Driving in to work this morning, I had the satellite radio set at the 1950s decade channel, and I came in at the middle of Neil Sedaka's "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do," which I greatly enjoyed. Even better was the next song, The Johnny Otis Show doing "Willie and the Hand Jive." One of the many things I love about this song is that even though the title and the first two verses convince you it's about
masturbation, they build deniability into the
lyrics with lines like this:
Mama, Mama look at Uncle Joe
He's doin' that hand jive with sister Flo
Grandma gave baby sister a dime
Said, do that hand jive one more time...
Willie and Millie got married last fall
They had a little Willie Junior, and a-that ain't all
You know, the baby got famous in his crib, you see
Doin' that hand jive on TV.
So if you think the song is about masturbation, there must be something
terribly wrong with you! Great joke all around.
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3 comments:
Ann!
Got any Link Wray on that channel? He's my favorite from the '50's...and Jerry Lee Lewis of course!
Link for Link!
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000003308/qid=1114090489/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-9269890-6131948
Check out the lyrics for another multi-entendered classic: Cyndi Laupers "She bop". Its good for quite a few smirks.
Thanks Ann & Uncle Jimbo for the info. The song was a little ahead of my time, but after coming of age, I did always wonder about it ....
So now how about telling me about Chuck Berry's song, "My Ding-a-Ling".
Another one I've wondered about while in high school in the 70's.
(uh, N-O ..... I am NOT fixated on self abuse songs!!!)
Bill (w/ a son named Willie, of course!!)
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