Hey bio-techs, or maybe the correct spelling is bee-otches, anyway, it's MY birthday today but we ALL get a present in this fab South of the Border LP from some German guy. Shake them maracas!
There are SO many brown people in the world, and they all provide such amusing tunes for our entertainment, don't you think? This is the thought bubble I imagine was above Hugo W. 's head as he recorded this musical gem, and all his yi-yi-yi-yi singers as well. From the fake Jamaican accent of "Rum and Coca Cola" (the words of which they sanitized--here, both mother and daughter are "singing" for the Yankee dollar. Yeah, everyone likes a rousing good "sing" now and again, even if we have to sometimes pay for it), to the "cu-cu" version of La Cucaracha, to the ever-so-slightly off-kilter soprano who gamely struggles to drown out the blazing bongos (and castanets and....harpsichord?), it's all good.Oh, and kudos for Hugo's proud declaration that he is willing to go south of the border, not all men are willing to own up.
South of the Border
I'm not sure why the back cover of this album has the rundown for HW Goes Hawaiian, but this is actually the real flip side of this album.
11 comments:
Hilarious post! Happy bday from a flesh colored guy.
Happy Birthday. That reminds me, i have a present for you. Remember the duck call record? Classic- i know, well i recently found another one: "Teach your parakeet to talk." It's designed to be played at the bird rather than repeating the same phrase over and over and over and over and over and over again yourself. The second side is really strange to say the least. As soon as i saw it i thought of you, and threw down a third of a buck for it without hesitation (You're worth it.)
If you want to post it here, or even just listen to it, let me know, i'll send you a link to the files.
Happy Birthday!
Well I suppose technically Hawaii IS south of the border. Sounds like Vinterhalter has done lots of traveling.
note to Armpit: brown people aren't flesh-colored? :)
To Jeff, yes I am a fan of the parakeet records....my email is listed, give me a shout.
Alex, not according to the Crayola color research group, whose artistic implements I grew up using and learning from. There were Flesh and Indian Red. No other brands of people were allowed. :)
Your a riot. Thanks babe. It's amazing how quotes around "singing" could be so funny.
So here I am being a good boy and listening to Count Basie. And go and click my copy of Rum and Coca Cola on the HD.
That's the literary equivalent of reading Jane Austin, dropping that crap and read some Playboy?
We're your bee-otchs, bee-otch.
Belated happy birthday, Ange!
Happy Birthday sweet child, now you are 21 you MUST try to behave in a more ladylike manner...........
Algy.
First, happy birthday, second.
Second, it appears that Gidget goes Hawaiian gave rise to the "goes Hawaiaan" phrase.
Thanks for all the well-wishes.....sorry it took me so long to respond but I've been laughing for a full two days over the suggesting that I become more "ladylike".
I was going to say thank you, for this album. But decided not to do so.
JG
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