"Suspenders, pocket watches, sledgehammers, firearms, and booze....that's what Men are made of".
Since this Burl Ives album is "Songs For and About Men", naturally I averted my ears while recording, I ALWAYS do as I'm told. So really it's pure speculation when I say that the two songs with a band led by Tony Mottola are not half bad, but the rest of the songs are regular FOLK MUSIC, and not bawdy, and therefore shite.
I can, however, make fun of the goofy name "Burl"--someone I know & love occasionally uses the pseudonym "Burl Movement", nuff said. Oh, and fair warning....if you're on last.fm and listen to these, the thumbnail photo of Burl that comes up is him in a bathtub, in water up to his lower belly. Smokin a huge cee-gar. I can still taste the bile that rose into my throat.
Songs For and About Men - Burl Ives
Decca DL 8125
3 comments:
wasn't he the one that recorded
"I've Got No Use for Women"
a classic sing-a-long at our weekly gatherings in my local ?
:-)))
big daddy in "cat on a hot tin roof"...member of the weaver family singing group and all-round american hero...noted for heavy drinking and good times...not someone who deserves derision!!! thanks for the post...
I too am SHOCKED by the disrespect towards the beloved gentle hearted bard who graces the soundtracks of so many classic Disney family movies of yesteryear ("Burl Movement"?!?!, lol). "Ugly Bug Ball" from some Hayley Mills movie has always been a favorite. Anyway, a belated thanks for all the "great"(?) music you have shared with us over the years.
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