Faith is now quite uncertain. I'm no longer acting-as-if.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
THE CHORDETTES - "LOLLIPOP"
Because I feel silly, sad, addled, tired, a jumbled mixture of emotions, I take you back to 1958 to the Chordettes singing a good jitterbug song. A lively jitterbug session would shake all that stuff right outta my head.
The grandkids and I do the "owie" dance when we are hurting - physically and otherwise. We stomp our feet and sing "owie, owie, owie, doin' the owie dance" and the wounds fly off into the sky.
I am of the opinion that all pop songs of that era contained references to sex. Some hidden, some less hidden. Here, kisses mean kisses. I'm not so sure what the shaky dance is. It always cracks me up to see kareoke lyrics, as they are usually rife with mistakes. There are two glaring ones here. 'shake he' which is really _shaky_ and 'rye' which is _lime_.
But what strikes me is that these women appear to be much older than most girl groups of that era.
And this performance is taken from The Andy Williams Show. It was usually contrived to get all the 'guests' to perform together at least once. That's why the Everly Brothers are there at the end.
"Sweeter than candy on a stick"??? Indeed! The nuns in the RC school of my youth wouldn't let us sing this song. They said it was "foolishness unbecoming smart young women."
I can never listen to this silly song without hearing the sexual innuendos as filtered through the minds of those celibate, chaste nuns. To that end, the Andy Williams "pop" at the end sends me into hysterics, but the whole song always makes me giggle. Which, either way, is what it's supposed to do.
Reminds me of "Sing along with Mitch Miller", back when there was something to watch on the television. Now there's 900 something channels, and nothing to watch.
Did you hear the Lyric Opera on Public Radio today?
I nodded off listening to the Red Sox. I've gotten so I don't even like that on TV, it's better on the radio. (I'm starting to think TV is just a fad anyhow!)
Yes and the Everly Brothers clapping at the end.
ReplyDeleteDouble entendres, anyone? Or is it just me?
ReplyDeleteSusan, thanks. I did not recognize the Everly Brothers.
The grandkids and I do the "owie" dance when we are hurting - physically and otherwise. We stomp our feet and sing "owie, owie, owie, doin' the owie dance" and the wounds fly off into the sky.
ReplyDeleteI am of the opinion that all pop songs of that era contained references to sex. Some hidden, some less hidden. Here, kisses mean kisses. I'm not so sure what the shaky dance is. It always cracks me up to see kareoke lyrics, as they are usually rife with mistakes. There are two glaring ones here. 'shake he' which is really _shaky_ and 'rye' which is _lime_.
ReplyDeleteBut what strikes me is that these women appear to be much older than most girl groups of that era.
And this performance is taken from The Andy Williams Show. It was usually contrived to get all the 'guests' to perform together at least once. That's why the Everly Brothers are there at the end.
Ann, what a wonderful idea.
ReplyDeleteSusan, I noticed that the Chordettes were older, too. I agree that many of the songs of the period had "hidden" sexual references.
You're a real eagle-eye, but you're right about the mistakes in the lyrics, which I also missed.
"Sweeter than candy on a stick"??? Indeed! The nuns in the RC school of my youth wouldn't let us sing this song. They said it was "foolishness unbecoming smart young women."
ReplyDeleteI can never listen to this silly song without hearing the sexual innuendos as filtered through the minds of those celibate, chaste nuns. To that end, the Andy Williams "pop" at the end sends me into hysterics, but the whole song always makes me giggle. Which, either way, is what it's supposed to do.
Mimi, no wonder they looked older! They started as a group the year after I was born! See their Wiki article.
ReplyDeleteGood grief! One of the "girls" was born the same year as my mother.
ReplyDeleteWell, I don't think the oldest one was in the group anymore when they were singing "Candy on a Stick."
ReplyDeleteReminds me of "Sing along with Mitch Miller", back when there was something to watch on the television. Now there's 900 something channels, and nothing to watch.
ReplyDeleteDid you hear the Lyric Opera on Public Radio today?
...there's 900 something channels, and nothing to watch.
ReplyDeleteWade, that about sums it up.
I watched "The Great Escape", which I had never seen, last night, but I could not make it to the end.
I nodded off listening to the Red Sox. I've gotten so I don't even like that on TV, it's better on the radio. (I'm starting to think TV is just a fad anyhow!)
ReplyDelete(I'm starting to think TV is just a fad anyhow!)
ReplyDeleteTV will be gone before we know it, Wade.