Help me remember the name of this song.

September 14, 2008 7:04 PM

Help me remember the name of this song.

I hope I'm not too vague. The song is from around the 60's I think, and it has the kind of sound The Drifters has.

It's about a guy complaining about his life, something about a couple in the apartment next to his that just fuss and fight and possibly (though I could be just imagining it) some animal outside his window that makes sounds all night?

I don't think its Up On the Roof, because that doesn't mention anything about a couple fighting.

It's been nagging me for a few days. Hopefully this isn't a wild goose chase and I imagined it all up.

posted by anonymous to Media & Arts (5 answers total)

The Paragons - I've Got To Get Away?
posted by iconomy at 8:05 PM on September 14, 2008

(remade by Massive Attack as Man Next Door)
posted by iconomy at 8:06 PM on September 14, 2008

Thanks iconomy, but thats not it. I finally remembered another part of it and Googled it. Its "A Quiet Place" by Garnet Mimms.
posted by althanis at 9:00 PM on September 14, 2008

Ah, well... in case you like this lyrical theme I was going to suggest Lazy Sunday by the incomparable Small Faces.
posted by Kattullus at 9:35 PM on September 14, 2008

Iconomy was kind of right, in that the Paragons' "I've Got To Get Away" (or "Man Next Door," which the Slits covered in 1980 or so) were both radically altered versions of the Garnet Mimms tune. It's also been remade as "Johnny Dollar" by many reggae artists.
posted by Dee Xtrovert at 11:32 AM on September 15, 2008