David Lowery - I Sold the Arabs the Moon

David Lowery and Johnny Hickman of Cracker perform "I Sold the Arabs the Moon" at WNRN in Charlottesville, Virginia on December 31, 2010. Song appears on David's solo album "The Palace Guards". Video by Rich Tarbell.

[KeithWiggle]

I never tire of listening to this. Beautiful song.

[treetrain]

that is an absolutely gorgeous song and beautifully written. god bless

[steeplepossum]

I had never heard of David until i seen the movie River Red and I really enjoyed the music and I noticed how talented he really is.

[gregkuhl]

gorgeous song. Davids song writing skills are quite incredible.

[sanmarcoshighlands]

Great version. Keep writing new music. We need more!

[johnwillis]

Top Drawer, lovely comment and top song, again from David Lowery. Johnny Hickman's guitar fill's to die for! Keep writing please!

It never goes away & needs comment, New Roman Times and history repeating? Great song.
Ta, John

[samrottenliars.]

First time I heard it I loved it.  Now it has infected my mind.

[rootbeerfan]

What the hell is up with the airplane hanger echo? Really annoying!!

[olesorbethead]

Wonderful. In a way, I like this even better than the excellent album version.

[treetrain]

his voice reminds me a little of leanard cohen hahaha but i like david's much more

[dexredland]

oh, just to spare ne friends ne embarssment. i forgot i was logged onto to my buddie's account! so yeah- i think what she said is that it is not only beautiful musically, but also a great pieceof poetry. interestingly, she assked if i was to write a paper on it what would it be about-i told her i was in the process-cheers:)

[ron]

great one - did the lyrics get changed? WolfgangsVault com has the same song performed in a living room (a little bit better quality) and he says he sold the Arabs the Sea. I thought he sold the British the Sea.

I'm gonna buy the album asap!

[richigoescrazy]

Nice but what happened with Johnny?. He was so nervous.

[badaxeman]

Lowery's "look" is not at Johnny. He messed up the lyric. The line should be "Sold the English the sea" not the "Arabs the sea"

[dexredland]

and i not really tired of blah blahing about david and johnny. just plain tired. going to sleep now...to the palace guards:) ...i think the chords are c#m, b(maybe minor), a, e. and the chorus is f, b, a, e, b. i think.

[badaxeman]

The look is not at Johnny but at himself...he screwed up the lyric. It should be "sold the English the sea". Not "the Arabs the sea"

[olesorbethead]

Wonderful. In a way, I like this even better than the excellent album version.