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You won't take the doctors advice
You know I'm suffering with the flu
The doctor tell ya what I have to do
And now you tell me that you don't agree
With what the doctor tell you to give me
Gimme Da Ting that the doctor order me - Gimme Da Ting
Gimme Da Ting that the doctor order me - Gimme Da Ting
Gimme Da Ting that the doctor order me - Gimme Da Ting
Gimme Da Ting that the doctor order me - Gimme Da Ting
Call me girl, I want to know
Why you have been suffering so
Can't you see that I'm very sick
I really must get better quick
Now you stop your foolin' about
Cause all that medicines down inside me mouth (Chorus)
All the while so
It's a really black medicine
You know I must have it to survive
Do you want me to stay alive
Now you do what the doctor said
One teaspoon before I go to bed (Chorus)
Stop me now I'm losing me voice
And this is my only choice
I beg you please give me a dose
Me vocal chords is getting worse
Just a little bit to ease the pain
The only thing to make me sing again (Chorus)
I didn't see the answer to this old question in the comments. SecondHandSongs.com tells me that "Gee Me the Thing" by Lord Kitchener released in 1982.
All thses years I thought that DL wrote tis piece and now I find that
Lord Kitchener was the originator. Still like tho"
That's what I would have been singing pre internet
Fun song though
A good one to follow this would be Harry Nilsson's "Coconut".
God help me, but I'd listen to this 5.5 song all day long before I suffered through some more "worthy" artists (looking at you, Dylan and Joni Mitchell).
You, sir, get a solid 7 from me.
Needless to say so please don't!
Just noticed that we lost another legend - and long COVID got him too. Prine and he kept it all from getting too dark! RIP, good sir!
long COVID got him
Oh boy, and they got you...
God help me, but I'd listen to this 5.5 song all day long before I suffered through some more "worthy" artists (looking at you, Dylan and Joni Mitchell).
You, sir, get a solid 7 from me.
There is a time and place for all kinds of music. I like David Lindley as he is a very talented guitarist and has a knack for catchy songs. But mostly because he seems to enjoy himself and have fun on the recordings I have heard from him. He is just as worthy as Dylan or Mitchell.
Having said that, I would get bored listening to him all day... I think Bill has just the right balance of music, so please do not play less Dylan and Mitchell ;-)
God help me, but I'd listen to this 5.5 song all day long before I suffered through some more "worthy" artists (looking at you, Dylan and Joni Mitchell).
You, sir, get a solid 7 from me.
I mean, that's what listen it for in the end, right? Unless you have a good reason to care about other people's taste (or image they're trying to maintain).
I kinda agreed this actually, but I don't know exactly why, it just didn't touch me. It could very well just be this particular moment, it is what it is
Now checking out the Lord Kitchener original which is bound to lead down a calypso rabbit hole. Damn you RP!
This is a Calypso by Lord Kitchener who was a Trinidadian calypsonian. There are a lot of low ratings concerning this tune which I think is attributed to the fact that most don't understand what "da 'ting" is. Many, (if not all Calypsos), have a sexual connotation to them, so you can take it from there. Yes, it's different, but after living in the Virgin Islands in my 20's and hearing this music in it's element it certainly grew on me. David does an excellent job with it.
God help me, but I'd listen to this 5.5 song all day long before I suffered through some more "worthy" artists (looking at you, Dylan and Joni Mitchell).
You, sir, get a solid 7 from me.
He's pretty dern worthy on his own. He has been playing with Jackson Browne (since 1972), also with Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt, Warren Zevon, Dolly Parton and Curtis Mayfield (for starters). He has is own cred! One of my favorites of all time! If you can find one, watch a documentary on him, he's an engima.
This song's been in my head all day. Don't know why, as I hadn't heard it in a while. Anyway, just give the poor guy da 'ting. Always love hearing DL on RP!!
I first encountered Mr. Dave when I was in college in Claremont, CA where he lives - he played one of our 5-college parties with some incarnation of his El Rayo X band, and I was instantly taken by his commanding skills on anything stringed (steel, Weissenborn, saz, fiddle, you name it), and of course his ample and quirky sense of humor. I used to bump into him in local Claremont stores like Wolfe's market, and I can say he is a genuinely nice human being, as anyone in town would attest. Since then I've caught him live all over the country and it is always an amazing show. Assuming he resumes touring in 2021, I highly recommend his shows, which usually consist of just him and a dozen or so stringed instruments, and plenty of hilarious stories. Rock on Mr. Dave.
I remember seeing Mt. Dave in a "hole-in-the-wall" bar in the Lawrenceville section of Pittsburgh. The place was PACKED!! and he entered from behind the back bar in the balcony and squeezed down the stairs to the stage. As he sat putting in his ear monitors, he looked up and deadpanned, "It looks like a fire hazard in here." Looked back down and fiddled with his monitors a moment and then, looking up, said equally dryly, "That'll fuck with some people's minds."
So, yes, he's a great entertainer.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!! Yeah, Mr. Dave and El Rayo-X are the Bomb. More!!!!
Hi. I actually really like Gimme Da'Ting, and I was googling around because I couldn't determine elsewhere whether David Lindley actually wrote it, or if it was from someone else. I am using it in a song list I'm making in Rhapsody Online, and I wanted to see if I could get another name for it, because Lindley's cover/recording of it is the only one I've found.
I find it odd that some posters don't like the song that much. I find it very good. Perhaps it takes that Sears Roebuck taste. At any rate, I find all of Lindley's stuff very enjoyable, and generally a good dose of what I think of as reality. My story of Lindley is my friend Phil, a serious Dead fan, taking me and the Rayo dog to Pacific Beach for a rest (and to buy his pickup I think) the Summer I was trying to divorce my future ex-wife, whom I now count as a very dear, but thankfully distant friend, and still one of the most beautiful women I've ever known too, if that matters (it really doesn't to me, but it's good story material). He played me Very Greasy, which he had on CD, and I was immediatly hooked, though oddly my favorite track at that time was Tiki Torches at Twilight. Now I think "Pay the man" is, but frankly I so far enjoy all his stuff. Anyway, I now work on the Rhapsody Online project and listen to more music than I thought I ever would, and I find Lindley one of my favorites. Enough lavishment of praise though.
So I want to know if Gimme is really written by David, and even so if it has any other heritage, which somehow I think it does. Can someone help me on that? Can I get some spelling for any alternate tracks?
Just a mention for 'Gimme Dat Ding' - The Pipkins, 1970 -
Gimme Dat Ding - YouTube
Cheers!
xeno wrote:
Hi. I actually really like Gimme Da'Ting, and I was googling around because I couldn't determine elsewhere whether David Lindley actually wrote it, or if it was from someone else. I am using it in a song list I'm making in Rhapsody Online, and I wanted to see if I could get another name for it, because Lindley's cover/recording of it is the only one I've found.
I find it odd that some posters don't like the song that much. I find it very good. Perhaps it takes that Sears Roebuck taste. At any rate, I find all of Lindley's stuff very enjoyable, and generally a good dose of what I think of as reality. My story of Lindley is my friend Phil, a serious Dead fan, taking me and the Rayo dog to Pacific Beach for a rest (and to buy his pickup I think) the Summer I was trying to divorce my future ex-wife, whom I now count as a very dear, but thankfully distant friend, and still one of the most beautiful women I've ever known too, if that matters (it really doesn't to me, but it's good story material). He played me Very Greasy, which he had on CD, and I was immediatly hooked, though oddly my favorite track at that time was Tiki Torches at Twilight. Now I think "Pay the man" is, but frankly I so far enjoy all his stuff. Anyway, I now work on the Rhapsody Online project and listen to more music than I thought I ever would, and I find Lindley one of my favorites. Enough lavishment of praise though.
So I want to know if Gimme is really written by David, and even so if it has any other heritage, which somehow I think it does. Can someone help me on that? Can I get some spelling for any alternate tracks?
SAME HERE!! On all counts!!
This is a silly song for silly people.
Count me in!
I agree!!! ...and it always gets me tapping my feet & rocking back and forth in my chair!!!!
You, sir, get a solid 7 from me.
Count me in!
And his hair was...well......
Mr. Dave is another RP uncovered artist for me.
Thanks again B&R!
I find his guitar sound distinctive-
much like the fore mentioned hair in that pic.
This may not be his best effort, but I like it
I first encountered Mr. Dave when I was in college in Claremont, CA where he lives - he played one of our 5-college parties with some incarnation of his El Rayo X band, and I was instantly taken by his commanding skills on anything stringed (steel, Weissenborn, saz, fiddle, you name it), and of course his ample and quirky sense of humor. I used to bump into him in local Claremont stores like Wolfe's market, and I can say he is a genuinely nice human being, as anyone in town would attest. Since then I've caught him live all over the country and it is always an amazing show. Assuming he resumes touring in 2021, I highly recommend his shows, which usually consist of just him and a dozen or so stringed instruments, and plenty of hilarious stories. Rock on Mr. Dave.
Look after the king of R n R please
And gimme da thing!
Thank you.
I first encountered Mr. Dave when I was in college in Claremont, CA where he lives - he played one of our 5-college parties with some incarnation of his El Rayo X band, and I was instantly taken by his commanding skills on anything stringed (steel, Weissenborn, saz, fiddle, you name it), and of course his ample and quirky sense of humor. I used to bump into him in local Claremont stores like Wolfe's market, and I can say he is a genuinely nice human being, as anyone in town would attest. Since then I've caught him live all over the country and it is always an amazing show. Assuming he resumes touring in 2021, I highly recommend his shows, which usually consist of just him and a dozen or so stringed instruments, and plenty of hilarious stories. Rock on Mr. Dave.
The photo is very interesting. The shirt alone adds great flair. I can see the same garden gnome look you mention. That broad smile too.
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9
A really cool song but 9? 8 max but to the ear of the beholder
I never read the lyrics, and i just care if the overall sounds good, and yes it does, here's your 10
Actually, no. This sounds more like old Bahamian music (Bahamas). Tiki is a homage to the South Pacific.
9
The photo is very interesting. The shirt alone adds great flair. I can see the same garden gnome look you mention. That broad smile too.
xeno wrote:
I find it odd that some posters don't like the song that much. I find it very good. Perhaps it takes that Sears Roebuck taste. At any rate, I find all of Lindley's stuff very enjoyable, and generally a good dose of what I think of as reality. My story of Lindley is my friend Phil, a serious Dead fan, taking me and the Rayo dog to Pacific Beach for a rest (and to buy his pickup I think) the Summer I was trying to divorce my future ex-wife, whom I now count as a very dear, but thankfully distant friend, and still one of the most beautiful women I've ever known too, if that matters (it really doesn't to me, but it's good story material). He played me Very Greasy, which he had on CD, and I was immediatly hooked, though oddly my favorite track at that time was Tiki Torches at Twilight. Now I think "Pay the man" is, but frankly I so far enjoy all his stuff. Anyway, I now work on the Rhapsody Online project and listen to more music than I thought I ever would, and I find Lindley one of my favorites. Enough lavishment of praise though.
So I want to know if Gimme is really written by David, and even so if it has any other heritage, which somehow I think it does. Can someone help me on that? Can I get some spelling for any alternate tracks?
He likes polyester leisure suits too, is first to admit that it is super exciting for him to go to Salt Lake City to perform because apparently there is a large selection there.
I concur!
Your cod liver oil is so pure and so strong
Am afraid me life will go down in the soil
If me wife don't stop drinking yer cod liver oil
I will have them all if that is alright with the doc.
Is that the Cape Cod trailer park in you talkin' out loud?
on RY would be nice....
da whole ting.....ALL of IT......
but that heavy bass and clear, high guitar vibe is pretty much exactly what I've been fruitlessly searching for ever since Paul Simon's Graceland.
Or, it may be a blatant ripoff of Graceland.
In any case, it sounds great!
It is fun, light and kind of stupid but fun. So all you Francises out there lighten up.
Maybe get your own 'ting.
I'm all about fun these days - mostly because I'm not having much of it. I really wanted to dance to this song, but the back will barely let me WALK, much less dance. I fear I may need - GASP! - a trip to a chiropractor. Please send donations, as I can barely afford to put gas in my vehicle to get me to and from work.
Oh, what the heck - I'll break-dance anyway. This is just too good a song to NOT dance to, even if dancing means a trip to the ER...
It is fun, light and kind of stupid but fun. So all you Francises out there lighten up.
Maybe get your own 'ting.
Stop playing with da ting, will ya!
The_Enemy wrote:
He's probably gone blind by now
Either he's gone blind, or he's a member of the House of Representatives from New York!
(Love the song, BTW. Just good, dumb, goofy fun.)
Da seaweed is always greenah, in somebuddy else's lekk...
Oh, thanks, salide - now I have to go watch that movie! After I'm done dancing to this song...He's probably gone blind by now
I think at this point, eight years later, you're still right. Kind of annoying, IMO.
It's suckiness is timeless
I think at this point, eight years later, you're still right. Kind of annoying, IMO.
Yep, if nothing else, it's a moment of happy jump around music.
I find it odd that some posters don't like the song that much. I find it very good. Perhaps it takes that Sears Roebuck taste. At any rate, I find all of Lindley's stuff very enjoyable, and generally a good dose of what I think of as reality. My story of Lindley is my friend Phil, a serious Dead fan, taking me and the Rayo dog to Pacific Beach for a rest (and to buy his pickup I think) the Summer I was trying to divorce my future ex-wife, whom I now count as a very dear, but thankfully distant friend, and still one of the most beautiful women I've ever known too, if that matters (it really doesn't to me, but it's good story material). He played me Very Greasy, which he had on CD, and I was immediatly hooked, though oddly my favorite track at that time was Tiki Torches at Twilight. Now I think "Pay the man" is, but frankly I so far enjoy all his stuff. Anyway, I now work on the Rhapsody Online project and listen to more music than I thought I ever would, and I find Lindley one of my favorites. Enough lavishment of praise though.
So I want to know if Gimme is really written by David, and even so if it has any other heritage, which somehow I think it does. Can someone help me on that? Can I get some spelling for any alternate tracks?
No, it's an old Lord Kitchener song - you could call it "classic soca" - "Gimme De Ting" or "Gee Me The Ting" is how you can google it; here's a youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcOpbtGeTsM
... but no real video, just a travel poster.
And here's a different recording with a different feel, and real, real cool (this is the one I heard way back when when I got turned on to it) - check the bari sax:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gawMF6PQPuU&feature=related
The El Rayo X vibe on this song is cool but not quite authentic - but so what? The production is clear and the playing is hip (though Kitchener's bass player does less and plays it groovier) - the best thing in it for me is the percussion. Usually, playing every instrument in the kit is a weakness, but this guy is really driving the song - and, if you can dig this, he's matching the sophisticated wit of the song with his playing (great sounding cymbals, too), and he's nicely up in the mix and gets a wide pan, too.
I also "find it very good". Good luck!
I find it odd that some posters don't like the song that much. I find it very good. Perhaps it takes that Sears Roebuck taste. At any rate, I find all of Lindley's stuff very enjoyable, and generally a good dose of what I think of as reality. My story of Lindley is my friend Phil, a serious Dead fan, taking me and the Rayo dog to Pacific Beach for a rest (and to buy his pickup I think) the Summer I was trying to divorce my future ex-wife, whom I now count as a very dear, but thankfully distant friend, and still one of the most beautiful women I've ever known too, if that matters (it really doesn't to me, but it's good story material). He played me Very Greasy, which he had on CD, and I was immediatly hooked, though oddly my favorite track at that time was Tiki Torches at Twilight. Now I think "Pay the man" is, but frankly I so far enjoy all his stuff. Anyway, I now work on the Rhapsody Online project and listen to more music than I thought I ever would, and I find Lindley one of my favorites. Enough lavishment of praise though.
So I want to know if Gimme is really written by David, and even so if it has any other heritage, which somehow I think it does. Can someone help me on that? Can I get some spelling for any alternate tracks?
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