[78-L] Mills Blue Rhythm

[Taylor Bowie]

I'm sure you were no odder a child than I was,  Yves.  When I was in 
kindergarten (1957-58) we had one day a week where we could bring records 
from home to play in class.  All the other kids who brought records brought 
those little yellow plastic disks,  probably by Frank Luther or Irene Wicker 
or some such...but I brought my new 45 of The Playmates doing "Jo-Anne" 
which was  a plodding,  lumpy-dumpy white doo-wop thing.  The teacher was 
sort of shocked,  and  the rest of the kiddies didn't know what to make of 
it...glad I didn't bring Short Shorts by the Royal Teens,  which was another 
fave when I was that age....along with my dad's Bud Freeman Bluebird of I've 
Found a New Baby.    Hey,  what did I know?  It was all new to me...I myself 
was pretty "new."

All that crap aside...I was curious if you could list a few other sides by 
the MBRB which you really like.  I ask because it's a band which generally 
leaves me,  if not cold,  then at most cool.  But I enjoy having my ears 
opened to new sounds,  so give me some ideas!

Taylor





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "yves francois" <aprestitine at yahoo.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 6:17 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Wild Waves


> LOL LOL LOL et all
>
> ps i have to say when i say "Wild Waves" I got very excited, since I 
> thought we were going to talk about the record by the Mills Blue Rhythm 
> Band, I am just CRAZY about that record, it was the first song I ever 
> learned on a trumpet (guess I was a weird chap, liking the Mills Blue 
> Rhythm Band's record of "Wild Waves" at age 11, so much so, I even wrote a 
> song - much later in life I might add - called "Tashkent" with the growl 
> trumpet intro from the MBRB record ...)
>
>
> --- On Mon, 2/2/09, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Wild Waves
>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Date: Monday, February 2, 2009, 8:04 PM
>> I now realize that "Fair and Warmer" is a direct
>> slam on  women in menopause
>> having hot flashes...
>>
>> "I'm Following You"  is clearly about a
>> stalker ("Wherever you go...whatever
>> you do...I want you to know...I'm following you"
>> Scary!).
>>
>> "You're Driving Me Crazy" makes fun of mental
>> illness.
>>
>> "Little Girl" and "Oh, Baby"...just
>> variants of kiddie porn.
>>
>> If someone is determined to be offended,  they will find a
>> way.  Let us be
>> of good cheer and try to avoid all the judgmental pitfalls
>> through which we
>> demonize others.
>>
>> It's not my intent to start a thread of
>> misinterpretations of song lyrics,
>> as I know any of us could come up with a hundred of them in
>> an instant...not
>> to belabor, but my point is that almost anything can be
>> twisted around if
>> there is someone anxious to do the twisting.  Let's use
>> our energy for
>> something more constructive.
>>
>> Taylor B
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "David Weiner" <djwein at earthlink.net>
>> To: "'78-L Mail List'"
>> <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 5:21 PM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Wild Waves
>>
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > I do know the lyrics to "Little Lady Make
>> Believe," and have sung it
>> > often.
>> > It's closely associated with Bing Crosby, who
>> recorded it for Decca around
>> > 1937 or so, and is about a man's little daughter
>> who discovers her
>> > deceased
>> > mother's clothes, and tries them on.  It really a
>> sad song, and I can't
>> > understand why anyone could possibly be offended by
>> any of the lyrics.
>> > But,
>> > there are all kinds of nuts in the forest.
>> >
>> > Bud
>> >
>> > -------
>> >
>> > The complaint on this song is that "Daddy is a
>> sick voyeur" - and now, I
>> > kid
>> > you not, things are heating up on the cast record list
>> on whether songs
>> > like
>> > "I Enjoy Being a Girl" are disgustingly
>> sexist.  Oy vey ismir....
>> >
>> >
>> > Dave W/
>> >
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