Showing posts with label fabian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fabian. Show all posts

Sunday, July 10, 2016

*Once Again, On The Time Of The Teenage Musical “Counterrevolution-Old Style





A YouTube's Film Clip Of The Shirelles's Doing "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?"



CD Review

Rock ‘n’ Roll All #1 Hits: Volume One, various artists, Original Sound Entertainment, 1988




I have spilled much ink, some might say too much ink, describing the teenage musical “counterrevolution” of the late 1950’s-early 1960’s, the time between the decline of classic rock’n’roll of Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis Bo Didderly, Chuck Berry and the like and the fresh breeze of the Beatles, The Rolling Stones and the other denizens of the British invasion. So be it. I confess that I, like millions of American teens, suffered through the music of Sandra Dee, Bobby Vee, Fabian, Leslie Gore and others of that ilk. Without much overt complain, if also without great enthusiasm I might add. However, in fairness, not every tune of the period was unalloyed brass. A few jumped then, and some fifty years later still stand up. That is what this ‘greatest hits’ compilation is all about.

Needless to say we are not dealing here with the broader social issues of the time that got a full airing by Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and later those Beatles and Stones. What we have here is songs that reflected the concerns of teenagers then (and now, as well) about love, thwarted love, longings for love, two-timing boyfriends or girlfriends, flirts, what to do on Friday night, what to do on Saturday night and how to get through the rest of the week to get to those nights. And if that were not enough whether we were “cool”, “hot”, “in” or out”. Nobody said being a teen then (or now) was easy.

So what is good here? If somebody asked me to list some of the songs that remain in my head from this teenage period (giving a little thought and prompting to the effort) several of these songs would make the list. Certainly The Chiffons “He’s So Fine” with their great harmony would make any list. Dion’s finger-snapping “Runaround Sue” (the dread of every “red-blooded” male teen of the time) the same. Del Shannon’s “Runaway” for sure. The Shirelles’ ode to teenage sexual temptation “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” absolutely. Nor can one leave out “Duke of Earl”. However, if you have only one to pick it must be The Dixie Cups’ “Chapel Of Love”. That song says it all about the ends of teenage love- getting hitched and living happily ever after. Naturally, right? You don’t believe me about this song. In the mid-1990’s The Dixie Cups performed this song at the Newport Folk Festival, of all places. This audience, for the most part, was composed of older, wiser survivors of love’s trial and tribulations. The place went crazy when the group did this number. Enough said.


"Runaround Sue"-Dion

Here's my story, its sad but true
It's about a girl that I once knew
She took my love then ran around
With every single guy in town

Ah, I should have known it from the very start
This girl will leave me with a broken heart
Now listen people what I'm telling you
A-keep away from-a Runaround Sue

I miss her lips and the smile on her face
The touch of her hair and this girl's warm embrace
So if you don't wanna cry like I do
A-keep away from-a Runaround Sue

Ah, she likes to travel around
She'll love you but she'll put you down
Now people let me put you wise
Sue goes out with other guys
Here's the moral and the story from the guy who knows
I fell in love and my love still grows
Ask any fool that she ever knew, they'll say
Keep away from-a Runaround Sue

She likes to travel around
She'll love you but she'll put you down
Now people let me put you wise
Sue goes out with other guys
Here's the moral and the story from the guy who knows
I fell in love and my love still grows
Ask any fool that she ever knew, they'll say
Keep away from-a Runaround Sue


Dixie Cups - Chapel of Love Lyrics

Goin' to the chapel
And we're gonna get ma-a-arried
Goin' to the chapel
And we're gonna get ma-a-arried
Gee, I really love you
And we're gonna get ma-a-arried
Goin' to the chapel of love

Spring is here, th-e-e sky is blue, whoa-oh-oh
Birds all sing as if they knew
Today's the day we'll say "I do"
And we'll never be lonely anymore because we're

Goin' to the chapel
And we're gonna get ma-a-arried
Goin' to the chapel
And we're gonna get ma-a-arried
Gee, I really love you
And we're gonna get ma-a-arried
Goin' to the chapel of love

Bells will ring, the-e-e sun will shine, whoa-oh-oh
I'll be his and he'll be mine
We'll love until the end of time
And we'll never be lonely anymore because we're

Goin' to the chapel
And we're gonna get ma-a-arried
Goin' to the chapel
And we're gonna get ma-a-arried
Gee, I really love you
And we're gonna get ma-a-arried
Goin' to the chapel of love

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Goin' to the chapel of love
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
FADE
Goin' to

Sunday, July 18, 2010

*From The Pages Of "Workers Vanguard"-British Reformists in Action-When "Militant" Ran Liverpool- A Guest Commentary

Click on the headline to link to the Workers Vanguard website for an online copy of the article mentioned in the headline.


Markin comment:

This article goes along with the propaganda points in the fight for our communist future mentioned in this day's other posts on the British Labour Party. Ouch!