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Stop Look and Listen
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Joy ByersWhen I was a little bitty boy
Sittin' on my papa's knee
I still remember every word my papa said to me
Now boy if you ever meet
A pretty woman walking down the street
You'd better
Stop real still, look both ways
Listen or you'll get in trouble
When you see her go struttin' by
Giving you that evil eye
And she's got a kind of dreamy look
Just enough to get you shook
Now boy don't you lose your head
You pay attention what your papa said
You'd better
Stop real still, look both ways
Listen or you'll get in trouble
All right !
She'll drive you crazy with the way she walks
She'll drive you crazy with the way she talks
And you'll think you're gonna lose your mind
'Cause that pretty woman looks so fine
And the very first thing you'll know
You'll be tellin' her you love her so
You'd better stop real still Recorded:
1966/02/16, first released on
SpinoutReactions
On outtakes you hear Elvis struggling with the lyrics. A 5 star song for me. Perhaps the organ sound is a guitar with gimmick, because Jorgensen's book Complete Recording Sessions doesn't mention an organist. But I know that book isn't perfect, so maybe Floyd Cramer played an organ on the sessions.
A pretty good rock song from a movie, along with one or 2 others from Spinout. Moves along at a fast pace and has Elvis revving it up and kicking it along. Unusual sudden finish shows they were thinking a little bit outside the box.
A fine rocking song to kick off one of the better soundtrack LPs. Finally I was not disappointed in playing a new Elvis LP in the mid-60's.
A quick rocking song recorded for and included in the movie and LP "Spinout". Elvis and the Jordinaires make this one memorable despite it not having very high production values. RCA and Colonel Parker thought enough of it to put as the first song on the LP as opposed to putting the title song first.
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