The Doobie Brothers — Mamaloi
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Layin' back and sittin' in the sunshine
Hot wind, I drink me little wine
Straw hat down across my eyes
Lettin' the world go by
Music, it start my toes a tappin'
Drum beat, it set my hands a clappin'
Rum wine, it get my head a spinnin'
Turnin' around and 'round
Caribbean current, please take me
I hear you callin' me home
Got to get back to Jamaica
I want no more to roam
Caribbean current, please take me
I hear you callin' me home
Got to get back to Jamaica
Gypsy, she say I got the fever
I don't know whether to believe her
But when the wind blow from the sea
My soul start to fly away
She give me charm that will protect me
Necklace with stone from far across the sea
But island magic much too strong
It won't let me go this time
Caribbean current, please take me
I hear you callin' me home
Got to get back to Jamaica
I want no more to roam
Caribbean current, please take me
I hear you callin' me home
Got to get back to Jamaica
Caribbean current, please take me
I hear you callin' me home
Got to get back to Jamaica
I want no more to roam
Caribbean current, please take me
I hear you callin' me home
Got to get back to Jamaica
Hot wind, I drink me little wine
Straw hat down across my eyes
Lettin' the world go by
Music, it start my toes a tappin'
Drum beat, it set my hands a clappin'
Rum wine, it get my head a spinnin'
Turnin' around and 'round
Caribbean current, please take me
I hear you callin' me home
Got to get back to Jamaica
I want no more to roam
Caribbean current, please take me
I hear you callin' me home
Got to get back to Jamaica
Gypsy, she say I got the fever
I don't know whether to believe her
But when the wind blow from the sea
My soul start to fly away
She give me charm that will protect me
Necklace with stone from far across the sea
But island magic much too strong
It won't let me go this time
Caribbean current, please take me
I hear you callin' me home
Got to get back to Jamaica
I want no more to roam
Caribbean current, please take me
I hear you callin' me home
Got to get back to Jamaica
Caribbean current, please take me
I hear you callin' me home
Got to get back to Jamaica
I want no more to roam
Caribbean current, please take me
I hear you callin' me home
Got to get back to Jamaica
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cc_rider wrote:
Or lines from the HI-larious movie "Half Baked", including:
"You know how much a condom cost back then? Me neither, we never used them!"
LLRP
https://youtu.be/KcpRcjQrNHc
At a Willie Nelson roast:
"I don't wanna say he's old, but Willie's first dime bag? It cost an actual dime."
c.
"I don't wanna say he's old, but Willie's first dime bag? It cost an actual dime."
c.
Or lines from the HI-larious movie "Half Baked", including:
"You know how much a condom cost back then? Me neither, we never used them!"
LLRP
https://youtu.be/KcpRcjQrNHc
kingart wrote:
I lived in Boston in '78, at B.U., near west campus, and enjoyed that blizzard tremendously. Several snow days of S, D & R & R. WOOHOO! I don't remember this tune from those days! More like Bowie, Talking Heads, the Stones. But I lived with a party animal, and we were strong candidates for the *other* doobie brothers.
Met my future ex-wife in a Brookline apartment a few blocks from BU during the Blizzard of '78. Fun Times!
I lived in Boston in '78, at B.U., near west campus, and enjoyed that blizzard tremendously. Several snow days of S, D & R & R. WOOHOO! I don't remember this tune from those days! More like Bowie, Talking Heads, the Stones. But I lived with a party animal, and we were strong candidates for the *other* doobie brothers.
Met my future ex-wife in a Brookline apartment a few blocks from BU during the Blizzard of '78. Fun Times!
tonight...at the iowa state fair
be there
be square
my frere
be there
be square
my frere
Signwrtr61 wrote:
A lid....ha ha! Today's 'mokers wouldn't have a clue what that was, back in the day!! Lol
At a Willie Nelson roast:
"I don't wanna say he's old, but Willie's first dime bag? It cost an actual dime."
c.
A lid....ha ha! Today's 'mokers wouldn't have a clue what that was, back in the day!! Lol
"I don't wanna say he's old, but Willie's first dime bag? It cost an actual dime."
c.
Highspirits wrote:
yes, maybe true, old but full of fuzzy fun memories like you!
A lid....ha ha! Today's 'mokers wouldn't have a clue what that was, back in the day!! Lol
yes, maybe true, old but full of fuzzy fun memories like you!
What's Beefheart doing in the bottom left of the Wikipedia photo?
Saw them do this at the Beacon Theater in NYC last November (2018). They did Toulouse Street and The Captain and Me in track order. Could well be the first and only time they ever did Mamaloi live, as was the case with many of the songs on those albums. Only disappointment was they didn't include the nude women on the inner fold of the album cover.
Definitely one of the most underrated bands in history. How you keep them out of the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame is beyond me.
Definitely one of the most underrated bands in history. How you keep them out of the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame is beyond me.
Charming complex rhythm going on! Fun song.
the_jake wrote:
Recognized their sound instantly, but it is a new tune to me as well.
For me too. I'll have to explore early Doobies. This is a welcome change from the band's overplayed hits and Michael McDonald's singing. He has a good voice but this is more fun than his earnestness.
Recognized their sound instantly, but it is a new tune to me as well.
For me too. I'll have to explore early Doobies. This is a welcome change from the band's overplayed hits and Michael McDonald's singing. He has a good voice but this is more fun than his earnestness.
primm wrote:
zesty ! a reminder just how versatile this band was, thanks bill time for a doobie
I know, the newer generation of kiddos are missing out on this so cool group. At Thanksgiving, our kids are like, "Who are the Doobie Brothers, what did they play?" And all the old timers at the table just looked at each other and shrugged, mumbled out "China Grove" "Black Water", "Listen to the Music", "Jesus is Just All Right". More blank stares. "Sing one". We tried, ha that was a true joke, because they definitely didn't recognize the songs then! Oh, well, when I drive now I listen to a station that plays stuff from the 40's and 50's and realize I missed out on all the stuff my 'rents grew up with too. So goes the story of humanity.....
Anyway, THIS song was an awesome reminder of how amazing and deep was their play list!
zesty ! a reminder just how versatile this band was, thanks bill time for a doobieI know, the newer generation of kiddos are missing out on this so cool group. At Thanksgiving, our kids are like, "Who are the Doobie Brothers, what did they play?" And all the old timers at the table just looked at each other and shrugged, mumbled out "China Grove" "Black Water", "Listen to the Music", "Jesus is Just All Right". More blank stares. "Sing one". We tried, ha that was a true joke, because they definitely didn't recognize the songs then! Oh, well, when I drive now I listen to a station that plays stuff from the 40's and 50's and realize I missed out on all the stuff my 'rents grew up with too. So goes the story of humanity.....
Anyway, THIS song was an awesome reminder of how amazing and deep was their play list!
Laptopdog wrote:
Ditto, thanks for going to the back of the rack!
These guys provided the soundtrack for my high school days. Thanks for this deep cut, Bill!
Ditto, thanks for going to the back of the rack!
big_gare wrote:
True, but newer doobies have a much higher THC content.
Early Doobies are so underrated.
True, but newer doobies have a much higher THC content.
zesty ! a reminder just how versatile this band was, thanks bill time for a doobie Jive wrote:
Recognized their sound instantly, but it is a new tune to me as well.
Cool, a Doobie tune I don't know.
Recognized their sound instantly, but it is a new tune to me as well.
Early Doobies are so underrated.
These guys provided the soundtrack for my high school days. Thanks for this deep cut, Bill!
Fabulous LP~ twirlin' in the kitchen! 
Throw Back Thursday!
Kaisersosay wrote:
I lived in Boston in '78, at B.U., near west campus, and enjoyed that blizzard tremendously. Several snow days of S, D & R & R. WOOHOO! I don't remember this tune from those days! More like Bowie, Talking Heads, the Stones. But I lived with a party animal, and we were strong candidates for the *other* doobie brothers.
Thanks Bill, this song brings me back. Blizzard of 78,,,,,Things really haven't changed all that much....still 4 feet of snow on the ground here
I lived in Boston in '78, at B.U., near west campus, and enjoyed that blizzard tremendously. Several snow days of S, D & R & R. WOOHOO! I don't remember this tune from those days! More like Bowie, Talking Heads, the Stones. But I lived with a party animal, and we were strong candidates for the *other* doobie brothers.
cute tune (show my 17 yr old that album cover from '72 and he goes "how long does it take for a guy to grow hair that long?" : )
Really great band and their early albums are class. Remember listening to Long Train Running & Listen To The Music on a transistor radio. Thank heaven for Radio Paradise 
maxjboxer wrote:
Wasn't my first concert but I saw them several times in the early 70's.
I'm old....
The first concert I ever went to - 1972! I remember very little as we had just bought a lid:) I do remember that we Kept on Trucking!
If you understood any of this you are old.
If you understood any of this you are old.
Wasn't my first concert but I saw them several times in the early 70's.
I'm old....
maxjboxer wrote:
yes, maybe true, old but full of fuzzy fun memories like you!
The first concert I ever went to - 1972! I remember very little as we had just bought a lid:) I do remember that we Kept on Trucking!
If you understood any of this you are old.
If you understood any of this you are old.
yes, maybe true, old but full of fuzzy fun memories like you!
The first concert I ever went to - 1972! I remember very little as we had just bought a lid:) I do remember that we Kept on Trucking!
If you understood any of this you are old.
If you understood any of this you are old.
Thanks Bill, this song brings me back. Blizzard of 78,,,,,Things really haven't changed all that much....still 4 feet of snow on the ground here
Me likey like!
Thanks for playing this, it seems I need to dig some more into the Doobies and spend me money!
Thanks for playing this, it seems I need to dig some more into the Doobies and spend me money!
I'm not a Michael Mcdonald hater but the DB's really were a unique group before he made them "popular".
Cool, a Doobie tune I don't know.
For me too. I'll have to explore early Doobies. This is a welcome change from the band's overplayed hits and Michael McDonald's singing. He has a good voice but this is more fun than his earnestness.