[78-L] Darwin was wrong [FWD]

[Mike Harkin]

Wasn't 'Yummy yummy yummy...' a Peter Sellers parody of the Beatles or somebody --  _Meant_ to be bad/mediocre?

Mike in Plovdiv



--- On Sun, 3/22/09, Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> From: Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Darwin was wrong
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Sunday, March 22, 2009, 6:03 AM
> fnarf at comcast.net
> wrote:
> > May I just point out that between Cole Porter and
> Kelly Clarkson we had such lyrically complex masterpieces as
> "How Much Is That Doggy In The Window?" (1952), "Sh-boom"
> (1954), "Louie Louie" (1955), "Da Doo Ron Ron" (1963), and
> "Yummy Yummy Yummy (I've Got Love In My Tummy" (1968). Those
> songs are all closer in vintage to  "Night and Day"
> (1932) than they are to today. I'm having trouble seeing a
> trend line here.
> =============
> I can think of a couple of novelty songs that have class.
> 
> "Pink Elephants" and "Swinging On A Star".
> 
>        Julian Vein
> 
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