Nobody like Fats.
Posted on 08/31/2006 9:43:04 AM PDT by raccoonradio
having been a blues DJ since 1988 (and a DJ overall since '81), I figured I'd make a list of some of the blues tunes I can remember that fall into the novelty category.
--Can Blue Men Sing the Whites, Bonzo Dog Band. Perhaps inspired by the times when Cream and they appeared on the same concert bill?
--Generic Blues, Weird Al Yankovic. From the UHF soundtrack album. "Oh, son, make it talk, make it talk!...Allright, now make it shut up..."
--Louis Jordan--the jump blues pioneer who inspired the likes of B.B. King and Chuck Berry did "There Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens", "Saturday Night Fish Fry", and more.
--Albert Brooks, "The Englishman German and Jew Blues" . Blues king Albert King plays; Brooks jokes ("Al! Stop being such a gloomy Gus!")
--Speaking of Albert King, his "Born Under a Bad Sign" was done by Homer in "The Simpsons Sing the Blues". And that ain't NO lie!
--"Alligator Eatin' Dog", Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown. "You know, ladies, I would have brought him here tonight, but they wouldn't let the fool on the plane? He kept chewing through the cages, and swallowing the chains. So I left him home with my granny. She's the only one that whooped the fanny of an alligator eatin' dog." From the album No Looking Back.
-- "Christmas Boogie" -- Canned Heat (feat. Bob "Bear" Hite) and the Chipmunks.
--Saffire, the Uppity Blues Women, do "Middle Aged Blues Boogie" ("Well i'll forget about my arthritis, my backache, my lumbago That young man makes me tango at the horizontal disco") and "School Teacher Blues" ("Johnny's at the urinal, he's pissin' on the wall/ If he hits the radiator, they'll smell it in the hall")
Gene Simmons thread here...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1693247/posts
Talking about Little Red Rooster, just about everything Big Mama Thornton ever did was humorous: Just Like A Dog Barking Up the Wrong Tree, etc.
The late Cub Koda, from Brownsville Station, used to work for awhile for the old WCGY-FM Lawrence/Boston, MA. He's also one of the co-authors of the book Blues For Dummies. Wrote some
album reviews too.
I love that.
and one of her songs, later covered by Elvis with diff. lyrics:
You ain't nothin but a hound dog, been snooping round my door
You ain't nothin but a hound dog, been snooping round my door
You can wag your tail but Lord I ain't gonna feed you no more
You told me you were high class, but I can see through that
You told me you were high class, but I can see through that
And daddy I know you ain't no real cool cat
Oh yes...and there's a video of him doing that (with
Serge Gainsbourg of "Je T'Aime" fame) on YouTube.
Yes...and when his death was mentioned on the news,
they had to refer to the fact that he wasn't the
guy from Kiss...
Cons. Blues:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lgbaFUeMbjI
And, I Put a Spell On You
http://youtube.com/watch?v=MF_2mNLQ69Q
I thought Murry Kellum and the Cane Breakers did "Haunted House", a song inspired by Bother Dave Gardner's "Will you be here when John gets here?" story.
maybe they did but the hit version was apparently by Jumpin Gene Simmons
Tired of bein' lonely, tired of bein' blue,
I wished I had some good man, to tell my troubles to
Seem like the whole world's wrong, since my man's been gone
I need a little sugar in my bowl,
I need a little hot dog, on my roll
I can stand a bit of lovin', oh so bad,
I feel so funny, I feel so sad
I need a little steam-heat, on my floor,
Maybe I can fix things up, so they'll go
What's the matter, hard papa, come on and save you mama's soul
'Cause I need a little sugar, in my bowl, doggone it,
I need a little sugar in my bowl
I need a little sugar, in my bowl,
I need a little hot dog, between my rolls
You gettin' different, I've been told,
move your finger, drop something in my bowl
I need a little steam-heat on my floor,
Maybe I can fix things up, so they'll go
(spoken: Get off your knees, I can't see what you're drivin' at!
It's dark down there!
Looks like a snake! C'mon here and drop somethin' here in my bowl,
stop your foolin', and drop somethin', in my bowl)
My personal favorite sung by Fats Walller:
Who's that walkin' 'round here?
Mercy!
Sounds like baby patter!
Baby elephant patter, that's what I calls it!
Say, up in Harlem,
At a table for two,
There were four of us,
Me, your big feet and you!
From your ankles up, I say you sure are sweet,
From there down, there's just too much feet!
Yas!
Your feet's too big!
Don't want ya 'cause your feet's too big!
Can't use ya 'cause your feet's too big!
I really hate ya 'cause your feet's too big!
Yeah!
Da-dee-do-dah, wan-ga-der!
Where'd you get 'em?
Nyah-da-dum!
Your girl, she likes you, she thinks you're nice,
Got what it takes to be in paradise;
She says she likes your face, she likes your rig,
But, man, oh, man, them things are too big!
Oh, your feet's too big!
Don't want ya 'cause your feet's too big!
Mad at you 'cause your feet's too big!
I hate you 'cause your feet's too big!
[Spoken]
My goodness, those are gunboats!
Shift! Shift! Shift!
Oh, your pedal extremities are colossal!
To me you look just like a fossil!
You got me walkin', talkin' and squawkin',
'Cause your feet's too big, yeah!
[Spoken]
Come on and walk that thing!
Oh, I never heard of such walkin'! Mercy!
Your... your pedal extremities really are obnoxious.
One never knows, do one?
He's A Jelly Roll BakerSomehow I don't think he's talking about pastry.
Lonny Johnson - also by Brownie McGhee
She said: Mr. Jelly Roll Baker, let me be your slave
When Gabr'el blow his trumpet, then I rise from my grave
For some of your good jelly roll, yes, I love good jelly roll
It is good for the sick, yes, an' it's good for the ol'I was sentenced for murder, in the first degree
The judge's wife called up and said: Let that man go free
He's a jelly roll baker, he's got the best jelly roll in town
He's the only man that can bake jelly roll with this damper down*Once in a hospital, shot all full of holes
The nurse left a man dying, and said, she's got get a jelly roll
This good old jelly, she says: I love my good jelly roll
She says: I' d rather let him lose his life than to miss my good jelly rollLady asked me: Who light me how to bake good jelly roll
I says: Nobody miss, it's just a gift from my soul
To bake good jelly roll, hm, that good old jelly roll
She says: I love yo' jelly roll, it does me good deep down in my soulWell, she says: Can I put in an order, two weeks ahead?
I'd rather have yo' jelly roll than my home cooked bread
I love your old jelly, I love your good jelly roll
It's just like Maxwell house coffe, it's good deep down in my soul
LOL!That's classic!
Nobody like Fats.
The jellyroll metaphor for female (& male?)... er, plumbing is everywhere in the blues!
You're right, this thread could go forever, because there are just too many to ever list in one place. I fear that I'm going to wake up throughout the night remembering songs for this list.
One of my Favorites:
BIG LEGGED MAMAS ARE BACK IN STYLE
by Taj Mahal
Talkin' 'bout big legged mommas back in style again
I mean, them short fat fannies back in style again
You ain't had no real good love till you been loved by one of them
Size 14, 16, 18, 22, 24 in style again
I mean them big fat cuties back in style again
You ain't had no juicy lucy until you've been loved by one of them
Well momma and poppa told me, son you better shout
Woman that you got she is gonna knock you out
Big legged mommas, now, they're back in style again
I mean them big fat cuties, back in style again
You ain't had no real good lovin' till you've been loved by one of them
She gonna rock you, she gonna roll you
She won't try to control you
Talkin' 'bout those big legged mommas, they're back in style again
I mean them thick-thighed heifers, back in style again
You ain't had no juicy lucy till you've been loved by one of them
She's the kind of woman that drinks her coffee in a great big cup
She's the kind of woman that saves her lovin' up
Talkin' 'bout a big legged momma, they're back in style again
I mean them heart shaped booties, back in style again
You ain't had no real good lovin' till you've been loved by one of them
Well, she will not make you shout, she won't make you beg
But she will shake her hooters like a soft boiled egg
Talkin' about those big legged mommas, they're back in style again
I mean them heart shaped booties, back in style again
You ain't had no juicy lucy till you've been loved by one of them
She says, "Honey get me some WD-40 and oil my spring
My back is made of whale bone and I'm gonna make you sing"
Talkin' about those big legged mommas, they're back in style again
Talkin' about those big legged mommas, they're back in style again
You ain't had no juicy lucy till you've been loved by one of them
_________________________
Copyright 1991 by Prankee Music (ASCAP)
Recorded by Taj Mahal on the album "Like Never Before" (1991)
Albert Collins wonders why there's "Too many Dirty Dishes...
in the sink for just us two". Who's been gettin' that T-bone
steak, while he's been fed cereal by the wife? Hmm! And Albert
makes his guitar sound like someone scrubbing dishes during the song.
Collins appears in the movie ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING, doing a song called Baby Sitter Boogie, I believe. The film is supposed to take place in Chicago, but like other movies
(Blues Brother 2000, for one), it was filmed in Toronto to
save money. The blues club he plays looks suspiciously like a place I went to on a Toronto visit once, the Silver Dollar
on Spadina!
btw...also dealing with blues...Dan Aykroyd became a fan of Toronto's Downchild Blues Band, and saw them at places like
Grossman's in Toronto. As a result, the Blues Brothers
first album features two Downchild songs: I Got Everything I Need, Almost, and Shotgun Blues. (On a live Downchild album,
lead singer of the band dedicates one of those songs to
"Jake"--Belushi's character. This was shortly after
Belushi's death...)
And the Blues brothers had some humorous songs. Their version of Floyd Dixon's "I Don't Know" has some spoken bits:
"Woman! You gonnna walk a mile for a Camel, or are you gonna make like Mr. Chesterfield and satisfy! She said, that all depends on what you're packin'...regular or KING size!
So she pulled out my Jim Beam, and to her surprise...it was every bit as hard as my Canadian Club..."
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