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J. Geils Band — Give It To Me
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zenhead
(Maine)
Posted: Jan 30, 2013 - 06:55
 
shades of "black magic woman."

burdell
(Atlanta, GA)
Posted: Jan 30, 2013 - 06:52
 
Love this. Can't help but bounce around the room when this song is on. Astonished by the curiously low ratings from so many listeners.

blueice7
(NYC)
Posted: Jan 30, 2013 - 06:49
 
Got this on red vinyl in my parents basement!! Forgot the title of the album it was on?{#Bananajumprope}

robotbass
(Boston Area)
Posted: Nov 28, 2012 - 13:44
 
 MassivRuss wrote:
Wicked pisssah!!!!
 
Chesah...

kimschoice
(Bosstown)
Posted: Nov 28, 2012 - 13:43
 
 jhorton wrote:

CC Coliseum '77 or '78?

Wait a minute? willrobinson? The TX/CC willrobinson? Black 328iX coupe? Brother John?
 
Anyone who grew up in the Boston area saw J. Geils at least a 1/2 dozen times.  When you are in your teens/early 20's party music was what it was about!  Saw them perform over the summer at Fenway with Aerosmith.  The Wooba Gooba (?) brought it all back. 



krysthal
(Toronto, Canada)
Posted: Nov 28, 2012 - 13:43
 
Ending is reminiscent of Crosseyed and Painless by Talking Heads. I didn't realize how similar they are.

Zep
Posted: Nov 28, 2012 - 13:43
 
The 45-rpm single for this didn't have the long jam at the end. Or should I say, the second half. Goes on a bit too long. 

The LP was printed on translucent blood red vinyl.  

d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: Nov 28, 2012 - 13:43
 
 run4more wrote:
Context (w/ statistics): Campground at Morro Bay. '61 Chevy (a beater with no head-liner but a brand new Craig 8-track mounted on the transmission hump). 25 watts and power to spare. 4 high-school guys with beer obtained from a ‘buyer' 90 miles inland. All 4 doors hanging ajar so that the sounds flow freely from the 8" Jensens mounted in the rear deck. 16-oz magnets? Bloodshot is brand new and it's cranked up for that organ solo. Sheet metal rattles. Singing "GIVE IT TO ME" and smoking Swisher Sweets. We have the power now. Let's get to the beach and find some women...

 
I want to read your novel!

martinc
(Ottawa Canada)
Posted: Nov 28, 2012 - 13:41
 
 ziakut wrote:
Reliably banal J. Geils crapola. 

If Joe Jackson wasn't talented and couldn't write lyrically and started a mediocre rock band where they all performed in dirty underwear...this is what it would be like!
 
That some imagination you got going there!

mrcanard
Posted: Oct 28, 2012 - 05:29
 
 The J. Geils Band,
in the late 60's or early 70's saw them twice in Athens, Ohio loved them.
If you're not in party mode you most likely won't get what's happening!

ziakut wrote:
Reliably banal J. Geils crapola. 

If Joe Jackson wasn't talented and couldn't write lyrically and started a mediocre rock band where they all performed in dirty underwear...this is what it would be like!
 


ziakut
(Right Here)
Posted: Jul 25, 2012 - 19:39
 
Reliably banal J. Geils crapola. 

If Joe Jackson wasn't talented and couldn't write lyrically and started a mediocre rock band where they all performed in dirty underwear...this is what it would be like!

Zep
Posted: Jun 24, 2012 - 09:09
 
 bam23 wrote:
Well, yeah, loads of teenagers really liked this when it, and they, were new. But, for all the praise I read here, the "jam" towards the end and the really dynamic drumming remind me why I never saw much in this band. If you were into getting really loaded to loud and raucous sounds, this may have done the job. But, the technical proficiency in the percussion work seems remarkably amateurish. 
 
That and the cowbell.

martinc
(Ottawa Canada)
Posted: May 23, 2012 - 13:12
 
Blow your face out baby.

kurtster
(Back in Ohiya, for now ...)
Posted: Apr 21, 2012 - 19:43
 
 bam23 wrote:
Well, yeah, loads of teenagers really liked this when it, and they, were new. But, for all the praise I read here, the "jam" towards the end and the really dynamic drumming remind me why I never saw much in this band. If you were into getting really loaded to loud and raucous sounds, this may have done the job. But, the technical proficiency in the percussion work seems remarkably amateurish. Especially if you are exposed to real drumming. It's only rock and roll, but that does not mean that it cannot venture beyond the hackneyed. OK. I likely have pissed off legions from the Boston area, among other places.
 
The jam at the end and drumming is the bed for the harmonica to take off on and let the rest happen.  Its like two seperate songs fused together.  Sure like the second half, it gets me over the first half.

MassivRuss
(Massachusetts)
Posted: Apr 21, 2012 - 19:37
 
Wicked pisssah!!!!

awebber27
(under the northern lights and midnight sun)
Posted: Mar 21, 2012 - 02:51
 

Flawless transition from Lyle to J. Geils.  Nice one, Bill!



ckcotton
(Adding snarky comments since 2007)
Posted: Jan 17, 2012 - 14:51
 
NEVER would have guess it was the SAME J Geils Band 

idahoTux
Posted: Jan 17, 2012 - 14:49
 
 tovarisch wrote:


Blasting down the road with "Full House" in the 8 track deck in my friends Celica... lighting one up before we got to class. RIP Ray.....thanks RedG for stirring up memories. No other J. Geils album touched that one, even "The Best of..."

 
Full House, recorded at Cobo Arena in Detroit was indeed a great "live" album.


Will62
Posted: Dec 16, 2011 - 22:17
 
Sorry folks - 'Surrender' 'Monkey Island' - THAT is essential J.Geils Band !!!

tovarisch
(Calgary)
Posted: Dec 16, 2011 - 22:12
 
 RedGuitar wrote:
Used to crank their "Full House" album and rock out.
 

Blasting down the road with "Full House" in the 8 track deck in my friends Celica... lighting one up before we got to class. RIP Ray.....thanks RedG for stirring up memories. No other J. Geils album touched that one, even "The Best of..."


fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Nov 15, 2011 - 04:58
 
 run4more wrote:
Context (w/ statistics): Campground at Morro Bay. '61 Chevy (a beater with no head-liner but a brand new Craig 8-track mounted on the transmission hump). 25 watts and power to spare. 4 high-school guys with beer obtained from a ‘buyer' 90 miles inland. All 4 doors hanging ajar so that the sounds flow freely from the 8" Jensens mounted in the rear deck. 16-oz magnets? Bloodshot is brand new and it's cranked up for that organ solo. Sheet metal rattles. Singing "GIVE IT TO ME" and smoking Swisher Sweets. We have the power now. Let's get to the beach and find some women...

 
Nice word picture :o)


zair99
(In Cognito)
Posted: Aug 12, 2011 - 17:46
 
This is so much better than their Freeze Frame era poppy crap.  It's still nowhere near as good as the condensed badassery that is their Full House live album, though!  I can forgive them for going pop and making some money off it, but only because that album is so darn good. 

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jul 12, 2011 - 09:02
 
 Hannio wrote:


You're only as old as the woman you feel.  But seriously, this really sucks.  Quintessential mullet rock.
 
You may not like this, but I wouldn't classify it as "mullet rock".  I think of mullets generally being preferred by listeners of "Southern" rock (e.g. Lynyrd Synyrd, Molly Hatchet) or classic rock stuff like Foghat or Ted Nugent.


rabaak
Posted: Jul 12, 2011 - 08:56
 
Great percussion.

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Jul 12, 2011 - 08:54
 
I can feel brain cells dying.

jhorton
Posted: Jun 10, 2011 - 17:06
 
 willrobinson wrote:
Flashing back to 1979, Cape Cod Coliseum.  What a madhouse that place was.  It's a wonder we survived.  Geils was great til they jumped the shark in the 80's with "Centerfold" and "Love Stinks."
 
CC Coliseum '77 or '78?

Wait a minute? willrobinson? The TX/CC willrobinson? Black 328iX coupe? Brother John?

GeneP59
(State of Denial)
Posted: Apr 08, 2011 - 11:34
 
Saw them at the Centrum in Worcester, MA for a great 1980 New Years Eve Concert. It was a phenomenal night and show.


badgerv
Posted: Apr 08, 2011 - 11:28
 
J. Geils... ahhhh the memories.  Freeze Frame was one of the first albums I can remember listening to.

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Apr 08, 2011 - 11:24
 
 lmic wrote:

You're as young as you rock! {#Bounce}
 

You're only as old as the woman you feel.  But seriously, this really sucks.  Quintessential mullet rock.

bam23
(Berkeley)
Posted: Feb 04, 2011 - 16:07
 
Well, yeah, loads of teenagers really liked this when it, and they, were new. But, for all the praise I read here, the "jam" towards the end and the really dynamic drumming remind me why I never saw much in this band. If you were into getting really loaded to loud and raucous sounds, this may have done the job. But, the technical proficiency in the percussion work seems remarkably amateurish. Especially if you are exposed to real drumming. It's only rock and roll, but that does not mean that it cannot venture beyond the hackneyed. OK. I likely have pissed off legions from the Boston area, among other places.

hobiejoe
(Still in the tunnel, looking for the light.)
Posted: Feb 04, 2011 - 15:58
 
I bought this album when I was a snotty young teen because of "Centerfold", but I couldn't afford the latest album.
 
Loved it then and still do today, it is what it is. Fun.

lmic
(Harmless Little Bunny)
Posted: Feb 04, 2011 - 15:54
 
 WayUpNorth wrote:
J Geils, Peter Frampton, 1976 (?), JFK Stadium ... that wasn't me there, I can't be THAT old!
 
You're as young as you rock! {#Bounce}

DoctorHooey
(/etc)
Posted: Jan 04, 2011 - 08:30
 
I love that ending jam!

skyguy
(CO)
Posted: Jan 04, 2011 - 08:30
 
daddadadadat-DADADADAT-dadadadadadat-Bowwow-repeat{#Dancingbanana_2}!

tulfan
(One of the last ones in SE MI)
Posted: Oct 01, 2010 - 10:29
 
 stevetheshoe wrote:
Being from Detroit I must say that in the day this band owned that city. I saw them twice open for bigger names and each time the headliner must have been afraid to come on stage after the J Geils onslaught.
 


I am from Detroit as well and they were defintely the adopted sons in the day. Excellent live performers...more Geils...Sanctuary?

spanishboots
(Helsinki, Finland)
Posted: Oct 01, 2010 - 10:27
 
I think Bloodshot is the definitive J. Geils Band album with Give it to me on it.


derekd
(City of Angels)
Posted: Oct 01, 2010 - 10:26
 
Groove on the end is phat!

scrubbrush
Posted: Oct 01, 2010 - 10:22
 
i like Rick James version better

run4more
Posted: Aug 30, 2010 - 12:44
 
Context (w/ statistics): Campground at Morro Bay. '61 Chevy (a beater with no head-liner but a brand new Craig 8-track mounted on the transmission hump). 25 watts and power to spare. 4 high-school guys with beer obtained from a ‘buyer' 90 miles inland. All 4 doors hanging ajar so that the sounds flow freely from the 8" Jensens mounted in the rear deck. 16-oz magnets? Bloodshot is brand new and it's cranked up for that organ solo. Sheet metal rattles. Singing "GIVE IT TO ME" and smoking Swisher Sweets. We have the power now. Let's get to the beach and find some women...


DanFHiggins
(Mid Maryland)
Posted: Aug 30, 2010 - 10:40
 
 RedGuitar wrote:
Used to crank their "Full House" album and rock out.
 
Damn Right!
Maryland U at Ritche Coliseum sometime mid 70's - What a great show.

casey1024
(Between the rock & the hard place)
Posted: Aug 30, 2010 - 10:28
 
 willrobinson wrote:
Flashing back to 1979, Cape Cod Coliseum.  What a madhouse that place was.  It's a wonder we survived.  Geils was great til they jumped the shark in the 80's with "Centerfold" and "Love Stinks."
 
79 - Cape Cod - I was there!  Madhouse doesn't do it justice!  What a great time. 


treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison)
Posted: Jul 29, 2010 - 10:40
 
 willrobinson wrote:
 Geils was great til they jumped the shark in the 80's with "Centerfold" and "Love Stinks."
 
Pete & Seth's title tune is now selling Swiffers to suburban housewives...something does indeed stink.




RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA)
Posted: Jul 29, 2010 - 10:38
 
Used to crank their "Full House" album and rock out.

pdxrlk
Posted: May 26, 2010 - 17:37
 
 jagdriver wrote:
Maybe I had to be a Central Michigan University in '72 drinking everything in sight and screwing my brains out, with this as the background music. 

Well, yeah.  Of course.

My regards to Grass Valley, a nice play to be.


pdxrlk
Posted: May 26, 2010 - 17:31
 
Cleveland, The Flats, 1980, the smell of beer, and hangovers.   Good times.


willrobinson
(danger)
Posted: Mar 24, 2010 - 09:35
 
Flashing back to 1979, Cape Cod Coliseum.  What a madhouse that place was.  It's a wonder we survived.  Geils was great til they jumped the shark in the 80's with "Centerfold" and "Love Stinks."

pinklife
(St. Augustine, FL)
Posted: Feb 20, 2010 - 19:31
 
{#Crashcomp}

derekd
(Just Visiting This Planet)
Posted: Jan 20, 2010 - 09:33
 
Wow. J Geils? Never knew this side of them. Only heard their hits. Sounds like an early Talking Heads jam almost. "You may find yourself...Standing behind the wheel of a large automobile...You may find yourself..."


Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Jan 20, 2010 - 09:33
 
It's like a party in your mouth.  And everybody is starting to throw up.

dc_zee
Posted: Jan 20, 2010 - 09:31
 
I'd have to vote for StoopDown #39.  More energy, more fun.

CamLwalk wrote:
The Woofa Goofa Mama Toofa.  Their best song?