"The trend is to surrender thought to impulse..." "Songs like this prepare the mind to accept nonsense."
Nailed it. I'm surprised this song predated Vietnam and the drug culture. But then, the song is really not that far off from Tutti Frutti, IMO, and that song was a huge it a decade earlier. How long have these "inane lyrics, good beat" songs been around? Probably forever?
"yummy yummy yummy I got love in my tummy..."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozqfOzqMv...
"na na na na na na na na na na na na na na..."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fa4BfPQi...
"I just can't believe the loveliness of loving you..."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOQwdRMTK...
"I'm Hen(e)ry the 8th I am..."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2fbpCUmr...
"Songs like this prepare the mind to accept nonsense."
Nailed it. I'm surprised this song predated Vietnam and the drug culture. But then, the song is really not that far off from Tutti Frutti, IMO, and that song was a huge it a decade earlier. How long have these "inane lyrics, good beat" songs been around? Probably forever?
Old School: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27v2oZ9cu...
New School: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOx4i1OYV...