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Toots & The Maytals — Start Me Up
Album: Paint It Black - A Reggae Tribute to the Rolling Stones
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Released: 2009
Length: 3:57
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If you start me up
If you start me up I'll never stop

You can start me up
You can start me up I'll never stop
I've been running hot
You got me just about to blow my top
You can start me up, you can start me up
I'll never stop, never stop, never stop

You make a grown man cry
You make a grown man cry
You make a grown man cry
Spread out the oil, the gasoline
I walk smooth ride in a mean, mean machine
Start it up

You can start me up
Kick on the starter, give it all you've got
(you got, you got)
I can't compete
With the riders in the other heats
If you rough it up
If you like it you can slit it up, slide it up
Slide it up, slide it up
Don't make a grown man cry
Don't make a grown man cry
Don't make a grown man cry
My eyes dilate, my lips go green
My hands are greasy, she's a mean, mean machine
Start it up
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Start me up
Ah, you've got to, you've got to
Never, never, never stop
Start it up
Ah, start it up, never, never, never
You make a grown man cry
You make a grown man cry
You make a grown man cry
Ride like the wind, at double speed
I'll take you places that you've never, never seen

It you start it up
Love the day when we will never stop
Never stop, never, never, never stop
Tough me up
Never stop, never stop
You, you, you make a grown man cry
You, you make a dead man come
You, you, you make a dead man come
Comments (38)add comment
Bryan Cranston dancing like a crazy man in his underpants
Admit it: you're all doing this at home.
Posted 9 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Blechhhh!  {#Beat}  Horrible!
Posted 13 years ago by suebee3    [ Reply ]
I usually enjoy the quirky covers Bill digs up....
everyone in the recording studio had earplugs in for this one 

Make it stop!  Then Bury it! 
Posted 13 years ago by Dalebarely    [ Reply ]
Forget the Rolling Stones - the vocals in this song are more of a tribute to Otis Redding.
Posted 13 years ago by ladron    [ Reply ]
....never gonna stop!   that ending line scares me on this version.  Please stop!...lol
Posted 13 years ago by csutto    [ Reply ]
 pdemeester wrote:
Tired of the Stones (who are just tired themselves), tired of Start Me Up, won't get tired of this version 'cause RP was shut off in our house as soon as we started to endure this one.

Please . . . never again. 
 
Thanks for posting this comment.  I was about to say the same thing but you said it best and saved me the trouble.

Posted 13 years ago by pinto    [ Reply ]
Tired of the Stones (who are just tired themselves), tired of Start Me Up, won't get tired of this version 'cause RP was shut off in our house as soon as we started to endure this one.

Please . . . never again. 
Posted 13 years ago by Lakeview    [ Reply ]
feeling this one, yep, like it and I haven't been near the weed (lately) :)
Posted 13 years ago by farley    [ Reply ]
Just when you get sick and tired of hearing a song like Start Me Up, RP plays a wild and likable version.

 
Posted 13 years ago by 84MacGuy    [ Reply ]
Paging Weird Al.
Posted 13 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
 vicariance wrote:
*confused wonderment*
 

That's for sure.  I DID understand the words better tho.
Posted 13 years ago by ronniegirl    [ Reply ]
Very true
 listen_n_sf wrote:
Proof that weed doesn't make you creative.
 


Posted 13 years ago by Mahati    [ Reply ]
 johnjconn wrote:
Nails on a chalkboard
Road kill
Babies sliding down a slide of razor blades
Vomit
Decapitation

Just a few thoughts while listening to this.
 
The fact that so many people like you will post here, says that Radio Paradise doesn't really have much competition, otherwise you'd be listening to something else that fits your opinions better, instead of this. 

Posted 13 years ago by james_of_tucson    [ Reply ]
Actually, this is pretty fun. Don't think I can hear the Stones' version again. I blame Bill Gates for that. 
Posted 13 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Proof that weed doesn't make you creative.
Posted 13 years ago by listen_n_sf    [ Reply ]
Well, Bill's in a good mood - has he just got back from the pub!
Posted 13 years ago by mgkiwi    [ Reply ]
This sucks!!!!
Posted 13 years ago by LuvsMusic    [ Reply ]
 xkolibuul wrote:
 johnjconn wrote:
Nails on a chalkboard....etc etc


Oh come on.  Lighten up.  Toots can do no wrong.  Fun!  
 
Here, let me fix your typos:

Toots can do? No!  Wrong!

Posted 13 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
Toots needs a bigger splif!

ON the other hand, I just saw the post with the WINDOWS logo, and figure this song will make a great start-up for the ol' 'puter each morning!
Posted 13 years ago by ri_shelton    [ Reply ]
I like the album cover :P
Posted 14 years ago by flapser    [ Reply ]
 johnjconn wrote:
Nails on a chalkboard....etc etc


Oh come on.  Lighten up.  Toots can do no wrong.  Fun!  
Posted 14 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
 kaybee wrote:

Maybe he's not crying from sadness!!

 

Shame ?
Posted 14 years ago by That_SOB    [ Reply ]
 martinc wrote:
Ok I am a geezer. These guys are too happy when they say you make a grown man cry......
 
Maybe he's not crying from sadness!!

Posted 14 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
Don't hold back, man, tell us how you really feel!
 johnjconn wrote:
Nails on a chalkboard
Road kill
Babies sliding down a slide of razor blades
Vomit
Decapitation

Just a few thoughts while listening to this.
 

Posted 14 years ago by LastChance    [ Reply ]
 Art_Carnage wrote:
Well, it makes ME cry. Just awful.
 
You make a crying man groan.

Posted 14 years ago by PFM    [ Reply ]
Very distracting.
Posted 14 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
A very silly version.
Posted 14 years ago by LastChance    [ Reply ]
Go Toots!
Posted 14 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
Well, it makes ME cry. Just awful.

Should probably rename themselves Toots and the Mytols.

Posted 14 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:

{#Eek}  Celine Dion did a version of this song?!  Great gallopin' Geronimo on a goat.  Okay, I'm pretty sure you're joking, but if you're not, I think I might need therapy, because that's just wrong. 
 

{#Lol}{#Roflol} Thanks for the guffaw, Cynaera...
Posted 14 years ago by Rotterdam    [ Reply ]
 martinc wrote:
Ok I am a geezer. These guys are too happy when they say you make a grown man cry. Besides it needs to guitar lick. But better than the celine deon version.

 
{#Eek}  Celine Dion did a version of this song?!  Great gallopin' Geronimo on a goat.  Okay, I'm pretty sure you're joking, but if you're not, I think I might need therapy, because that's just wrong. 

I like this song, but the jury (not to be confused with The Nottingham Jury, which is an entity unto itself and is therefore unimpeachable) is still out. The Stones' version is always going to be the one to which I can most relate.  Afterall, it was the theme song of the late and lamented Coyote FM (KOYT) out of Elko, Nevada, and about which I've written far too often. *apologizes for sounding like a broken record*

Posted 14 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]

Posted 14 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
wow. I totally did a double take when this one came on.
Posted 14 years ago by mikerowave    [ Reply ]
{#Jump}
Posted 14 years ago by fingerpin    [ Reply ]
Love it. Toots is great in concert.
Posted 14 years ago by aqualight    [ Reply ]
Ok I am a geezer. These guys are too happy when they say you make a grown man cry. Besides it needs to guitar lick. But better than the celine deon version.

Posted 14 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]
*confused wonderment*
Posted 14 years ago by vicariance    [ Reply ]