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Scratch My Back

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Rating: 2.3 Stars2.3 Stars2.3 Stars
Words & Music: Giant/ Baum/ Kaye
One good turn deserves another
Be my love, I'll be your lover
It's all part of nature's laws
If you'll scratch my back then I'll scratch yours.

If you'll scratch my back then I'll scratch your back
Like two peas in a pack, let's get rid of our itch together, Hmm

Joy they say is in the giving
Come on give, make life worth living
Your welfare is my concern
Do a favour for me, I'll do one in return

If you'll scratch my back then I'll scratch your back
Like two peas in a pack, let's get rid of our itch together, Hmm

Scratch me now a little lower
What a feeling do it slower
That's it, Hmm you're getting hot
Well I gotta admit, you just hit the spot

If you'll scratch my back then I'll scratch your back
Like two peas in a pack, let's get rid of our itch together, Hmm

If you'll scratch my back then I'll scratch your back
Recorded: 1965/07/26, first released on Paradise, Hawaiian Style
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Deano1 (profile/ contact) wrote on Jan 12, 2010report abuse
There are a few times in Elvis' recording career that he sounded bored. There might be a song or two at a recording session where he breezed through it ("Fools Rush In", "Find Out What's Happening", etc) or a soundtrack LP that Elvis tried to put something into it, but was unable to pull out all the stops, because the material was very limited ("Kissin' Cousins" and parts of "Girl Happy"). BUT! Never does Elvis sound as disinterested in singing as he does on the "Harum Scarum" and "Paradise, Hawaiian, Style" soundtracks. On this PHS track Elvis is given a decent (for a movie track) song and for one of the few times under achieves with it. He does the same thing with "House Of Sand" and the title track where he comes across half asleep. Elvis did silly songs in "Blue Hawaii", "Girls! Girls! Girls!, "IHATWF" "Fun In Acapulco" and most of the later ones, but his vocals still made most of them enjoyable. With this movie soundtrack there is not a lot of joy to be found. I am giving it two stars because the Jordinaires do make it bearable and the lyrics are better than most of the other songs on this LP, but I wish this soundtrack and "Harum Scarum" had never been made.
old shep (profile/ contact) wrote on Jan 12, 2010report abuse
A modest film and budget with much to be modest about, There are one or two good songs on the soundtrack but I don't rate this number at all.
JerryNodak (profile/ contact) wrote on Jan 12, 2010report abuse
On a cold winter night (and there have been a few lately) I don't mind PHS as a breezy, eye filling travelogue. Plenty of pretty, scenic vistas. As for the soundtrack it's my least fave from the '60s movies. But I admit 'Scratch My Back" is a guilty pleasure for me. Awful, but catchy.
shoesuedeblues (profile/ contact) wrote on Jan 12, 2010report abuse
A tubby Elvis performing sub standard songs which he obviously loathed, me too.
Steve V (profile/ contact) wrote on Sep 9, 2009report abuse
Elvis does not sound into this at all and it shows. Bad performance, song, & movie. It even sounded dated when it came out. This banal song from the same team that wrote Power Of My Love a few years later. Wow!
KingKreole (profile/ contact) wrote on Sep 9, 2009report abuse
I usually tend to gush about almost all of the "Songs of the Day", but I don't like this one at all. Part of it is that Elvis really didn't look very good in this movie, plus the movie itself is one of my absolute LEAST favorites. In fact, now that I think of it, Paradise Hawaiian Style might be my least favorite of all the soundtracks--though it is not totally without redeeming qualities (Sand Castles, for one). But this song, to me, really is just bad. Better than Datin' and Queenie Waheni, but still bad.
Elvis Rimes (profile/ contact) wrote on Sep 9, 2009report abuse
Unfortunately this is just mediocre soundtrack fodder. Just as well Elvis was singing otherwise it would have been very poor...
bajo (profile/ contact) wrote on Sep 9, 2009report abuse
Many moons ago I actually had a heart for this soundtrack! It's rare on my playlist these days. I had a go at it when the FTD arrived and it was fun. There are two, maybe three songs that may still get a spin: This Is My Heaven, Sand Castles and maybe Drums Of The Island.
JimmyCool (profile/ contact) wrote on Sep 9, 2009report abuse
I know it's not a great song... and obviously not a classic, but I like the rhythm, it's so different from anything Elvis did. The bad part of he song is where The Jordanaires(?) appear with their Doo-Woops and stuff...
JLpResLey (profile/ contact) wrote on Sep 9, 2009report abuse
Bad movie, bad soundtrack. The only thing I´ve got to say about this song is that there were worse songs in this soundtrack. But that does not make it good.
dgirl (profile/ contact) wrote on Jun 1, 2009report abuse
Very average movie song from a poor soundtrack LP. Poor movie as well.

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