Rare Earth — Get Ready
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Never met a girl could make me feel the way that you do
Whenever I'm asked what makes my dreams real, I tell 'em you do
Well, tweedlee dee, tweedlee dum, look out, baby, 'cause here I come
I'm bringin' you a love that's true, get ready
Start makin' love to you, get ready
Oh, don't you know I'm coming
On my way
You wanna play hide and seek with love, let me remind ya
Lovin' you're gonna miss and the time it takes to find ya
Well, fe fi fo fo fum, look out, baby, now, here I come
I'm bringin' you a love that's true, aw, get ready
Start makin' love to you, get ready
Don't you know I'm comin', on my way
If all my friends shouldn't want me to, I think I'll understand
Hope I get to you before they do, 'cause that's how I planned it
Well, tweedlee dee, now, tweedlee dum, look out, baby, now, here I come
I'm bringin' you a love that's true, get ready
I'll start makin' love to you, get ready
Don't you know I'm coming
On my way
Whenever I'm asked what makes my dreams real, I tell 'em you do
Well, tweedlee dee, tweedlee dum, look out, baby, 'cause here I come
I'm bringin' you a love that's true, get ready
Start makin' love to you, get ready
Oh, don't you know I'm coming
On my way
You wanna play hide and seek with love, let me remind ya
Lovin' you're gonna miss and the time it takes to find ya
Well, fe fi fo fo fum, look out, baby, now, here I come
I'm bringin' you a love that's true, aw, get ready
Start makin' love to you, get ready
Don't you know I'm comin', on my way
If all my friends shouldn't want me to, I think I'll understand
Hope I get to you before they do, 'cause that's how I planned it
Well, tweedlee dee, now, tweedlee dum, look out, baby, now, here I come
I'm bringin' you a love that's true, get ready
I'll start makin' love to you, get ready
Don't you know I'm coming
On my way
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I just wanna celebrate another day of living!
Get Down !!
Short version but still good.
Good old song. I forgot how abruptly it ends.
Businessgypsy wrote:
Nobody would dare to in today's climate of heightened racial sensitivities. And that's what makes "pretty good for a white boy" funny. It turns racial prejudice on its head. I find it hard to believe this has to be explained.
WTF? Would you say Prince is a surprisingly good guitar player for a black boy?
Nobody would dare to in today's climate of heightened racial sensitivities. And that's what makes "pretty good for a white boy" funny. It turns racial prejudice on its head. I find it hard to believe this has to be explained.
wow, flashback. if it wasn't for flashbacks I wouldn't have any memory at all.
Please play me the long version...CLASSIC.
This is good and all...but I've been "bob-ma-tised" by having to listen to an oldies station 24/7 at my last job so I am tainted for life. YUCK.
Very, very nice!
vandal wrote:
My first concert at age 14: Rare Earth. Eric Carmen and the Raspberries opened. . .
Cool. I still listen to The Rasberries after 40 years. Eric Carmen sure could hit those high notes.
Wish I would have seen them way back when they looked this this:
However, I think the leisure suit worn in my high school senior yearbook photo had a slightly wider collar, if that's possible.
My first concert at age 14: Rare Earth. Eric Carmen and the Raspberries opened. . .
Cool. I still listen to The Rasberries after 40 years. Eric Carmen sure could hit those high notes.
Wish I would have seen them way back when they looked this this:
However, I think the leisure suit worn in my high school senior yearbook photo had a slightly wider collar, if that's possible.
My first concert at age 14: Rare Earth. Eric Carmen and the Raspberries opened. . .
Talk about taking me back.
Sorry Bill, this is ok but can't hold a candle to the Temptations version
Great song but this came out in '69 not 2001..
philbertr wrote:
Whenever I'm asked what makes-a my dreams real
Not sure what I thought it said all these years, but it sounded like
Whenever I macked to make a madri quill
Which makes no sense at all, especially the poor passengers in my car as I butchered this innocent song.
Really, really good for white boys!
WTF? Would you say Prince is a surprisingly good guitar player for a black boy? Probably not. On a less insulting note, I finally read the lyric: Whenever I'm asked what makes-a my dreams real
Not sure what I thought it said all these years, but it sounded like
Whenever I macked to make a madri quill
Which makes no sense at all, especially the poor passengers in my car as I butchered this innocent song.
one of those 'can't sit still' songs!!!!! Love it! 
Misterfixit wrote:
I don't think it's Crumb. I could be wrong but it just doesn't look like his work (with the possible exception of the lettering).
I had a Rare Earth live album back in highschool. This song took up an entire side and lasted about 25 minutes, which seemed very cool at the time.
R. Crumb .. the one and only. Howsomeever, I do believe that this cover is a pale imitation to the Creations of Crumb. An imitator, perhaps??
I don't think it's Crumb. I could be wrong but it just doesn't look like his work (with the possible exception of the lettering).
I had a Rare Earth live album back in highschool. This song took up an entire side and lasted about 25 minutes, which seemed very cool at the time.
Woot! Had a flash back moment .. sitting in the nylon sling seats of a C130, heading out of Okinawa's Kadena back to Vietnam for Yet Another Tour (YAT). Had this new-fangled "Cassette" thing that I bought in Japan .. don't know if they were sold Back in the World (BITW) yet.
Rare Earth original Cassette, too .. with all Japanese writing.
Gooving along as Rare Earth returned me to Damned Earth.
Rare Earth original Cassette, too .. with all Japanese writing.
Gooving along as Rare Earth returned me to Damned Earth.
utopian wrote:
that was great! i had some flash backs.
Good tune, I don't like this version though.
Now... How about the Temptations?
Got to see these guys in concert about 100 years ago... they kept the crowd on their feet the whole show.
Great talent —dare say ahead of their time. Sadly, can't remember who they were with (?)
Tis but a smoky memory.
Great talent —dare say ahead of their time. Sadly, can't remember who they were with (?)
Tis but a smoky memory.
First concert I ever went to was called "The Shower of Stars" in Pittsburgh. I was 13 and Rare Earth was my favorite band. One of the warm up bands was Tony Orlando and Dawn.
Missed it before,,thanks,B.
The first single (45) I got with my first record player...played it over and over.
MOTOWNS WHITE BOY CATALOG. IT ROCKS!
motown rules 
"There will be no highlights on the eleven o'clock
news and no pictures of hairy armed women
liberationists and Jackie Onassis blowing her nose.
The theme song will not be written by Jim Webb,
Francis Scott Key, nor sung by Glen Campbell, Tom
Jones, Johnny Cash, Englebert Humperdink, or the Rare Earth.
The revolution will not be televised." -Gil Scott-Heron
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
philbertr wrote:
I thought it was the Temps!
Really, really good for white boys!
I thought it was the Temps!Love it! Take me back...
KarimMosna wrote:
BillG has been known to play Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick side A uninterrupted, which clocks in over 20 mins.
It depends on which version you play the album version is 21:29, but the single version is only 2:48. I don't think a 20 minute song has ever been played in Radio Paradise History, so that would be cool. Go and play the 21 minute version if you're going to play it. Rare Earth is perfect for the Radio Paradise Collection!
BillG has been known to play Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick side A uninterrupted, which clocks in over 20 mins.
Really, really good for white boys!
iggam wrote:
R. Crumb .. the one and only. Howsomeever, I do believe that this cover is a pale imitation to the Creations of Crumb. An imitator, perhaps??
is that album cover by crumb?
R. Crumb .. the one and only. Howsomeever, I do believe that this cover is a pale imitation to the Creations of Crumb. An imitator, perhaps??
woozurbuddy wrote:
they were Funnnnnnnnnnn, my very first concert!!!, i was in high school, in nyc and they were at the Garden (Madison Sq), along with Sly! God that was such a fun night! It was the first time i saw and felt the pure power that music could have on your life, the Garden was just efffn Rockin' and then on the way home in the cold glare of the subway light, whenever we saw someone who looked like they were at the show we shot em' the peace sign!
A great blast from the past! They were an awesome live band...
they were Funnnnnnnnnnn, my very first concert!!!, i was in high school, in nyc and they were at the Garden (Madison Sq), along with Sly! God that was such a fun night! It was the first time i saw and felt the pure power that music could have on your life, the Garden was just efffn Rockin' and then on the way home in the cold glare of the subway light, whenever we saw someone who looked like they were at the show we shot em' the peace sign!
KarimMosna wrote:
Here we have someone who clearly has not gotten the memo from RP's very vocal Short Attention Span contingent. Just imagine the deluge of outrage that would pour down if the 21:29 version were played — in fact, that happens with anything longer than 3:59!
That said, I really enjoyed this. One of the things about the 70s that didn't suck.
It depends on which version you play the album version is 21:29, but the single version is only 2:48. I don't think a 20 minute song has ever been played in Radio Paradise History, so that would be cool. Go and play the 21 minute version if you're going to play it. Rare Earth is perfect for the Radio Paradise Collection!
Here we have someone who clearly has not gotten the memo from RP's very vocal Short Attention Span contingent. Just imagine the deluge of outrage that would pour down if the 21:29 version were played — in fact, that happens with anything longer than 3:59!
That said, I really enjoyed this. One of the things about the 70s that didn't suck.
that was great! i had some flash backs.
dantheman wrote:
Best post in this section, hands down. . .
In 1971 I was 10 years old and we just moved from Wichita to Dallas. Our whole family hated it there. I found the album Ecology in the street across from our house. Someone must not have liked it and chucked it from their car. It was scratched, but did not skip, and listenable on my all in one stereo. This album is my only pleasant memory for the 6 months we lived there. I still have it.
Best post in this section, hands down. . .
They still ARE pretty awesome in concert. We heard them do a live show at the Santa Cruz boardwalk this summer and they sounded great. Even my kids (11 & 12) thought they rocked.
woozurbuddy wrote:
woozurbuddy wrote:
A great blast from the past! They were an awesome live band...
WOW I just put on my party pants
A part of the A-Team intro sounds a lot like the riff in this track. Almost made me wanna lock myself in a shed and come out guns blazing in a tank built out of matchsticks and plant pots. 
Wow. Flashback!
Really nice to dust this off and have a new listen after 35+ years...
Wow. I'd forgotten about Rare Earth. There's always something new here, even when it's old.
I'll have my Earth medium rare, thank you.
Well, this was unexpected. 
Man. I want to play hide and seek with love.
Now you see it...now you don't.
This is a great version!!
Great song, and I really like this live version.
Yeah baby!
you're alright! you're outta sight!
Check out 'Papa Was A Rolling Stone' by this band, it Rawks!
is that album cover by crumb?
miamizsun wrote:
love this!
Sherman, set the Wayback Machine to....
Oo, I should upload the Blenders cover of this.
the best tune to play drums on the seat close to your bed in a school dormitory when you are 15...
Un grand salut à Régis qui y tronera toujours !
'Last round' music at Schiller Bar, Aalten - The Netherlands. Good times!
In 1971 I was 10 years old and we just moved from Wichita to Dallas. Our whole familiy hated it there. I found the album Ecology in the street accross from our house. Someone must not have liked it and chucked it from their car. It was scratched, but did not skip, and listenalble on my all in one stereo.
This album is my only pleasant memory for the 6 months we lived there. I still have it.
Groovin' to this bass line, man.
love this!
First band I ever saw live. . . way back in '73/74
Woohooooooo! 
Z won't dance :(
Z won't dance :(Outasight!
Always loved this song!
How cool is it that Bill pulled this rabbit outa the hat!
What a cool flashback to my childhood. Thanks Bill!
What a cool flashback to my childhood. Thanks Bill!
It depends on which version you play the album version is 21:29, but the single version is only 2:48. I don't think a 20 minute song has ever been played in Radio Paradise History, so that would be cool. Go and play the 21 minute version if you're going to play it. Rare Earth is perfect for the Radio Paradise Collection!
I'm ready!