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Oldies You Can't Play Anymore Because They're Non-P.C.

Oldies

Never heard of these- are they current or recent titles? The question was about Oldies music.

Just about anything close to hip-hop or rock today has some sort of questionable lyrics.

>
> Two more are Ubangi Stomp by Warren Smith and Sputnik
> (Satellite Girl) by Jerry Engler. They both have a racial
> epithet, although a good rockabilly sound. They are
> probably too obscure to be played,anyway except perhaps on
> specialty shows.
>
 
Re: Ubangi Stomp

Well I am familiar with Ubangi and it is a fantastic recording. It was not politically incorrect enough to leave off a compilation by Time-Life. It is cut #13 on their CD, Red Hot Rockabilly. Every cut on it is a winner. The CD was released over ten years ago, so maybe it would not be on there today, but then again it might. Look it up on Amazon or Gemm.

"I'm gonna Ubangi Stomp till I rollover dead!"

You don't hear lines like that anymore.



> Never heard of these- are they current or recent titles?
> The question was about Oldies music.
>
> Just about anything close to hip-hop or rock today has some
> sort of questionable lyrics.
>
> >
> > Two more are Ubangi Stomp by Warren Smith and Sputnik
> > (Satellite Girl) by Jerry Engler. They both have a racial
>
> > epithet, although a good rockabilly sound. They are
> > probably too obscure to be played,anyway except perhaps on
>
> > specialty shows.
> >
>
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You know, there is a station on Live 365 that plays French language rock from the sixties. Radio Ye Ye. Too bad there is not some station playing Spanish language rock and roll from the sixties. I love Solid Gold in any language.

Here is the link to Radio Ye Ye.

http://www.live365.com/stations/dhamelin




> >
> >
> > > > This in a heavily hispanic market. Actually the song
> > was
> > > a
> > > > monster hit in Mexico when it was a current hit.
> > >
> > > So was Juanita Banana.
>
> Juanita Banana in Spanish was done by a group called Los
> Inhumanos. It was definitely a hit in the "rock and roll"
> days of the mid to late 60-s in Mexico.
>
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> You know, there is a station on Live 365 that plays French
> language rock from the sixties. Radio Ye Ye. Too bad there
> is not some station playing Spanish language rock and roll
> from the sixties. I love Solid Gold in any language.

Chérie in France is oldies of a broader era, from Johnny Halliday and France Gaul and MArie Laforet to Joe Dassin and the 70s stuff.

For Spanish, listen to KRCD/KRCV in LA saturday 7 PM to Midnight in Noches de Rock and Roll.
 
Re: Oldies

> Never heard of these- are they current or recent titles?
> The question was about Oldies music.
>
> Just about anything close to hip-hop or rock today has some
> sort of questionable lyrics.

Both rockabilly from the 50's, but again, pretty obscure. Warren Smith recorded for Sun before leaving to do country. Don't kow anything about Jery Engler. Two or three Smith CDs are currently available.
 
> Based on the thread below, I began to wonder how many songs
> can no longer be played on the radio due to their non-PC
> content? "Running Bear" and "Lament of the Cherokee Nation"

Never heard of that one. Or is that the official name of the "Cherokee People" Raul Revere song?

> seem to be two...the only other one I can think of is "Ahab
> The Arab" from Ray Stevens.

I can't imagine what would be objectionable to any of them.

I remember something objectionable in an Inkspots song I have, but until I listen to the CD again, I couldn't say what song right now.

Or is that too old to mention here?

I'm sure some people consider "The Streak" to be sexist, too.

73s from 954

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Oldies You Can't Play Anymore: Country Joe & The Fish

> "MR.CUSTER-Larry Verne, "KEM-O-SABEE"-Electric Indian. In
> the small Palm Springs, Ca. market we not only have played
> both of these from time to time, but "Indian Reservation"
> was in high rotation for about 12 years. This in a market
> with many Indian Casinos. No complaints. I have played
> "Speedy Gonzales" a few times and no one called about it.
> This in a heavily hispanic market. Actually the song was a
> monster hit in Mexico when it was a current hit. The only
> song we were forced to pull was "WAR" by Edwin Starr after
> the invasion of Iraq.

Actually, one song I kinda miss, even though it was at least a few years past what *I* consider the end of the best rock & roll (1964), was the anti-Vietnam-War song (don't know the name) by Country Joe and the Fish. What's the name and year?

Not that I agreed one bit with the anti-war movement. (I was just as conservative then (in college), before the religious right destroyed the meaning of the word.) No, I just like the catchy tune!

Now, I don't expect to ever hear Country Joe and the Fish on oldies station Majic 102.7. They've got great people but they only have about 17 songs on their playlist.

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Oldies You Can't Play Anymore ... si!

> You missed the best line.
> "It arrives on track number nine, hey boy! you can give me a
> shine."

I remember it as "Track 29 [pause] boy, you can give me a shine."

How 'bout the Mel Brooks version of Chattanooga Choo Choo from Young Frankenstein, when Gene Wilder arrives in Transylvania?

Or how 'bout the famous scene with Jack Benny and Mel Blanc (as a Mexican named Si with a serape and sombrero) at the train station:

JB: Where are you going?

MB: To see my seester.

JB: To see your sister?

MB: Si.

JB: What's your sister's name?

MB: Sue.

JB: Sue?

MB: Si.

and so on... Could never do that on TV today.

Some people know "Who's on first?" This skit
is easier to remember.

In case you were wondering, the train was going
to Anaheim, Azusa, and Kook [long pause] amunga.
(Running gag, just like Eva Gabor's hotscakes!)

73s from 954
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Is "She Can't Find Her Keys" Sexist, then?

> I'm surprised no one on this thread has mentioned perhaps
> the most "Non-Politically Correct" oldie ever recorded:
> "They're Coming To Take Me Away" by Napoleon The Fourteenth
> (or "Napoleon XIV" as it is identified on the label of the
> "45").
>
> I don't find it "Non-P.C."; I just find it hilarious!!

If that's offensive, then I'll bet that "She Can't Find Her Keys" by Paul Peterson (of The Donna Reed Show) is considered sexist by some ultra-PC liberal wackos.

But it's true. And a funny song.

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Re: Oldies You Can't Play Anymore ... si!

The Frito Bandito was banned from the air voluntarilly by Frito Lay after a successful ad campaign. The Bandito is still remembered and loved. That was 1971.

Speed Gonzales cartoons are not run on TV anymore either. Yigh Yigh Yigh!

Th
> > You missed the best line.
> > "It arrives on track number nine, hey boy! you can give me
> a
> > shine."
>
> I remember it as "Track 29 [pause] boy, you can give me a
> shine."
>
> How 'bout the Mel Brooks version of Chattanooga Choo Choo
> from Young Frankenstein, when Gene Wilder arrives in
> Transylvania?
>
> Or how 'bout the famous scene with Jack Benny and Mel Blanc
> (as a Mexican named Si with a serape and sombrero) at the
> train station:
>
> JB: Where are you going?
>
> MB: To see my seester.
>
> JB: To see your sister?
>
> MB: Si.
>
> JB: What's your sister's name?
>
> MB: Sue.
>
> JB: Sue?
>
> MB: Si.
>
> and so on... Could never do that on TV today.
>
> Some people know "Who's on first?" This skit
> is easier to remember.
>
> In case you were wondering, the train was going
> to Anaheim, Azusa, and Kook [long pause] amunga.
> (Running gag, just like Eva Gabor's hotscakes!)
>
> 73s from 954
>
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Re: Oldies You Can't Play Anymore: Country Joe & The Fish

I'm Fixin' To Die Rag by Country Joe and The Fish. It was played on WMYQ in 1971, their first year.

It is often combined with The Fish Cheer preceding the song.

It is available on American Graffitti Volume 2.


>
> Actually, one song I kinda miss, even though it was at least
> a few years past what *I* consider the end of the best rock
> & roll (1964), was the anti-Vietnam-War song (don't know the
> name) by Country Joe and the Fish. What's the name and year?
>
>
> Not that I agreed one bit with the anti-war movement. (I was
> just as conservative then (in college), before the religious
> right destroyed the meaning of the word.) No, I just like
> the catchy tune!
>
> Now, I don't expect to ever hear Country Joe and the Fish on
> oldies station Majic 102.7. They've got great people but
> they only have about 17 songs on their playlist.
>
> 73s from 954
>
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"He Hit Me" Sexist, then?

How about "He Hit Me (And It felt Like a Kiss)" by the Crystals? That song would get Phil Spector in more hot water than the murder rap did!


Oldiecarl, Proprietor of Carl E.'s OBSCURIOS on Live365
(And yes, The Crystals' song is in my playlist, as are most of the other ones mentioned above.)
 
Re: "He Hit Me" Sexist, then?

Sexist? I don't know. It is by women. If it was sung by a guy doing it to a girl it would be.

It reminds me of the lowest White trash. Several steps below Ralph and Alice Kramden.

Just to think, she has so little self esteem that she enjoys receiving his attention in any way she can, even by being hit.

But lyrics are secondary to me, I care more about the music. the song would be good if it was an instrumental too.

> How about "He Hit Me (And It felt Like a Kiss)" by the
> Crystals? That song would get Phil Spector in more hot water
> than the murder rap did!
>
>
> Oldiecarl, Proprietor of Carl E.'s OBSCURIOS on Live365
> (And yes, The Crystals' song is in my playlist, as are
> most of the other ones mentioned above.)
>
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