dEFROG ON 45 #46: YOU BET YR SWEET …
Jan. 3rd, 2013 10:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
defrogAs I’ve mentioned before, some of the 45s in my collection were inherited from my parents – mostly from my dad, who recorded for Colonial Records in the 50s, worked for Monument Records in the 60s and owned his own music arrangement business in the 70s, and consequently brought a lot of promotional 45s home from work.
This was one of them – an early 70s novelty record from comedian George Gobel.
Notice the comedy Chinese accent in the second verse. That kind of thing was funny in the 70s, you see.
Naturally, being a little kid when I first heard this, I had no idea why people were being asked if they were turtles.
As it turns out, it’s a reference to the Ancient Order Of Turtles. Which I only found out when I was trying to find a copy of the song on YouTube.
Educational!
Not a Turtle,
This is dF
This was one of them – an early 70s novelty record from comedian George Gobel.
Notice the comedy Chinese accent in the second verse. That kind of thing was funny in the 70s, you see.
Naturally, being a little kid when I first heard this, I had no idea why people were being asked if they were turtles.
As it turns out, it’s a reference to the Ancient Order Of Turtles. Which I only found out when I was trying to find a copy of the song on YouTube.
Educational!
Not a Turtle,
This is dF
