I'm Raving

This is a cover of Mark Cohn's minor 1991 hit "Walking in Memphis".

Mark Cohn had a "spiritual awakening" when he went to Memphis, the home of Carl Perkins, and all the other blues and country musicians that influenced the creation of rock&roll. But does he really feel that way, or he so overwhelmed that he's not sure what he's feeling?

Scooter has a "spiritual awakening" every time they dance like maniacs with thousands of other sweaty people. But do they really feel that way, or is it just that pill they took on the way in?

I never liked the original song when it came out, but after hearing Scooter's take on it… well, I definitely appreciate the catchiness of Cohn's piano riff, but I still think his song was pretentious, soppy, and silly. I'd rather be silly on purpose and rave til the sweat drops fall down off me. HP and the boys made a much better use of his riff.

Compare the lyrics to the original:

Put on my blue suede shoes / Put on my raving shoes And I boarded the plane / And I boarded a plane Touched down in the land / Touched down in the land Of the Delta Blues / Where the sky's so blue In the middle of the pouring rain / In the middle of the pouring rain W.C. Handy / Everybody was happy Won't you look down over me / Energy shining down on me Yeah, I got a first class ticket / Yeah, I've got a first-class ticket But I'm as blue as a boy can be / Been as good as a boy can be

Then I'm walking in Memphis / I'm raving, I'm raving Walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale / I'm raving til' the sweat drops fall down off me Walking in Memphis / I'm raving, I'm raving But do I really feel the way I feel? / But do I really feel the way I feel?

maybe this song means things aren't as they seem? only evidence i got for that is 'But do I really feel the way I feel ' and' Touched down in a land where the skies were blue In the middle of the pouring rain' cool song tho

a lovely song about raving. not so much to actually rave to. but a kick ass song non-the-less

I think the lines

Put on my raving shoes and I boarded a plane Touched down in a land where the skies were blue In the middle of the pouring rain Everybody was happy Energy shining down on me

are basically a thinly veiled metaphor for doing ecstasy at a rave (the line about the skies being blue in the pouring rain is part of it, so is the everyone happy bit) -- it really makes everything feel perfect, almost no matter what. the boarded a plane bit is probably eating the pill

the bit about a first class ticket probably is meaning he got good stuff, and well yeah...he feels as good as possible.

https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/11142/

(Lyrics to Marc Cohn's "Walking in Memphis")

These are the lyrics for "Weekend", not "I'm Raving".