Get Down - Gilbert O'Sullivan

[datssounddat]

i'd love to hear Jim Mcdonald off corrie sing this, get doyn, get doyn, get doyn

so it is.............

[hayitsmepaul]

Love the song. Brings me back to when I was a kid in the 70's. 48 now and still get a spark from this song.

[SweetEllie95]

Haha they used this song as an ending for Maison Ikkoku xD

it's so catchy :P ♪

[MrGary1960]

this takes me back many years

the 70s many years have past still fun to listen

[ALDEE1979]

NICE DIFERENT MIX

[patybear]

I remember listening to this song when it was curent.Up until now I always thought it was Paul McCartney ! Don't feel bad Dbgthimo,you weren't the only one!

[bigsister1973]

Number 1 when I was born - NICEEEE =))

[zoealexander88]

Love this x

[SirLeslieGordon]

When Get Down came in the charts, I thought that it was a radical departure from Gilbert O' Sullivan's earlier style.

[bushwacka1973]

Number 1 when I was born apparently. Could have been cooler.

[ltys12199]

@bushwacka1973 Same here lol

[kakurot69]

Oh yeh! This song is quite the depature for Gilbert. But what a song it was! Who whold have thought that the man could get down like this! Damn this song was good! I bought the bloody single back in the summer of 1973 and still like playing it! Oh yeh!

[therealcritic28]

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS REFERENCE FOR THE WIN

[dbgthimo]

i was searching for this song about one hour cuz i fought this are the beatles

he sounds exectly like mccartney

[soulfunker1]

this is butter ..o my croissant!thanks!

[topolino70]

Is it just me, but I love music from 50's to early 90's but most of the music since then is substandard.

[vanKaaps]

Ein fürchterliches Lied ! Klingt auch, als ob es falsch gesungen wurde.

[dbgthimo]

@vanKaaps was geht oida??

[roccosthom]

It actually sounds like Paul McCartney :P

[MadamMasquerade]

I love this song :)

[beansterman1998]

Saw him at the Victoria Hall yesterday, He's brilliant!

[Ricklawrence]

I have not heard this son since it was on the radio back in the "70's. Then just the other day it was bumper music on The Five. Watching Kimberly Guilfoyle shake her little former Victoria Secret model leg to this song was great.

[Hmong616]

0:24 right Under Sort....Looks Like A Penis+Nut Sack+2 Strands Of Pubic Hair+The Way Gilbert Looks...= Priceless... Otherwise... Rock On Gilbert... xP

[Sturgeonstairway]

Gilbert seems to be all about the subliminal messages. Didn't know that "Get Down" was actually about a dog! Listened to "Clair" a few times, and no one can tell me that the song is just about a cute little toddler that he befriended!. Still love the songs anyway

[artie500]

Can't stop listening to it!

[PaulGreen11]

WonderRamma!

[pianobillf]

Written to his dog.

[calalilygirl]

It is about a dog.

[calalilygirl]

Great description it does lift the spirit and that is a FACT you cannot dispute. Should hear this more often.

[DancingSpiderman]

Wow, what a catchy tune !

[marvothemustang]

"Oh how i remember the days of ol, hahaha great music, fast cars, and then there was Gilbert O sullivan

[Fongolitus]

Good song, kind of 'gay' though. I remeber it from when it came out, something made it pop into my head so I looked it up.

Sounds like The Bay City Rollers, or they sound like HIm.

[cloudchaserify]

Boy does this bring back memories! Thanks for posting-you are awesome!!

[harkentunes]

TOTALLY forgot about this song, but can still sing every line. OK next on the playlist Mungo Jerry.

[samcaddy96]

Great!!! i'm 15 and I love it!!

[TheCapricornStrand]

i think he must have listened yo songs like Pedro the Fisherman when he was young...there is a definate influence to simplicity like young children songs

[JonnycDee]

We REALLY like this one. Woohoo its like youth club in the 70's. Takes me back to my first brush with minge....

....ahhhh the memories

[sratus]

very mccartney

[thefluffydaisy]

@sratus AGREED!!

[joruva]

@sratus

right!!, I never noticed at all but youre totally right, very Macca

[Ronwixziv]

I woke up singing this this morning!!

[TheCapricornStrand]

this song was absolutely huge in GERMANY... their you go songwriters trying to hit the right market !

[sallyfromcali1127]

Another great Gilbert O'Sullivan song from my childhood!! Love him!!

[bertverwoerd]

Is it me or does he look like Hugh Grant?

[blueberrypiedayna]

@bertverwoerd I don't see it. haha

[kanakaken]

@bertverwoerd IT'S DEFINITELY YOU !!

[TheCapricornStrand]

SOME SHOULD WRITE THE LYRICS IN GERMAN.... Its the greatest party song that will always pull a crowd....maybe Mr. Obama can use that as his next election entry song... come out dancing

[TheCapricornStrand]

SOME SHOULD WRITE THE LYRICS IN GERMAN.... Its the greatest party song that will always pull acrowd

[TheTalkeetna1]

I was 5, but I still remember when I would always hear Live and Let Die and this song in what was the summer of 73, in my mom's station wagon radio w/ no tape or 8 track deck. The good old days. It was a really big trip when I did not hear this song for another 23 years, until I bought a CD called Have A Nice Day by Rhino.

[crw447]

This song always pops into my head from my childhood...so many memories and old friends!

[DALIDABIS]

toute ma jeunesse... je suis fan...

patrick from france...

[cherrycola059]

This was on the show Life on Mars. Anyone know how to buy this song? It's not on Amazon.com or Itunes :(

[anakina1]

@cherrycola059 That was an awesome show. The ratings were slow, but at least ABC let it run and gave it an ending instead of just letting viewers wondering what happened.

[RogerBarrettLives]

420 likes? The other 3 people should lighten up, get high, and "get down", or just fuck off. 

[starguard]

@RogerBarrettLives LOL :D

[eldor990]

I like this clasic music xD Is the best...

[eldor990]

I like thisclasic music xD

[mohawk548]

3 deaf morons.

[mgrella63]

Love it!! Great old song!! 

[Bluefang11]

Maison Ikkoku <3

[GriefTourist]

if you don't like this, you probably don't like music

[micky849]

@GriefTourist i totally agree, good song, some people got no taste in music

[TheEctomorph]

Excellent! "Get Down" - which topped the British singles chart for 2 weeks in April '73 - was the second (and sadly the last) of Gilbert O'Sullivan's no. 1 hits in the UK.

Mr O'Sullivan was - and indeed still is - a highly talented man. He wrote and recorded a number of outstanding singles (and album tracks) during his 1970's heyday. "Get Down" - which replaced D. Osmond's classic, "The Twelfth of Never", at # 1 in the charts - was a lil "heavier" than most of his previous hits.

[GriefTourist]

simple but effective

[DaveWollenberg]

Ray (Gilbert) hit #7 in Billboard, 8-18-73. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx! Anybody know where I can find the version he did with Lulu? Please let me know.

[guz11aug]

That´s what I call an Oldie... wunderfull sound and never ending memories to this time.I love it.

[mathilde2208]

super , j'adore la chanson

merci

[JonKonLA]

You're a bad dog baby!

[gingerchipper]

LOVE this song! Brings back sooo many great memories! Thanks for posting!

[TheVittoriovonkeaton]

you are the great spirit! enjoy

[Gairlochan]

@xheyitsowenjx , My son has said that to me so many times. I'm just glad I was so lucky. There's never going to be another 60's - 70's or anything like it, and you really had to be there!

[KPP2008A]

i tottally agree! this is a catchy song MeganDave1973  i wasnt in the 70s or 80s but it is a very nice song to listen to rather then the stuff we have today

[lordreetveter007]

Get down, get down, get down <3

[veronica33ism]

no worries just funtimes!!!!! to young to work or worry when this came out.

[mrpiffles93]

hello !!!!!!!!!!! <3

[mrpiffles93]

great song!!!!

[lenamvl]

i hear this in 1975 and i want to hear this now

[quin1961]

I loved this song in high school love too hear it again.

[SophieMCMXCIII]

Miracle !! 10 years ago that I want this song ! Finally I found it !!!

[SuperFairyflower]

remembers this on top of the pops

[garvinise]

i love this guy! reeling in the years.....gilbert o sullivan.....HAVE IT

[PunkysDilema1970]

. . . it's a song to a dog. . .

[mimibarn]

seriously feelgood music...........good ole gilbert

[saintmirrenmalky]

Seriously catchy song. My uncle worked at the BBC for many years. He met a lot of famous people- some nice, some not so nice. He describes Gilbert O'Sullivan as a "thoroughly brilliant bloke".

[pimpdaddy101ism]

if i said this to her she would slap me.........wish me luck!!!!! :D

[RomanticBob59]

@Lavendel59 ~ Thank you our Sweet Gabi for this wonderful share....

Wishing you a Beautiful New Week our sweet, dear friend...

Love&Hugs

Bob&Robby

Cole&Parker

[sumire901]

Ho scoperto questa bella canzone grazie a Maison Ikkoku =)

[ClareBearMc]

Going to see him in March with my mam.. i can't wait! :)

[TheDavidudel]

einfach genial!!!

[XxJaneSpiderxX]

I remember dancing to this song with my mom when I was little. Oh how this brings back memories.

[roscoegino]

very paul mccartney-esque

[217taylor]

darn good dancing song.

[willready2]

so simple but nice when i look back ,l

[mike2327]

What every happened to Gilbert does anyone know? Love his voice and this song.

[Danikey7]

hahaha go on Gilbert

[TheCaltonian]

This was no. 1 in the UK when I was born. Not a very memorable song :s lol

[DaveWollenberg]

Of course, the term 'get down' would come to mean dancin', when the disco era started the next year. Is the duet version between Ray and Lulu still posted? Please let me know. God bless!

[MrMelkor01]

Geiler alter Song!!!:-))))

[MrSteveUtah]

@MrFrozties  HUH

[multi1606]

get out your old dancing shoes and dance tnanks for sharing

[MiaMillyMae]

OMG ! made me sing into the hairbrush lol . 16 again x

[roscoegino]

Other songs about dogs include Mandy by Barry Manilow (which was originally title Brandy and performed by Scott English) and, coincidentally, another completely different "Brandy" by the O'Jays.

[EasilyWowed]

My goodness;  I had completely forgotten this track from 1973. Sounds great!

[ufothe31]

Top song! G.O.'s "rocky" style of piano playing is likeably infectious The "sound" has to do with the era in which the song was written & the old-fashioned,by todays standards, type of recording/playback equipment, that then favoured deeper, more "mellow" tones-I think(!) Either way, it's excellent Thanks for keeping a "copy"

[missionrd100]

Gilbert reminds me of Paul McCartney and Elton John.

Not that that's a bad thing, mind you.

Great song.

[PlaceSoFarAway]

@missionrd100 That's probably intentional! Alot of bands at that time had that sound... just like alot of bands in the 60's had a similar "sound," and alot of bands nowadays have a similar "sound." Some of that is trends and the influence of big stars, and some of it is changing production techniques, etc.

[danielearwicker]

@PlaceSoFarAway - It's partly the lovely sound of double-tracked vocals, sadly rarer these days.

[2100Rose]

First class classic 

[sameoldfitup2008]

GET DOWN!

[BERVILL77]

it´s a goood soooong 

[RayD82010]

Brings back memories of my teen year's thankyou for posting this !

[whitally]

i read this song was really about his dog great

[bookwoman298]

1973 and I was only 11 but already madly in love with Gilbert. OOHHHH nice!

[Lucho007100]

Thanks again for this classic. I love it a lot.

Regards from Panama; bye

[aamoniaga]

so memorable song....

[purplefuzzy58]

lovethis

[maxshiffman]

What a talented guy- wish he made more music

[roscoegino]

This tune is as pop as a glass of Coca Cola. Hits the buttons though.

[muehna1]

Einer der besten Oldies

[rin3guy]

Get Down was definitely one of the 4 best Top 10 hits that year. Other great "feel good" songs were Little Willy, Rockin' Pneumonia, & Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy by Bette Midler!

[apol7lo]

This was the best song of 1973 !!! A great summer and time. Pure pop genius. Maybe very under-rated. It really lifts spirits. Fact!

[gtpluvr]

@apol7lo ...I agree! Very well said!

[makalicki]

great song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bubblecropper]

@dimpledick3inch Actually he is married years with two daughters.

[gentle431]

Never knew this song was by Gilbert!!! OMG!! Love it! Thank you!

[MrMotownmanny]

Its me again. After I sang it. the crowd went nuts. They loved it. Cindy and I left the club to go back to the Motel, She finally admid it that she was wrong. She said she was nervis about Finals at Mich St (She was a student at the time when we played at a frat party in 1977). She told me I looked great up on stage singing. God I miss her. RIP Cindy (1956-2002) I still love you Cindy Lou Schmidt.

[Sircornflakes]

I was 10 in 73 when I was jumping around to this tune. It was right around the time I had my first album, "Band on the run"...

Reckon I grew up with some good tunes?

Clash, XTC, Stranglers, Squeeze, Costello..........

Damn, I know every generation has its heroes, but I was spoiled!

Long Live Rock, as The Who used to sing!

[MrMotownmanny]

It's me again. 1980. Cindy and I went to a club in Toledo, Ohio. We were in town for her ex roommates wedding. Anyway, It was my ex roomates band playing at the club. I bribed his band to play that "Get Down" song for Cindy. They did, but wanted me to come up and sing it.. I did. before I sang it, I said " this is for a girl who told me 3 yrs ago she wouldn"t go out with a guy like me.

[Ricsta87]

im always happy as can be when i drink a little wine :D

[MrStephenm505]

this is shit

[MrMotownmanny]

To finish the story, in 1980, I played the record and sang it in our living room, Cindy came in from the kitchen, looked at me and said "That was you?". She was recalling the night she heard me sing it with my roommates band with the Disco Sound. Great song, great memories with my life with Cindy. I havea lot more to share, but another time, OK.

[MrMotownmanny]

I sang this with my Roommates band In 1977. They gave it a Disco beat, the people loved it, the danced floor filled in no time.. A beautiful girl told me she didnt like it. Said that I trashed a great Gilbert O Sullivan song. She said that she"d never go out with a guy like me. Her name, Cindy Lou Schmidt. My Cindy Lou. (1956-2002). I miss you Cindy.

[truesilvermoon]

amazing! beenlooking for this! WOW!

[SurpriseGuest1]

Ive just pictured a cat on a hot tin roof and it wasnt pretty

[ufothe3]

He WAS a bit like Paul M.,in a way,but I can't get over just how "rocky" & raunchy this song is,so it's no wonder I like it Have to dust off my Piano & work it out,properly(!) Thanks stupendosly for keeping a copy of a beaut song

[peterzang]

Yes, I love this guy, too. Ah, where is the smart catchy pop? Where? I ask you

[bluejeangyrl]

This was my favorite song when I was in 8th grade... thanks for the memories :)

[abasanti]

did you get down

[bitbech]

A fantastic song from the 70´s - I still love it!! Thanks for sharing this fantastic song!

[mustangs571]

I love it

[colemann76]

Sounds like Paul Mccarteney

[marcN19]

A great Northern Soul track

[newmark401]

@marcN19

By Raymond O'Sullivan from County Waterford.

[marcN19]

lol....a know they often played this at Wigan loloo I guess if you think about it its glideable

[MegaDave1973]

What a classic, such a catchy song.

[laurathebig]

I love this song :)

[Viznel137]

Man!Havent heard this one in like..forever!!!thanks!

[evanseeworld]

Oh..great song!

[rin3guy]

This great song reached #7 in 1973. (U.S., Billboard)

[hanmajoerin]

This is the third ending for Maison Ikkoku and is veerrrry addicting :)

[wonderfulvoices]

Hi there, yes, it is good to have YouTube, not to be bothered to find those goldies..

By the way, he was married to a Norwegian woman from the very small village called Geilo.

[deboeahshasha]

that was fab love wee deborah sha sha xoxo ireland 5 star

[remusalexa]

How nice to hear this Oldie Goldie again! Thanks a lot!! *****

[MrPony1984]

nice !!!