Tuesday 10 October 2017

The Glorious 10th: Gimme...



This month's Glorious 10th challenge is to find ten songs which begin with the word 'Gimme'. Some of them will be obvious. Some of them will be obscure. Some of the really obvious ones won't make the ten at all.

First rule: the titles must begin with the word 'Gimme', NOT 'Give me'. So I'm really sorry, but you can't have this

Points will be allocated thus...

  • 1 point for every song in my Top Ten you correctly guess.
  • 2 points for being the first person to guess that song.
  • 3 points for guessing the song's position in my Top Ten.
  • 5 points for guessing my Number One song and correctly identify it as such.
  • 1 bonus point for any song I have in my collection which I couldn't squeeze into the Top Ten (the 'long list').
  • 1 bonus point for any new songs you suggest which I like.
  • Points will be deducted for really bad suggestions... and there are a couple of really bad ones I'm waiting to blow my klaxon at this month.

  • Final rule: you're only allowed TEN guesses each. (Otherwise, Martin just lists his entire record collection.)
Choose wisely then, because there were lots I had to miss out. And give each of your guesses a number, then you might score big points. 

Oh - and I'm sorry, but you can't have anything by these guys...




Off you go. I'll see you back here in a month.

26 comments:

  1. Much harder this time around...but still hard to keep it down to 10! Oh well. I'll go with:

    10. Gimme The Car - Violent Femmes
    9. Gimme Something Good - Ryan Adams
    8. Gimme All Your Love - Alabama Shakes
    7. Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment - Ramones
    6. Gimme Hope Jo'anna - Eddy Grant
    5. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) - ABBA
    4. Gimme All Your Lovin' - ZZ Top
    3. Gimme Some Lovin' - The Spencer Davis Group
    2. Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones
    1. Gimme Some Truth - John Lennon

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  2. Do I post them here or can I send them to you by private means?!?!?

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  3. OK - ignore the above post!

    1. "Gimme Shelter" - The Rolling Stones
    2. "Gimme Some Truth" - John Lennon
    3. "Gimme Some Lovin'" - The Spencer Davis Group
    3. "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" - The Ramones
    4. "Gimme Hope Jo'anna" - Eddy Grant.
    5. "Gimme All Your Lovin'" - ZZ Top
    6. "Gimme All Your Love" - Alabama Shakes
    7. ?????????????????????????????????
    8. “Gimme a Little Sign” by Brenton Wood (If you don't have this one on your list, you should be SHOT!!!)
    9. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" - ABBA
    10."Gimme Back My Bullets" - Lynyrd Skynyrd


    I'd say "Gimme Dat Ding" by The Pipkins is NOT on your list and possibly not in your record collection.

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    1. Totally agree about Brenton Wood, such a great song.
      Will have to come back to giyyou my gimmes Rol.

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  4. Can only come up with four and I see they have all been mentioned already but never mind, I'll have a punt at the position in the list:

    8. Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones
    7. Gimme All Your Lovin' - ZZ Top
    5. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) - ABBA
    3. Gimme Hope Jo'anna - Eddy Grant

    I'm going to stick my neck out and suggest that Gimme Dat Ding by the Pipkins is in your collection - These things have a way of sneaking in there by nefarious means.

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    1. I used to love Pipkins. Hartley Hare. Great stuff.

      Oh, you didn't mean THAT Pipkins...

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  5. 1. Ramones - Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
    2. Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
    3. Abba - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight
    4. Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin
    5. Iggy & the Stooges - Gimme Danger
    6. Beck ‎– Gimme
    7. Sleater-Kinney - Gimme Love
    8. The Wonder Stuff - Gimme Some Truth
    9. Eddy Grant - Gimme Hope Jo'anna
    10. ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin

    A few reggae extras: African Brothers - Gimme Gimme African Love, Dr Alimantado - Gimmie mi Gun, Derrick Morgan - Gimme Back, Errol Bellot ‎- Gimme.

    If Whigfield appears in this Top Ten I'll eat my hat.

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    1. Whigfield?

      You never cease to surprise me, Swede...

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  6. I was going to say the B-52s but that is Give My Man
    So Gimme Back My Man by Betty Wright
    I have a song on my i-pod called Gimme Back My Morphine by Henry's Funeral Shoe which I don't think will feature

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  7. Think The Swede has preety much nailed it with the tracks but here goes

    1 - Abba
    2 -Rolling Stones
    3 -Ramones
    4 - Iggy
    5 - Spencer Davis
    6 -Eddie Grant
    7 -Alabama Shakes
    8 - Sleater Kinney
    9 - ZZ Top
    10 - Betty Wright

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  8. Oh... There's still plenty of points out there for the grabbing.

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  10. Okay...

    1 - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) - Abba (or how about the version by the Leather Nun?!)
    2 - Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment - The Ramones
    3 - Gimme Danger - Iggy & The Stooges
    4 - Gimme All Your Lovin' - ZZ Top
    5 - Gimme Some Lovin' - Spencer Davis Group
    6 - Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' - Crazy Elephant
    7 - Gimme Little Sign - Brook Benton
    8 - Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones
    9 - Gimme - Beck
    10 - Gimme Back My Brain - Therapy?

    I nearly suggested 'Gimme Gimme' by the Undertones...whoops...

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    1. I'm really not thinking straight tonight.... oh dear... that should be 7) Gimme Little Sign by Brenton Wood. Would be wonderful if Brook Benton had sung it too but I don't think he has!

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  11. Drat thought I'd discovered something new but see that Martin above has mentioned it already - Anyway, I've decided that this one might be on your long list:

    Gimme Something Good by Ryan Adams

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  12. Ruth Copeland - Gimme Shelter
    James Brown - Gimme some more
    Crazy Elephant - Gimme gimme good loving
    Azealia Banks - Gimme a chance
    I confidently predict none of these songs are in your top 10.

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  13. Sisters Of Mercy did a godawful cover of Gimme Shelter. I predict that will be no. 10 in your top ten.

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  14. Still three songs to guess and lots of positions to get right for any late-comers!

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  15. Ooh, just thought - could those early Spinal Tap boys be in there with their '60s beat classic 'Gimme Some Money'?!

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  16. Right, I’ve deliberately not read any of the other (probably much better than mine) suggestions, so apologies if I’m repeating anybody else’s with this lot:

    1. Gimme Some Lovin’ – The Spencer Davis Group
    2. Gimme All Your Lovin’ – ZZ Top
    3. Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment – Ramones
    4. Gimme - Beck
    5. Gimme Shelter – Merry Clayton
    6. Gimme Some Money – Spinal Tap
    7. Gimme Some - Nina Simone
    8. Gimme Dat Ding – The Pipkins
    9. Gimme Some Truth – The Wonder Stuff (although I almost plumped for the Ash version)
    10. Don’t Gimme No Lip Child – Dave Berry

    That'll do.

    Cheers, Jez

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  17. Seems like I am too late because everything is said. Anyway her are my suggestions (including some songs not named yet):

    1. Spencer Davis Group - Gimme some loving
    2. Ramones - Gimme gimme shock treatment
    3. ZZ Top - Gimme all your loving
    4. The Stooges - Gimme danger
    5. Ryan Adams - Gimme something good
    6. Nina Simone - Gimme some
    7. John Lennon - Gimme some truth
    8. Turbonegro - Gimme some
    9. Eddie Money - Gimme some water
    10. The Jesus and Mary Jane - Gimme hell

    That's it.
    Have a great time, Walter

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