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Dominic

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Words & Music: Sid Wayne/ Ben Weisman

Dominic, Dominic why are you stallin'
Don't you hear love callin' to you
Moo, moo, move your little foot do

Dominic, Dominic pick one of them ticker
There's acres and acres to choose
Oh, oh, only a fool would refuse

I, I, If I had your trouble
Life would be double good sweet
There'd be no grass growin' under my feet

Listen Dominic, Dominic when will you hunger
You ain't gettin' younger my friend
Love, love, love 'em all right to the end

I, I, I can't understand you, leavin' them beauties forlorn
It's time to take the old bull by the horn
Come on Dominic, Dominic, they're itchin' and twitchin'
Better start pickin' some woo
Moo, moo, move your little foot do!

Recorded: 1967/10/01, first released on Double Features

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KingKreole (profile/ contact) wrote on Mar 5, 2010report abuse

I'm really tempted to defend this one. Elvis sounds great, though he is barely trying (can't blame him). I actually like the bit of a country yodel he does and the music itself isn't terrible. The song sort of tapers off and fades out. Elvis sounds increasingly fed up with the song as it goes on, which in itself is interesting to hear. By the end it sounds much more like he just gives up on the song than a real ending.

old shep (profile/ contact) wrote on Mar 4, 2010report abuse

Reading the lyrics is bad enough without listening to Elvis' full vocal. It's amazing that songwriters could actually hand over stuff like this to be considered.

shoesuedeblues (profile/ contact) wrote on Mar 4, 2010report abuse

It has to be said, this is real crap.Not surprised Elvis didn't want this one released. I wish he had shown the same reluctance with a further half dozen soundtrack albums too.

derekd (profile/ contact) wrote on Mar 4, 2010report abuse

Played it twice, couldn't believe how poor it was the 1st time. Second was even worst. Just think, Elvis on his world wide tour and he sings a medley of, Heartbreak Hotel~All Shook Up~It's Now Or Never~Surrender~Burning Love~Dominic & Can't Help Falling In Love. Wonder would anyone notice?

dgirl (profile/ contact) wrote on Mar 4, 2010report abuse

Pretty bad, but it was not to be taken seriously. However other songs on other soundtracks were (Golden Coins, Queenie Wahini) and that makes them worse than this. I actually like Elvis's voice on this. Kind of a spoof.

sitdown revamped (profile/ contact) wrote on Mar 4, 2010report abuse

I wonder, if Elvis ever heard, that it got published on a bootleg. If I am not totally wrong, PRM was published by 1970 as the first Elvis bootleg ever... Are coming to the end of the vaults? Oh and yes...much better than Barefoot Ballad...guess was really fed up with these types of songs...

Deano1 (profile/ contact) wrote on Feb 21, 2010report abuse

This one is a hard one to rate. Elvis doesn't take it seriously and the song was never properly recorded. It was recorded right onto the movie soundtrack and at Elvis' request, not released on record. Elvis really mocks the lyrics and hits some strange, twangy notes on words such as "forlorn" and "sweet". I will give it 1 1/2 stars. It is better than "Barefoot Ballad" and Golden Coins", but giving it two stars would be a stretch.

Steve V (profile/ contact) wrote on May 27, 2009report abuse

As the story goes, Elvis said to RCA never to release this song because he hated it so much. I think he's actually recorded worse songs than this. This song is actually funny and has a great harmonica in it. Certainly not his worst, but he had probably had it with silly movies tunes at this point in his career.

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