Use Me - Bill Withers

June26, 2024 mountain bike workout through Monument Valley Park, then up to Pulpit Rock and the new summit trail then down the Rim Trail (North Contour) and Loose Moose.
The song is "Use Me" by Bill Withers, from his 1972 album "Still Bill".
Learned this one from my brother, Larry.
...recording of the Porch Dogs from 2007.
The Porch Dogs are Dr. Scott McClure on bass and John "Ziggy" Zurek on percussion, with me on guitars and vocals.
Withers has said the song relates to feedback he received from women that he was "too nice", and his intent to change that:
"That's fun stuff. That's just talkin' trash. That’s just a song about being a little playful, a little arrogant and a little cool. Unless you were one of those people that were born popular, I was a chronic stutterer until I was twenty-eight. I avoided the phone. So I wasn't this popular guy. I remember being young and I would have girls tell me, "You’re too nice." I didn't understand that.
What kind of twisted world are we in? Women like bad boys, I guess. There is no more confusing form of rejection than for somebody to tell you that you’re not interesting to them because you’re too nice.
So over the course of time, you say okay, you wanna play, okay, let's play? Use Me taps into that. I tried to be nice, now let's get nasty. That song came quick. I was working in McDonnell Douglas out in Long Beach and the noise of the factory, they had some women working there. I crossed that line there thinking, “You all want a nasty boy? Well here I come.”]
The video has concretions, hoodoos, water vapor loop, police clearing junkie camps, a gosling calling for it's parents and the trials. AQI is up to 77 now.
Filmed with a GoPro Hero 12 and iPhone pro max 14.