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Dr. John — Let The Good Times Roll
Album: The Ultimate
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Released: 1972
Length: 3:44
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People see me, but they just don't know
What's in my heart, and why I love you so
I love you baby, like a miner loves gold
Come yeah baby, let the good times roll

* Let the good times roll
Oh let the good times roll
Let the good times roll
Come on baby, get down
And let the good times roll
Let the good times roll

Love is nice, when it's understood
It's even nicer, when you're feelin' good
You got me slippin', like a flag on a pole
Come yeah baby, let the good times roll

* Repeat with ad lib

A lot of people live, in make believe
They got a lot of dirt, up their sleeve
I wonder why baby, you treat me so cold
Come yeah baby, let the good times role

* Repeat with ad lib
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As a resident Louisianian, I can state that Dr. John is an acquired taste. This is NOT one of his better songs, IMHO. My favorite Dr. John is his solo piano work "Dr. John plays Mac Rebennack". He is pretty damned incredible on piano!
Posted 17 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
Respendent in lugubriosity and lugubritude. An effective use of negative space. Where are my pants again?
Posted 17 years ago by ProfessorFrink    [ Reply ]
mgkiwi wrote:
A bit down beat - sounds like it needs revving up a bit - I feel like the 'Jerk' can't quite click my fingers to this!
"clk"->->->"clk"->->->"clk"...etc It's a bayou ting.I'm NOT from dere (I'm norte) but have known an Acadian or 2, coupla Cajuns, a few Canucks, etc etc etc
Posted 17 years ago by buckskin    [ Reply ]
rKokon wrote:
... delivers objectively upbeat lyrics ... morose singing and lugubrious instrumentation.
Requires dictionary...must, move, on.
Posted 17 years ago by redtex    [ Reply ]
rKokon wrote:
My favorite thing about this cut is how it delivers objectively upbeat lyrics with such morose singing and lugubrious instrumentation. To me that constitutes an auditory irony. Either it's a funny and wry joke, or it is a depiction of a depressed mood in which one remembers having felt better and is trying to recapture that, but totally in vain.
Whoooow, what you on - heavy thoughts there
Posted 17 years ago by mgkiwi    [ Reply ]
mgkiwi wrote:
A bit down beat - sounds like it needs revving up a bit - I feel like the 'Jerk' can't quite click my fingers to this!
My favorite thing about this cut is how it delivers objectively upbeat lyrics with such morose singing and lugubrious instrumentation. To me that constitutes an auditory irony. Either it's a funny and wry joke, or it is a depiction of a depressed mood in which one remembers having felt better and is trying to recapture that, but totally in vain. Either I am reading a level of sophistication into this number that it doesn't meritor else no one else here sees it. OTOH, it's like poetry to me . . . If I get more out of it than the next person does and the teacher thinks I am reading more into it than it warrants, I am still having a better time intellectually or humorwise than the next guy! Whirled view! I like it!
Posted 17 years ago by rKokon    [ Reply ]
Please, just to be sure, are the lyrics "let the good times roll"?? I just can't get enough repetitive lyrics
Posted 17 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
A bit down beat - sounds like it needs revving up a bit - I feel like the 'Jerk' can't quite click my fingers to this!
Posted 17 years ago by mgkiwi    [ Reply ]
doesn't float my boat much prefer the Jimi Hendrix version
Posted 17 years ago by pope183    [ Reply ]
R.I.P. Nawlins music
Posted 18 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
okay, now I'm going to bed after this one :(
Posted 18 years ago by ruggermel    [ Reply ]
Doesnt float my boat
Posted 18 years ago by witchchild    [ Reply ]
BKardon wrote:
Sorry but this is making me want to puke out my ears.
Can't stand his voice!
Posted 18 years ago by NewHorizons    [ Reply ]
Sorry but this is making me want to puke out my ears.
Posted 18 years ago by BKardon    [ Reply ]
Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. has always been in the right place at the right time.
Posted 18 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Interesting bit of "why that is" trivia: Dr. John has very nice teeth. Now, I dunno if they're storebought or not, but that *does* handily explain the similarity then to Dr. Teeth (of the Electric Mayhem). Dunnit? = )
Posted 18 years ago by forge    [ Reply ]
'Mick Jagger's brother loved to sing to his patients'
Posted 18 years ago by deanofox    [ Reply ]
I've always loved the idea of Dr. John, but unfortunately, his music has never done it for me.
Posted 18 years ago by Sideorder    [ Reply ]
frednic wrote:
Love it! Can't get enough.
me too! anyone got "right place, wrong time" to upload?
Posted 19 years ago by MisterVErb    [ Reply ]
Love it! Can't get enough.
Posted 19 years ago by frednic    [ Reply ]
Sorry folks.... but I still DON'T like him... not at all....
Posted 19 years ago by mogwei85    [ Reply ]
Not one of Dr John's best songs, a good song nevertheless! - how come my dog don't bark when you come around?.... plz?
Posted 19 years ago by Yozi    [ Reply ]
Now I'm missing Little Feat, Bill. Help! Outstanding.
Posted 19 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
missed it!
Posted 19 years ago by MisterVErb    [ Reply ]
Great version of the song ... it kind of makes you wish he was playing along with Stevie Ray Vaughan on this one! (Stevie's version really ROCKS!)
Posted 19 years ago by BobVaughan    [ Reply ]
OH YEAH!! Let 'em roll, baby...!
Posted 19 years ago by Jennnn    [ Reply ]