"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Thursday, April 29, 2021
Happy Feet Friday
Here,
from 1947, is Sy Oliver and his orchestra with the easy swinging “Hey, Daddy-O”.
All that jive talk after the war. You reminded me below of the movie Blue Dahlia, where William Bendix has a war head injury and gets angry when sounds or loud music confuses him. I seem to recall a scene where some kid talks jive to him and that sets him off, but I may be mixing it up with a bar scene in a different movie, not sure.
Bendix is so good in Blue Dahlia, such a great portrayal of suffering, and makes you think about what some went through in real life.
Ah, The Blue Gardenia; a great specimen of film noir, and a particularly fine performance from Bendix.
I was delighted to listen to this song and hear the expression, "Oop bop sh'bam a klook a mop", which I've heard in several tunes from the mid to late 40's, starting with Dizzie Gillespie. According to the Wikipedia article on the song, Oop Bom Sh'Bam: "The scat lyrics "Oop bop sh'bam a klook a mop" are an homage to drummer Kenny Clarke, nicknamed "Kllook", who played drums in a 1946 recording of the composition with Gillespie's sextet."
All that jive talk after the war.
ReplyDeleteYou reminded me below of the movie Blue Dahlia, where William Bendix has a war head injury and gets angry when sounds or loud music confuses him. I seem to recall a scene where some kid talks jive to him and that sets him off, but I may be mixing it up with a bar scene in a different movie, not sure.
Bendix is so good in Blue Dahlia, such a great portrayal of suffering, and makes you think about what some went through in real life.
Nice! Thanks for posting it.
ReplyDeleteAh, The Blue Gardenia; a great specimen of film noir, and a particularly fine performance from Bendix.
ReplyDeleteI was delighted to listen to this song and hear the expression, "Oop bop sh'bam a klook a mop", which I've heard in several tunes from the mid to late 40's, starting with Dizzie Gillespie. According to the Wikipedia article on the song, Oop Bom Sh'Bam: "The scat lyrics "Oop bop sh'bam a klook a mop" are an homage to drummer Kenny Clarke, nicknamed "Kllook", who played drums in a 1946 recording of the composition with Gillespie's sextet."
That's "Bop" not "Bom".
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