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Datin'
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Fred Wise/ Randy StarrDatin' is a game that grown-ups play
Datin' means acting in a silly way
Datin' makes girls start wiggle walking
Datin' makes a guy start baby talking
Dizzy like children on a merry-go-round
Grown-ups are the biggest kids I've found
You'd think they belong in a baby carriage
They're doing things that lead to marriage
But don't you laugh at what they do, oh no
'Cause some day you'll be datin' too
Datin' makes a guy comb his hair just right
His girl can mess it up when they kiss good-night
Datin' makes you quarrel and say you'll break up
And just because it's so much fun to make up
Children can't wait to grow up but then
They're datin and they're acting like kids again
You'd think they belong in a baby carriage
They're doing things that lead to marriage
But don't you laugh at what they do, oh no
Some day you'll be datin' too Recorded:
1965/07/26, first released on
Paradise, Hawaiian StyleReactions
They're doing things that lead to marriage:risky stuff.
There is absolutely nothing good about this dreadful and embarrassing song. Elvis should have refused to ever record it.
Elvis built himself a whole new fanbase through these sugary movies, kids, housewives, grannies etc, all buying the albums and going to the cinema. Elvis took a $million dollars for a lot of the movies plus a box office %, kerrrchinggggg! You can't knock the maths on this and as a business model it's faultless, Shame about the artisitic impression though. I actully like this song, I don't know why 'cause I shouldn't, and the outtake too. I'll keep taking the pills and maybe I'll recover soon. come on everyone has a song they know they shouldn't like but secretly they do.... don't they?
Crap in, crap out... I actually like this song and the actual soundtrack; it is a far cry from the man I knew in the 1950's growing up and the material he sang. The Colonel and Elvis himself, for going along with the movie hoax is really sad... He could have told the Colonel no, but money speaks louder than common sense at times.
Poor song from a poor film. Probably did it for Parker...enough said !
Poor song from his weakest soundtrack album. PHS was a disaster and probably killed his movie career, amazing that it still took another two years after the release of PHS to realize it was over and the NBC TV Special was taped.
Another bad song from the pen of Randy Starr. How this guy ever got off the ground as a songwriter amazes me.
As you all know it's from PHS..and that's where it should stay.
A passable track due to Elvis actually coming alive at the "Paradise, Hawaiian Style" sessions on this one. His voice is strong and he does the best with what is nothing more than a "kiddie" song. The song fits the scene in the movie, but on record it looses any luster after a couple of listenings. I give it 1 1/2 stars, maybe two.
People often forget, about the songs for what the where recorded. this one was recorded for a movie and fit in well in this movie. I love watching the movies and all the songs in the movies. For me it was MTV long before MTV was born. Datin was a nice, funny song with a true strong voice of Elvis. I like the recording of it when he starts laughing loud
Listening to Elvis during those soundtrack sessions one can clearly hear how Elvis himself thought about the whole thing. But, I admire him for pulling it through time after time. That said I still like to listen to This Is My Heaven and Sand Castles from this album. I think it's not fair to compare Elvis' 60's soundtracks to anything else but themselves!
Hal Wallis didnt care & neither did the Colonel. And neither do I for that matter. I will never play this song again in my life.
I just wonder how Hal Wallis felt, after having done stuff like King Creole and now he was doing this. This song comes right after Dominic in the worst song ever charts. too bad but didn't he once say, they would do stuff like that as long as they are having fun with it?
Invisible because there was a reaction to someone else
Invisible because there was an ad in the wrong place
He sang it to a 10 year old. That seemed to be his audience intelligence level by mid-60's. Crap from the worst soundtrack ever
never play it now, after '69 and Elvis showing what he really could, do this rubbish is not worth listening to. Be honest, would it get into any Elvis top 500 recordings?
I don't mind this tune, Elvis is actually in fine fettle - just wish the material was better.
Of course we all know it's not a good song... it's not thaaat bad either, just an okay movie filler.
But the outtakes on "Silver Box" are vey funny! "Yeah, baby"
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