It has been discussed here before, people complain about the raunchy music kids these days listen to. Of course, people who say that don’t have a historical perspective of music. I listen to last.fm and have set it up to present me songs I have not heard, from a variety of genera. Yesterday I came across these gems. I’m sure the students of the blues here have heard them, but they were new to me. Good songs to bring up when someone is trying to tell you that music has recently gone to hell in a hand basket lyric wise. What struck me about these is that in spite of the explicit nature of the lyrics, the overall vibe of the songs is fun and playful. In one of the cuts, the artist cracks up in laughter but manages to pull it back together before the cut is ruined (no overdubs in those days). I can just imagine what some kids parent said in 1935 when they found one of these records in their kids room and gave it a spin!
Clara Smith - FOR SALE (HANNAH JOHNSONS BIG JACK ASS) ~1932 Full of innuendo
Lucille Bogan - Shave 'Em Dry ,1935
Blows right by innuendo and gets explicit. I am not familiar with the idioms of the day so I probably missed a lot of the the innuendo. I had to look up what the title meant.
I won’t post the lyrics here; anyone interested can find them easily. I will indicate to last.fm that it can send me more songs like this though ;-).
Last Edited by STME58 on May 30, 2013 8:47 PM
That was "educational". Never thought there was stuff like that back then, well published stuff at least. I don't think that song would pass any broadcasting standards. Hahaha! ---------- Egg Timer Mic Home Made Bullet Mic
