1. Jerry Lott a.k.a. The P… Read Full Bio ↴At least 3 artists go by The Phantom:
1. Jerry Lott a.k.a. The Phantom was born near Mobile, Alabama in 1938 and moved to Leaksville, Mississippi during infancy. He played country music until 1956 when Elvis Presley turned his head around. "Love me", recorded in Mobile in the summer of 1958, is one of those rare, lusty explosions which crackle with more energy than the national grid.
"I'd worked three months on the other side of the record", he told Derek Glenister. "Somebody said, 'what you gonna put on the flip-side' I hadn't even thought about it. Someone suggested I wrote something like Elvis 'cause he was just a little on the wane and everybody was beginning to turn against rock 'n' roll. They said, 'See if you spark rock 'n' roll a little bit'... so that's when I put all the fire and fury I could utter into it. I was satisfied with the first take, but everybody said, 'let's try it one more time'. I didn't yell on the first take, but I yelled on the second, and blew one of the controls off the wall."
The second take of "Love me" can be found on Bear Family's "That'll flat git it!" series, volume 5. The first take apeared on "Cotton Pickin' Rock" (Anchor) in 1978.
"I'm telling ya", Lott continued, "it was wild. The drummer lost one of his sticks, the piano player screamed and knocked his stool over, the guitar player's glasses were hanging sideways over his eyes."
Lott took the master to Hollywood. On a Satanic impulse, he followed Pat Boone to church and persuaded him to listen to the tape.The devil was surely working overtime that Sunday. It was Boone's idea to call Lott "The Phantom" and he even agreed to issue the record on his own label, Cooga Mooga (an euphemisme for God, as in Great Cooga Mooga). In the event, Lott signed a contract with Boone's management and never met anyone at Dot, who finally released "Love me" in 1960.
In 1966 this screaming bundle of testosterone sustained paralytically severe injuries when a car in which he was travelling tumbled 600 feet down a mountainside near Spartanburg, South Carolina. There were no more records on Dot or Cooga Mooga (although a mediocre fragment has surfaced on a White Label collection).
2. In 1974, with Jim Morrison only 4 years in his grave, The Phantom's album "Phantom's Divine Comedy" gave hope to fans of The Doors that their hero wasn't dead after all. The lead singer on this album sounded spookily familiar as he intoned mystical lyrics over a swirling organ-led psychedelic backing. Naturally, The Phantom's record company, Capitol, were coy about the real identity of the singer, turning The Phantom into The Doors' equivalent of Klaatu. Naturally, Jim really was dead, or at least he wasn't The Phantom. The lead singer was in fact a bloke called Tim Carson. Still. once you get over the fact that you're not listening to Dead Jim, "Phantom's Divine Comedy" is a worthwhile album, if a little melodramatic at times. The band later recorded a second - more electronic - album under the name Happy Dragon Band.
3, The Phantom aka Bartosz Kruczynski is a Warsaw, Poland based producer. Recording for Top Billin and Senseless Records. Inspired by the British sounds of funky and grime, African club music and early house classics, he delivers his sub driven, dystopian tropicalia, representing a new wave of Polish producers.
4. Then there is this guy: https://soundcloud.com/the-phantom. He makes modern grime.
Love Me
The Phantom Lyrics
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Press your lips to mine
And whisper I love you
Gotta have chance that lasts
To do the things we wanna do
Don't hesitate, I can't wait, love me
You set my soul on fire
Every muscle in my body's burning with desire
Make me know you're mine
Love me with desire
Oh honey, this is fine
Don't hesitate, I can't wait, love me
Yeah!
I want you to be in my heart(?)
Because it's a runnin' wild(?)
Got to make you mine
If just for a little while
Don't hesitate, I can't wait, love me
Love me, love me, love me
The Phantom's song "Love Me" is a classic upbeat love song with a simple message of desire and longing. The song begins with an invitation to press lips together and profess love, followed by a yearning for a lasting chance to do what the lovers want to do. The singer implores their beloved to not hesitate, and instead to love them with desire. The chorus is a simple repetition of the title phrase, "Love me," emphasizing the plea for love and affection. The second verse expresses the singer's desire to have the object of their affection in their heart, describing it as "running wild." The singer wants to make their beloved theirs, even if it's just for a little while.
Overall, the song's lyrics are straightforward and focused on the sensation of being consumed by desire and love. The repetition of the chorus reinforces the singer's plea for their lover to validate their feelings by embracing them with love and desire.
Interesting facts about "Love Me":
- The Phantom was a one-hit-wonder, with "Love Me" being their only charting single.
- The song was originally released in 1960 and became a hit, reaching number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100.
- The Phantom, whose real name was more commonly known as Johnny Paris, was also the lead saxophonist for the band Johnny & The Hurricanes.
- Paris was inspired to write the song after hearing Elvis Presley's hit song "All Shook Up."
- The song has been covered by multiple artists, including Tom Jones, Cliff Richard, and Robert Plant.
- The song was featured in the films L.A. Story, Pride and Glory, and The Irishman.
- The song's opening guitar riff was sampled in Madonna's hit song "Papa Don't Preach."
- The song's popularity led to The Phantom performing on American Bandstand and The Ed Sullivan Show.
- The song's influence can be heard in later rock 'n' roll hits, particularly in its upbeat tempo and emphasis on repetition.
Line by Line Meaning
Press your lips to mine
Let us be intimate and share a passionate kiss
And whisper I love you
Express your affection for me in a soft, tender voice
Gotta have chance that lasts
Require a long-lasting opportunity to explore our desires
To do the things we wanna do
To engage in the activities that we desire together
Don't hesitate, I can't wait, love me
Do not delay, my eagerness to be loved is undeniable
You set my soul on fire
Your presence ignites a passionate flame in my spirit
Every muscle in my body's burning with desire
My desire for you is so strong it permeates every fiber of my being
Baby kiss me do
Please give me a kiss
Make me know you're mine
Show me that I have your affection and commitment
Love me with desire
Express your love for me with intense passion
Oh honey, this is fine
Expressing that the current moment is blissful and idyllic
I want you to be in my heart(?)
I desire a lasting emotional connection with you
Because it's a runnin' wild(?)
My heart is consumed with passion for you
Got to make you mine
I must have you as my partner
If just for a little while
Even if only for a brief moment, I want to be with you
Love me, love me, love me
Expressing an intense desire to be loved and desired
Writer(s): Marty Lott
Contributed by Leah D. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
cardigansarecool
First heard this done by the Cramps. Usually their covers are more intense than the original, but this version is just as deranged as the Cramps’ version. I’m kinda blown away. Imagine hearing this back then? I bet people’s heads exploded. They literally sent teenagers away to mental hospitals for liking shit like this. Amazing
Marius Oster
It's absurd what they did just to keep a pure society. I guess they just couldn't keep society pure anymore in the '70s. And now society is a mess.
Anarko Aardvark
The cramps often straight covers out of respect. Their version of Domino is bang on without the use of a bass.....
Brian J. Carnevale
Shades of Elvis. Some bad-ass guitiar. perhaps the pedal steel.
will patton
Yeah that’s all I heard at first, sounds a lot like Elvis
Michelle Plombe
Can you believe this guy was discovered by Pat Boone. (Ugh, then like every other insane rocker he immediately met his demise in a car wreck)
Cringe Lord Prime
This song is so good, he is so energetic and desperate sounding throughout the entire thing, the reverb makes the space sound so empty, lonely, and creepy. There is this little wall of noise in the back during the guitar solo that adds another layer of wild to this song. This song is nuts and I love it!
SpookyGordonProductions 4
It’s one of those “you aren’t ready for this yet but your kids will love it songs”
ricochetpig
😅
Güs H
this takes you back to a time when rock n roll was dangerous.