The Meters - They All Ask'd For You

[@SouthernMetalMonster]

For anyone who grew up in south Louisiana, this song is as recognizable as the national anthem

[@Kira36k]

I know the words to this better than I know the words to the anthem, Nola

[@seaanimalsqueenisBentley]

Yes

[@nastienancy21]

Laissez les bons temps rouler

[@CHRISGAANG]

Yes sir

[@AM-lc6hy]

Definitely! Don't forget about Marie Laveau either! We all know dat one too, yeah!

[@sherrischaefer3039]

I was born and raised in Louisiana and I love this music

[@sbef]

I envy you. I am European and the state I would want to visit the most in US is Louisiana. Mosquitos, the bayou, the creole culture and the incredible music

[@rorystone62]

I went to Tulane University on a football scholarship in the late 70's and fell in love with NOLA and the people there! What a unique and enchanted city! I miss her!

[@michaelharrell138]

Roll Wave!

[@Renee_nf094e]

💚💙

[@gvan4436]

I’m so glad you feel this way about our home! Very well put!! It does something to your soul!

[@andreiamorrison4541]

I'm so happy to hear this morning - my daddy used to sing it to me when I was in a bad mood or acting like brat, lol ....he told me it was the song to sing while he was dropping me off at the zoo, my new home.... unless I snapped out of it. His being silly and clowning around always got me laughing and dancing!

[@Melissa_the_Swamp_Princess]

Same. Always remember the older folks signing this to us when we were little. So special ❤

[@shushup3856]

I woke up with this song playing in my head after not hearing it for 25 years. So glad it's here on youtube. Guess I'm missing home.

[@jonathanfreet5333]

Ain't it strange how that happens? Lucky you...for me, it's usually some dog shit song that I would never willingly listen to.

[@MoneyMoBR]

Just did myself, LOL.

[@bigfella422b6]

The quintessential New Orleans song. Always puts a smile on my face & brings back the great Louisiana memories!!

[@jdog6620]

bigfella422 b ... we are at a friends house right now dancing to this!!!

[@DoowahDiatribe]

I lived near the Park and the Zoo when this song came on the radio. Lawd ! I musta been at the right place at the right time!!!! Was also blessed to here them guys lots of time, mostly for free.

[@srsucioguapodelsur8845]

I work at a record store in Texas, can't put this one on without selling at least one copy. Viva The Meters!

[@gailedwards1841]

Only in the New Orleans. The world will never understand us. Only song about the zoo in the whole wide world. For just about everything in New Orleans, there is a song. That is another reason why I love my City.

[@marcisaac2558]

ditto

[@bernadettesandoval9597]

gail edwards I'm from the big easy...but now I live..... in......yuk Deaver. Is was crying today it was Mardi Gras and I couldn't go I think I'm getting the flu...I miss my town..up here when I talk they say oh you must be from New York or Boston ..

[@kuragxo]

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[@kuragxo]

Not only song

[@ZeroMilk]

Likewise. I could move to BR to be closer to work, but I won't do it. NOLA is home.

[@brandy475]

That time of year ya'll! South Louisiana proud!

[@adreamymelody59]

What a catchy tune. Was at the Audubon zoo the other day and this was playing in swamp cafe.

[@robertsutton1295]

Where has this song been all my life? Imma go get my gumbo on.

[@Rescue162]

This is GREAT, man!!!!!! As a person from New Orleans, I remember this from way, way back.

[@Starriddin]

Even in 2020 this is classic New Orleans vibe!!! I still love it every time I hear it and you still get to direct it at one of your buds and still get a laugh! May the Bon Ton Roulette cher!!!!

[@donnastrickland689]

RIP Papa Funk Neville...thanks for the music and mempries.

[@theoneandonlystork]

An all-timer! If you don’t like this song, you’re already dead. RIP, Mr. Art Neville.

[@allenmorgan7556]

I went on down....This song has brought such joy to so many over many decades. My wife and I after all these years took a few turns on our private dance floor tonight listing to this tune and having so many very fond memories of the song and what it brings to mind...all the memories and they all ask'd for you!

[@GWROliver]

That's really sweet. :)

[@HocusPocusFocus69]

RIP Mr Art Neville! You are a true music legend!

[@RoJoeLa55x]

Thanks you for all your great music Art. Miss you.

[@erinsumlin8483]

My Dad used to sing this to me when I was a youngster! Great memories:)

[@mimiya4406]

Erin Sumlin Me too! In the early 70s :)

[@AlmostMonumental27]

So did my NOLA uncle! He sang and I clapped - and I am from Alabama! Those nutty animals on the bayou! That was when I was little and we visited. Now I’m old and I still love this song!

[@Melissa_the_Swamp_Princess]

Same 🥰

[@poketz100]

I first heard this song in elementary in Baton Rouge back in 1997. This song always made me want red beans and rice. I love that I grew up in the south. Home sweet home

[@suzukispider]

I used to play this loud and sing loud with it at the glass shop I worked at up in atlanta, they all thought I was crazy to get excited about this song talking about food..... they don't know. I'm cajun, not creole, but I love it all the same.

[@thechosen481]

Red beans & rice, creole gumbo I moved to California in 1999 and never realized how much I miss New Orleans until I heard this song again.

[@JBmusicart]

The lack of home cooking out there didn't make you miss it?

[@JBmusicart]

Dupre' we're practically cousins!

[@joesterling6829]

0725 CT forgotten awesome song from the 70s. Bring them back😂

[@valmarsiglia]

My favorite song when I was kiddie. Always puts a smile on my face.

[@Melissa_the_Swamp_Princess]

Same 😁

[@BillyDBunny]

Superior, this is what music is all about. Top shelf.

[@boothehaley6390]

Yeppersdoodles!!!! This song brings back fond memories. Now I sing it to my kids

[@beyoutyisinthei5552]

I LOVE these songs! I was born in Louisiana but moved to Florida young. Ended up going to college in Louisiana and moved back to Florida, lol. Needless to say I am rooted in this place. Good, bad, or indifferent! Love em❤️

[@tooge47]

Played this tonight in the very northeast corner of Tennessee, these hillbillies are looking at this flatlander / swamp boy like he's crazy

[@jackieringersma7003]

This NETN hillbilly would be dancing with you!

[@melbell2013]

My daddy used to sing this to us as kids. In NOLA ...good times!!

[@margaretphillips1372]

Hey Lamba’,,,was a kid in the 70s,,,n my cousin had this 45 and he would play it fer me n I fell in love with it , funny I remembered it by the deep blue sea, n thanks to U Tube I got it correctly n didn’t realize it was about a ZOO after all these years ,,,,

[@dennissculaf2740]

I'm from Montreal, I just heard this song for the first time this evening.... it was playing off of the Kanawake Mohawk station 103.7FM.... I got home and had to immediately find it on youtube....

[@LeannWebb61]

This brings back so many memories of listening to WTIX on my little baby blue AM radio while growing up. Thanks for posting it. :-)

[@charloettemariano502]

New Orleans my city 🌃 love ❤️ it !! Born and raised !! And jus love ❤️ Mardi Gras time ! Love Endymion and Zulu and bacchus parades !! Slidell Titan n Selene !

[@bernadettesandoval9597]

New Orleans is a one of a kind town. .yep a song About our zoo ..you have to be from New Orleans to understand it..I'm in Denver now and I hate it here I am still a die hard Saints fan and always be..my brother still lives there I'm Metairie .so I could go to Mardi Gras this time I'm .I think I'm getting the flu so I had roast beef Po'boys. what they call french bread sad just sad it feels like a sponge. ..I'll be there next year. .love and miss you my big easy.. Toni maucelli

[@teamtinyturtle9103]

+ Bernadette Sandoval This song really makes me want to go to Mardi Gras one day. Right now I'm in Minnesota where I've been my entire life. I first heard this song just about a year ago from this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4nbopKklsyDZpY

[@catholicdad]

My first serious college & after) girlfriend & her family live in Metairie. I lived in BSL when I lived down there. This is my face MG song. Laissez led bons temps rouler!

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Love it. Brings me back...

[@tylersimmons4287]

Nothing feels as good as this song

[@rickhartline7883]

Excellent song...Great band...

[@BillyDBunny]

So awesome. They all ask'd for you!

[@her0majesty]

Been lookin for this forever!!!

[@TCizauskas]

Rest in rhythm, Mr. Arthur Lanon Neville (17 December 1937 - 22 July 2019).

[@GWROliver]

I found out about this song thanks to the Rock Afire Explosion, but after listening to it like 2 or 3 times, I've become addicted. Now, I've listened to it about 20 times. XD

[@Moxy_1984]

I'm here from Rockafire too lol.

[@noelsbeautyempire2017]

The fact that we sang this song at my Catholic School growing up😐😂

[@bradys3339]

Holy cross?

[@FoxQ76]

@@bradys3339 Name just about any of them... Brother Martin, Holy Angels, Chapelle, etc. We all sang the song and laughed and giggled as we emphasized the 'monkeys assed' for you!

[@robertcombs55]

Heard this at Sports Bar....forgot how much I Liked this song!!!

[@littlejoe9229]

Wow, this takes me back! Haven't heard this in years.

[@peterkaplan3564]

30 times a day on WTIX during the season.

[@maryraymond3675]

My favorite version of this song.

[@ronnieayo985]

I love my city, so neat. come on down and treat yourself to a smile.

[@elizabethsnyder_baldonado39]

Aaaaaw-I L😍VE this song!!! So happy to hear it again, it cheered me up outa them thurr isolation blues... I've been a Metermaniac since I heard the 1st few seconds of "Sophisticated Cissy", back in 1969. WHOA...🤯... where's alla that freakin' time gone, anyway?????🙃 Bless your dear soul, "Papa Funk"--you are lovingly remembered, every day, for all your sweet soul music, & the contributions you & the rest of the Meters have made to our lives... boogie in peace, good Sir Art.💙🙏🏽👑🎶💚 Y'all saw me through some horrible stuff, when I was just a kid of 22 yrs., & I wish I could repay you for the continuous lift your music has given me. George, Cyril, Leo, & Zigaboo... I love y'all, with all my heart, soul, & old arthritic bones!!!😁 Gonna boogie ANYway, as a tribute to my FAVORITE NOLA BAND EVER!!!🤩😎🎶🤗😍 Thanks, y'all, & GOD BLESS YOU. 💙💖🤟🏽💖💚 (I know y'all will probably never see this, but the positivity of saying--I mean, TAPPING!!!-- it has helped me already, so I gotta dance in celebration!!!😄) OOOOOWWWW.😣

[@cynthiahawkins2389]

Sometimes being a New Yorker is a real pain..I get words and names wrong that I really ought to know. Hubby lived on Jackson Square for decades before Katrina brought him to NY in October 2005, so he is patient with me. I do catch myself saying dumb stuff like BURgundy street, CRAYole food..(like the crayons?) and Lordy... I only just got the hang of Tchoupitoulas..(which is probably spelled wrong). Be kind, and know my heart's in the right place even if my pronunciation isn't.....when we come back in 2018, for NOLA 300, I should have it right, by then!!!

[@obiwan2112]

You correctly spelled Tchoupitoulas. Well done!

[@marcisaac2558]

BURgundy is the proper NOLA pronunciation .....not Burgundy ...you go girl

[@JBmusicart]

Tchoupique tou las!

[@JBmusicart]

@@obiwan2112 yes, and since you're a know it all, i bet you you don't know what it means...

[@diannariley8430]

Cynthia Hawkins it's Creole...(Cree-ole). I'm a Creole woman, that's how I know how to pronounce it.

[@audrangea]

Best damn advertisement the Audubon Zoo ever had and that’s the truth!

[@Maki.1028]

めちゃんこ好きな曲😆✨

[@barbarabrown7115]

RIP ART 🍀❤️

[@joeday4293]

60 people don't get axed about by anybody.

[@tyronebazile4286]

I remember my Mom and Dad dancing in the streets off this I wish my children could witness the my kind of carnivals but even till dis day I be trying

[@hughbritt2884]

It wouldn't be New Orleans without them

[@cynthiahawkins2389]

Next time I run into my neighbor Aaron Neville here on Union Square I'm gonna tell him how nuts dis song be makin' us...

[@christiantarullo1534]

It's awesome

[@citycarrier24]

No other place like the Crescent City. It has a culture of it's own, like going to a foreign country without a passport. The only place in the world to get a real muffuletta sandwich at it's place of origin, the Central Grocery at the French Market in the Quarter.

[@marcisaac2558]

Frank's Deli ,,,2 doors down rocked as well

[@chriscrawford2401]

They All Ask'd for You The Meters Hey, Lamba Crawfish etouffee They all asked for you I went on down to the Audubon Zoo And they all asked for you They all asked for you (For who?) Well, they even inquired about you I went on down to the Audubon Zoo And they all asked for you The monkeys asked The tigers asked And the elephant asked me too Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom Boo, dee bee doo, poo boom Boom, boom Boo, dee bee doo, poo boom Hey, Lamba (hey Lamba, hey Lamba, hey Lamba) Red beans and rice Creole gumbo I went on up to the big ol' sky And they all asked for you (For who?) They all asked for you Well, they even inquire about you I went on up to the big ol' sky And they all asked for you The ducks asked The eagles asked And the buzzard asked me too Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom Boo, dee…

[@soleiux]

Got me hungry with all that food talk! :-D

[@dixieworker]

This makes me so happy

[@LuckyCedarlane]

Hey, Lamba !!!! RIP but alway a Good Day for dat Music #YaHeard !

[@thomasward00]

Now this is New Orleans... Watching Zulu and Rex on Canal St.

[@peterkaplan3564]

yea you right

[@FoxQ76]

@@peterkaplan3564 Yeah, pardner! Ever see Zulu on St. Claude Avenue right before the truck Krewe of Arabi rolled? Those were the good old days!

[@nastienancy21]

Reminds me of Mardi Gras when I hear it, cause I'm usually at Mardi Gras, in Mobile Alabama.

[@cynthiahawkins2389]

Dey's only one ting wrong wid dis song -- it becomes a "BRAINWORM"..now we a;; can't stop singing it!!! He'p me, somebody!!

[@marcisaac2558]

lose the dis and the ting ....that ain't NOLA

[@CasimirLeYeti]

It's so sad, that none of the three links above work... Hope that someone in the honoured Newille family will pass on the torch !

[@aaronberns8485]

My mother took me to this song because she thought it sounded like the monkey’s ass the tiger’s ass instead of ask. I just had to listen to it. I love it.

[@audrangea]

Welllll Dey even inqwired aboutchu

[@thomassharp1147]

Happy Mardi Gras!!!

[@dabaglady]

My son's favorite song as a baby

[@germyw]

It was my favorite when I was 5.😊

[@yeeyuh4519]

If you aren't from the south you will never understand

[@neworleansbaby25]

Agreed.... And just from Louisiana

[@McCelt1968]

You cant really appreciate this song unless you're from New Orleans ..... its like the 12 yats of Christmas. Gotta be from NOLA to get it.

[@erinsumlin8483]

Dat's right!

[@stevieb8750]

I'm from New York and yet I understand.

[@yeeyuh4519]

finley rodriguez i was joking take a joke hun

[@SapphireDragon83]

Audubon zoo baby!!!!

[@WoodyLittle]

Hey, la ba. Thanks, OP. I think the giraffes asked about you.

[@prankjuice4087]

My god the nostalgia.

[@tinapoitevent7846]

This brought back such sweet childhood memories! I had WTIX on earlier & this came on. What a great song about NOLA living, it's all about the food & the zoo! One of the Neville's is either on vocals or an instrument. We have such incredible musicians & food that come out of NOLA & other parts of LA too! I'm a proud NOLA native & will always love my birthplace! 💜💚💛⚜ 🖤💛⚜ 😋 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Meters

[@deborahcrum6668]

awsome

[@kxngearner698]

Love My City New Orleans

[@shawndavis7562]

Happy Mardi Gras everybody!

[@dawana1504]

Love my job at the neworleans zoo I sing this song all day

[@baronvonsatan]

...at the WHAT zoo??

[@MrGuitars8]

I remember this when I was little it was popular with my Parents .

[@noz_redna]

Best song eva.

[@Ricklarntz]

I used to sing this to my sons when they was youngins lol

[@joannebrooks1560]

Happy birthday Matthew

[@jenniferjeffrey3933]

Happy Mardi Gras y'all

[@hughbritt2884]

We used to sing to this on the school bus when I was a kid

[@sp1n4l_sn4p]

We don’t have songs like this anymore soon we’ll have songs like this MY CAT IS A CAR COS HE GOT HIT BY 1

[@laurabeane8862]

They even INQUIRED about you😄 The Persuasions did a great cover, too...

[@piedpiper6996]

RIP Art Neville

[@VisionzOfExcess]

im fighting for my motherland.

[@RobertWilson-td7eb]

Actually - It's pronounced "Axed For You" NOT "Asked For You" between Hotlanta and Nawlins.

[@germyw]

That’s right

[@bigloux]

Poor white boy lived off Napoleon and St Charles back in the 70s... Them black girls were so so fine

[@MrSammyesparza]

Heard this song at popeye's fried chicken lol. I love it

[@nosaintntx]

Grits and fish drippings!

[@thesimmonsfamily6316]

Yep❤

[@amare222001]

I have to send a copy of my favorite things that you have a good idea. I am a big

[@FoxQ76]

Great Music for Fat Tuesday!

[@marcisaac2558]

dey all axed for yu ...I love my life

[@teamtinyturtle9103]

The 🎆 *_Rock-Afire Explosion_* 🎇 lead me here!

[@deanstanley2125]

where y'at new orleans peoples? How 'bout them New Orleans Saints! Who Dat

[@deanstanley2125]

The Creeper if we can beat Minnesota then we can win the NFC and be super bowl bound

[@JBmusicart]

At the moment, I'm sitting in my room trolling!

[@warrenforrey807]

Ain’t nuttin to it bro!

[@cynthiahawkins2389]

We be moving back to the Quarter, now that mom passed, at 95..up here in NYC. We be getting on our Who Dat...

[@JenniferBrown-uc3cv]

WHO DAT💛⚜🖤