Music
The Handsome Cabin Boy
Surely such a filthy song should incite the outrage of censors!BONUS: Versions by Kate Bush and Jerry Garcia in extended.
In the 19th century, broadside texts of the Handsome Cabin Boy remained steady sellers on the fairgrounds and in the backstreets of provincial towns for sixty years and more. A very widespread song, ashore as well as afloat, it is still not infrequently found among traditional singers in eastern England and north-eastern Scotland.
It's of a pretty female as you may understand
Her mind being bent for ramblin' all unto some foreign land
She dressed herself in sailor's clothes or so it does appear
And she hired with a captain to serve him for a year
The captain's wife, she being on board, she seemed in great joy
To think her husband had engaged such a handsome cabin boy
And now and then she'd slip him a kiss, and she would 'a liked to toy
It was the captain found out the secret of the handsome cabin boy
Her lips they were like roses, her hair allwas all in a curl
The sailors often smiled and said, "she looks just like a girl"
But eating of the captain's biscuit, her color did destroy
And the waist did swell of pretty Nell, the handsome cabin boy
It was in the Bay of Biscayne, our gallant ship did plough
One night among the sailors was a fearful flurry and row
They tumbled from their hammocks, for sleep it did destroy
They swore about the groaning of the handsome cabin boy
"Oh doctor, dear, oh doctor", the cabin boy did cry
"My time has come, I am undone, surely I must die"
The doctor cam a-runnin', and smilin' at the fun
To think a sailor lad should have a daughter or a son
The sailors, when they saw the joke, they all did stand and stare
The child belonged to none of them, they solemnly did swear
The captain's wife she says to him "My dear I wish you joy
For it's either you or me's betrayed the handsome cabin boy"
So each man took his tote of rum, and he drunk success to trade
And likewise to the cabin boy, who was neither man nor maid
"Here's hoping wars don't rise again, our sailors to destroy
And here's hoping for a jolly lot more like the handsome cabin boy"
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 06, 2022 -
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Category: Disguises, Impersonations, Mimics and Forgeries, Music, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Fables, Myths, Urban Legends, Rumors, Water-Cooler Lore, Pregnancy
Beatnik Fly
Their Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 01, 2022 -
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Category: Insects and Spiders, Music, Gonzo, Demento, Kooky, Wacky and Out-there, 1950s, 1960s
Whore to Score
How times have changed. Now, "whore" is practically G-rated.The album cut below retains "whore."
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 15, 2022 -
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Category: Censorship, Bluenoses, Taboos, Prohibitions and Other Cultural No-No’s, Music, 1970s, Swears
Miss Fine Brown Frame
A beauty contest inspired by a song! It started in 1947, but I'm not sure when it ended. But it was still active at least till 1983, as you can see below.Source of text.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 08, 2022 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Ethnic Groupings, Music, 1940s, 1980s
Dinner music for people who aren’t very hungry
Cosmopolitan - Oct 1957
Posted By: Alex - Sun Nov 06, 2022 -
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Category: Music, 1950s
The Trampoline Performance Art of Yoann Bourgeois
His Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 03, 2022 -
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Category: Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Music, Clumsiness and Grace, Performance Art, Gymnastics
Sun Ra Cover Art Book
Looks like a great Xmas present for WU-vies.Here's the publisher's page, with the Amazon link below.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 01, 2022 -
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Category: Art, Eccentrics, Holidays, Music, Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings, Books
Jason Crest, “Turquoise Tandem Cycle”
Their Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 29, 2022 -
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Category: Music, Psychedelic, 1960s
Playing Music With Animals
Here is one track from this album (tracklist below). If you wish to listen to the rest, visit the Internet Archive and choose the Spotify option.The human's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 26, 2022 -
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Category: Animals, Music, 1980s, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
The NuGrape Twins
The NuGrape Twins were a Georgia blues and gospel duo who recorded in the 1920s. Very little is known about them. Were they really twins? No one knows.What is clear is that they liked NuGrape soda. They only recorded six songs (all for Columbia Records), and two of them were about NuGrape. "I've Got Your Ice-Cold NuGrape" is considered to be their masterpiece. Dylan Kenny, of Yale Daily News, writes, "it’s catchy, it’s weird, it’s an excellent pop song."
Were the NuGrape Twins being paid by NuGrape to sing these songs? Again, no one knows. It seems more likely that they were just big fans of the soda.
I'd never heard of NuGrape soda before, but apparently it's still available. Though it's hard to find outside of the southeast United States.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Oct 24, 2022 -
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Category: Music, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1920s
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