Favorite J.Geils Band Tune

[FarLeftRage]

Which one of these is your fave from Peter and the boys???

[miss_kitty]

1. none

I hate JGeils now I have JG earworms, you rat!
:)

[FarLeftRage]

4. None???

How can you say that?
You got the earworm now... which tune is it??
Please do tell!!

[miss_kitty]

5. it's a swirly of the first three

ARRRRRRRRRGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

[FarLeftRage]

6. But those are the good ones to have...

It's not that bad, is it??

[miss_kitty]

9. LMAO!

NONONONONONONO! Please make them stop! I HATE peter Wolf! ARRRRGGGGHHHH!

[onenote]

2. I prefer the older stuff

like whammer jammer or first I look at the purse. But my favorite might be House Party

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[louis-t]

3. Saw them live in '77

Best live band I have ever seen. and they were 2nd on a billing of 4 including The Romantics, Steve Miller (whom I hate), and Frampton.

[FarLeftRage]

7. You saw them live?

You lucky devil, you...

[louis-t]

12. Actually, I met Peter Wolf in 1980

I was in a band that opened for Seger for 3 months. Wolf was at one of the shows in Boston (3 shows at Boston Garden, most of 2nd live Seger album recorded there).

[onenote]

13. me too

but even earlier. Sometime while I was in college (between 71 and 75). Great great live band.

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[louis-t]

21. Yeah, they smoked in the early years

think: Cinderella Ballroom, Whammer Jammer and Hard Drivin' Man. Those songs still hold up.

[nutsnberries]

22. they played in my little town

way back when, mid 70s... high school dance at the barn or something...
my older brother went. lucky shit.

[Martin Eden]

8. Give It To Me

Reggae beat followed by great blues harp & guitar solos, fading out with percussion, and don't forget that keyboard riff after the lyrics:

Why keep me cold, when it's so warm inside?
Come on baby, your love is too good to hide!

[louis-t]

17. L-O-V-E the end part with guitar riff and bass slide.

What a rhythm section.

[NightTrain]

10. "No Anchovies, Please!"

OK, so it's not my favorite Geils tune, but I sure do get a kick out of it!

[thatgemguy]

23. It doesn't take a genius

to know the difference between chicken shit and chicken salad!

Strange foreign language...

[flamingyouth]

11. na na na na na na na na na na na na na na

A kid in my 8th grade class actually had to go to the principal's office because he was singing it so much it drove the teacher crazy.

[blue neen]

14. It has to be "Give it to Me."

Second place: "Southside Shuffle"

[onenote]

16. shoulda thought of those

Both great songs...

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[redqueen]

15. Dangit

I voted for Freeze Frame but I changed my mind and wish I'd voted for Centerfold.

I hate when that happens.

[Bonhomme Richard]

18. I'm Lookin for a Love, lookin here and there.............

lookin everywhere.
Lookin for a love I can call my own.

[NightTrain]

20. Bobby Womack's version was better.

And I'm sure Peter Wolf would agree! ;)

[Norbert]

28. The Valentinos?

[NightTrain]

36. They did it first, in '62.

And the group was composed of Bobby Womack and his brothers! Womack re-recorded the song hiself 12 years later and had a big hit with it in his own right.

[nutsnberries]

19. SouthSide Shuffle (nt)

[gmoney]

24. "Whammer Jammer" was always great, and "Musta Got Lost"

Just your basic 12-bar blues instrumental, but they really delivered it...

"You never see love coming, but you always see it go..."

[AlCzervik]

37. Must a got lost is my favorite

[thatgemguy]

25. First I Look at the Purse...

Saw J. Geils the first time as a warm up act for an Emerson Lake and Palmer show at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena, early 70's.

Saw them again at an all day "World Series of Rock" show at Cleveland Stadium, great bands including Tower of Power, and J Geils. That show's headliner was the Rolling Stones!

J. Geils rocked everyone into a frenzy that day!!!

Damn! They don't do shows like that any more...

:yourock:

[johnnie]

26. I liked the early stuff

I thought "Sanctuary" was a real good album. When I was a teen in the late 70's, "We're gonna Blow your face out" was a party must have album.

[mac56]

27. How cool of you to list "Just Can't Wait"!

Best J. Geils song ever.

I also liked their live cover of "Where Did Our Love Go?"

"One Last Kiss" is up there too.

[MsConduct]

29. Love Stinks, but Freezeframe is a close second. n/t

[Norbert]

30. Centerfold.

I liked it for the video. Who wouldn't?

[maveric]

31. Reputa the Puta with the Green Teeth.

Whammer Jammer!

[maveric]

32. Reputa the Puta with the Green Teeth.

Whammer Jammer!

[IconoclastIlene]

33. You've got to give it to me...

[NashVegas]

34. "I Don't Hang Around Much Anymore"

..

[Magrittes Pipe]

35. Musta Got Lost

[bif]

38. They could probably still fill an 80,000 seat arena here in Detroit

I'm not a fan but Detroit is a rock and roll town unlike any other.