[78-L] Mills Blue Rhythm

Mon Feb 2 19:28:05 PST 2009

Hi,  Andrea,

All additions/comments/suggestions welcome.  Actually those are two I have 
and already know...but now I will replay them and give 'em another chance, 
knowing your enthusiasm...thanks!

I'll throw in two cents for what I think is a great version of Ride,  Red, 
Ride,  which is the Willie Bryant Orch. on Bluebird...I love Willie and his 
band.

Taylor

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrea Walsh" <petquality1 at gmail.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Mills Blue Rhythm

> Oh Taylor, If I might interject and stick my nose in here, one of the
> funkiest, most swinging records I own, and which (Yves will probably agree
> with me) was ever recorded is "Keep The Rhythm Going" by MBRB!  Also You
> MUST hear "Ride, Red, Ride" and "Red Rhythm".  OHH now you guys have made 
> me
> want to go play all my MBRB 78s.  COOL! :)
>
> Andrea
>
> On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> 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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