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About joey de vivre

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    12/14/2000
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Naughty Numbers from the Repression

Side A
Artist Song Buy
Spike Jones (buzz) Beautiful Eggs  buy on amazon buy on itunes
Josephine Baker (buzz) Don't Touch My Tomatoes  buy on amazon buy on itunes
Julia Lee (buzz) I Didn't Like It the First Time  buy on amazon buy on itunes
Josephine Garrison (buzz) Two Times a Night  buy on amazon buy on itunes
Cliff Faure (buzz) Please Don't Bang on the Piano  buy on amazon buy on itunes
Tampa Red (buzz) Let Me Play with Your Poodle  buy on amazon buy on itunes
Fluffy Hunter (buzz) The Walking Blues  buy on amazon buy on itunes
the Oscars (buzz) Rubbin' On the Darned Old Thing  buy on amazon buy on itunes
Al Miller (buzz) It Must Be Good  buy on amazon buy on itunes
Hokum Boys (buzz) It Started in the Garden of Eden  buy on amazon buy on itunes
Benny Bell (buzz) Shaving Cream  buy on amazon buy on itunes
Side B
ArtistSongBuy
Bullmoose Jackson (buzz) My Big 10-Inch  buy   buy
George Formby (buzz) My Little Ukulele  buy   buy
Joe Rines (buzz) Father Had a Big One  buy   buy
King Perry (buzz) Ducks Yas Yas  buy   buy
Cliff Faure (buzz) Ain't It a Beauty  buy   buy
the Odd Couple (buzz) Brush Up Your Shakespeare  buy   buy
Dinah Washington (buzz) TV Is the Thing This Year  buy   buy
Oscar Brand (buzz) A Clean Song  buy   buy
Blind Blake (buzz) Diddy Wah Diddy  buy   buy
Red Nichols (buzz) Fan It  buy   buy
Butterbeans & Susie (buzz) Hot Dog Man  buy   buy

Comment:

It seems quaint now, but back in the 20th century songwriters expended a lot of ingenuity in engineering double-entendre lyrics that sounded suggestive but could be technically proven innocent;
(i.e. "I Didn't Like It the First Time" is *really* about spinach, & "Father Had a Big One" is *really* about his mustache, etc. ) Now it all seems touchingly innocent.
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jkj
Date: 2-25-2001
Your mixes are always so .... artful ....
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CASETTA
Date: 2-26-2001
Ah, the risque rhythms of yesterday.
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Doug Grad
Date: 10-04-2002
I've been looking for the music and lyrics to Please Don't Bang On The Piano for almost 25 years! How can I get a copy of this?
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Tom Lipinski
Date: 1-20-2003
I am looking for lyrics to Cliff Ferre's "Ain't It a Beauty" but would also be interested in this whole mix. How do I do that?
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MKK
Date: 1-20-2003
My god, this is glorious. I want it so bad I could scream. Are you up for trading, at all?
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Orchid
Date: 7-23-2004
This is so creative and funny. I bet the songs are great too...
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SwankQueen
Date: 1-25-2006
::bop::
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jessica lynn
Date: 9-02-2007
Touchingly innocent, yes, but far more entertaining than most of the bands these days that just use the most blunt terms possible and leave nothing to the imagination. . .
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jolidori
Date: 12-08-2007
How can I get a copy of this mix? Thanks,

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