Blues Music, Slave Music, List of Songs About Superstitions, List Of Songs About the Supernatural, List of Songs that Mention Animals, Willie Dixon, Jeff Beck, Megadeth, List of Songs Covered By Other Artists, Musical History of the Deep South, 100 Most Influential Blues Songs Ever, etc ...

I rest my case.

Written for Howlin' Wolf[edit]

Now, I'm pretty sure that Willie Dixon wrote this song for Howlin' Wolf, and possibly recorded it with him... making Howlin's version the original and not a cover.

I'll try to dig up some better sources, right now the best I can find is the following:

"Some of the now-classic songs he wrote for others during his lengthy tenure at Chess include ... and “I Ain’t Superstitious” (Howlin’ Wolf)"

from http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/willie-dixon & supported here http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/howlin-wolf

I'm sure enough of this that I'm going to change the stub, since it confused me greatly when I read it. Wingedkat (talk) 02:57, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]