Excerpt:
This rocker, I Get So Excited, closes out the first LP and it is a straight ahead barn burner. The impressive debut album closes out with vibrant verses, a simple chorus, and gleeful lyrics; it starts and keeps up a frenetic pace about the buzz and fandom of music. The sequencing of the album is perfectly ended with this ode to the power and passion of rock music. There was discussion for the track as a single release which seems reasonable since it features a stirring and driven Mick Ronson solo and Dennis Elliot's powerful drumming. CBS thought the track was more commercial and favored its release but Hunter liked it the least and it almost didn't get released at all. There were numerous outtakes and needing a track among others this one was fished out by Ronson from other songs to finish in a rush. As a result, Hunter's voice wasn't all that strong so they added every echo in the book.
The excitement has to do with music and crowds as at Wembley or parades. Even if it's the end he says "I don't care" and it could even be tied back to music since he's a fan. The song speeds up to end the LP on a high, fast note.
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I Get So Excited
(Ian Hunter)
I hear a thousand drums a million miles away
I feel the Wembley roar I get a buzz off a big parade
I get the music
Everywhere
Get off on the music
If this is the end there I don't care
I get so excited
So excited
Call me a fan that's just what I am
I said I I I I I get So excited
So excited
My nerves are alive
I feel like a knife
I said I get so excited
I hear a choir singing way up above the sea
I feel the sound a-changing as the night rocks a spell on me
I get the music
Everywhere
Get off on the music
If this is the end there I don't care I get
So excited
So excited
I'll throw you a line come far behind
I said I I I I I get
So excited
So excited
Its happening so fast
And the drummers a blast
I said I get so excited
By your mind oh yeah oh yeah
Excited by your warmth oh yeah oh yeah
Excited by your body oh yeah oh yeah
Excited by your...
Ha ha ha ha
Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah right! I get
So excited
So excited
Band on the run just for the fun
I said I I I I I get
So excited
So excited
It lasts and it lasts
Get up off your past
I said I I I I I I I get
So excited
So excited
Call me a fan that's just what I am
I said I I I I I I I get
So excited
So excited
My nerves are alive
I feel like a knife
I said I I I I
I I I I
(fade)
Hey hey!
I Get So Excited | 3:50 | Originally issued on Ian Hunter, also on the compilations Gold, Shades of Ian Hunter: The Ballad of Ian Hunter and Mott the Hoople and The Very Best of Ian Hunter. |