carter family was the original singer of you're gonna miss me when i'm gone.
carter family was the original singer of you're gonna miss me when i'm gone.
who is the original singer of you're gonna miss me when i'm gone?
carter family
cups (song)









































"cups" is a version of the 1931 carter family song "when i'm gone", usually performed a cappella with a cup used to provide percussion, as in the cup game. it was first performed this way in a youtube video by luisa gerstein and heloise tunstall-behrens as lulu and the lampshades in 2009 (under the title "you're gonna miss me"). composition of the song is credited to a. p. carter and luisa gerstein of lulu and the lampshades.
cups (song)
the song's lyrics are, for the most part, about a woman doing the singer wrong, and him boasting that "you're gonna miss me" after the two have separated, which is traditional to the template that many other garage rock bands had followed. an alternative motive to the song's concept was that the lyric, "you're gonna miss me", actually was directed toward songwriter roky erickson's extended absences from his family, which began when he was enrolled in junior high school. erickson acknowledges that three compositions influenced the song's conception such as his musical role model, james brown's "i don't mind", a key line of which is, "you're gonna miss me", as well as buddy holly's "early in the morning", and muddy waters' lesser-known recording, "you're gonna miss me".
you're gonna miss me (song)