This quiet tune started out as a Dave Solo feature in early shows, and was included in Remember Two Things as one of the Dave and Tim tracks on the album compilation. Throughout the years, this song has regularly been played during the the pre-holiday season, paying ode to the story of a man who had a profound impact on humanity. This song has always featured Carter on vocals and was recorded during the Everyday studio recording sessions for release on the Platinum Christmas compilation disc. During live play, Dave usually quotes a line from The Beatles' "All You Need is Love" and "Can't Buy Me Love".
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Before this song was performed during a Dave & Tim performance on 9.24.95, Dave mentions that the song was recorded in an upstairs bathroom (presumeably for Remember Two Things). Dave jokes that the take that was taken from that Dave & Tim recording was the one with no toilet flushing. At yet another D&T performance on 2.5.96, Dave mentions this song was written about a girl named Julia.
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This song famously features a live "Scat" intro where Dave scats along to his muted guitar strumming before starting the main riff of the song.
On versions from late 1993 to 1995, Carter would also scat along with Dave in the intro.
Below are notes about the "Slow and Low" intro:
During 1994, Carter interpolated lyrics from a Run-DMC song during the scat. The interpolated song is titled "Slow and Low". Here are the lyrics Carter covers:
"I do not sing, but I make a song
You'll live your whole life, and I hope you'll live long
On the Gong Show we won't get gonged
It's Run-DMC, not Cheech and Chong"
He says it very scattishly and sometimes its hard to make out. He also says, "It's DMB", instead of "Run DMC". After this he continues the scat with Dave, often saying something like, "I'm talkin' about Dave...I'm talkin' about Dave", until the main riff hits.
It is known that Carter started doing it sometime in early 94 (verified on 1.3.94) and stopped doing it sometime in late 94 (verified on 11.14.94). - dmbalmanac
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On versions from late 1993 to 1995, Carter would also scat along with Dave in the intro.
Below are notes about the "Slow and Low" intro:
During 1994, Carter interpolated lyrics from a Run-DMC song during the scat. The interpolated song is titled "Slow and Low". Here are the lyrics Carter covers:
"I do not sing, but I make a song
You'll live your whole life, and I hope you'll live long
On the Gong Show we won't get gonged
It's Run-DMC, not Cheech and Chong"
He says it very scattishly and sometimes its hard to make out. He also says, "It's DMB", instead of "Run DMC". After this he continues the scat with Dave, often saying something like, "I'm talkin' about Dave...I'm talkin' about Dave", until the main riff hits.
It is known that Carter started doing it sometime in early 94 (verified on 1.3.94) and stopped doing it sometime in late 94 (verified on 11.14.94). - dmbalmanac
This is one of Dave's earliest songs and has been played by the full band each and every year since the very beginning.
Originally, the song would traditionally feature an instrumental intro before the main riff that was rarely left out.
Throughout its evolution, Leroi's horn arrangement was modified during the song's recording on "Remember Two Things" and was played as such until the original horn routine was restored when the song was re-worked for the 2004 Summer Tour. This re-working also involved the band dropping the classic "Instrumental intro" to the song. Instead, Dave would lead the song off with the other band members joining in behind him.
A studio recording of Dave playing this song plays during the credits of the 2003 film Go Further. This version was recorded during the Some Devil sessions.
The song also features a live outro dubbed "Swim Naked". During the early years, Dave would scat and elaborate the lyrics, but eventually they settled into the following form:
Don't you love you swim naked
Don't you love you swim naked
Don't you love you swim naked
Cause I do. - dmbalmanac
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Originally, the song would traditionally feature an instrumental intro before the main riff that was rarely left out.
Throughout its evolution, Leroi's horn arrangement was modified during the song's recording on "Remember Two Things" and was played as such until the original horn routine was restored when the song was re-worked for the 2004 Summer Tour. This re-working also involved the band dropping the classic "Instrumental intro" to the song. Instead, Dave would lead the song off with the other band members joining in behind him.
A studio recording of Dave playing this song plays during the credits of the 2003 film Go Further. This version was recorded during the Some Devil sessions.
The song also features a live outro dubbed "Swim Naked". During the early years, Dave would scat and elaborate the lyrics, but eventually they settled into the following form:
Don't you love you swim naked
Don't you love you swim naked
Don't you love you swim naked
Cause I do. - dmbalmanac
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