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Music and Sex
Contrary to popular assumption, there are enough bawdy songs from the early part of this century - we're talking explicitly, specifically, ear-burningly bawdy - to fill up a box set or two. Listening to the take of these old songs on things bawdy and carnal is both educating and titillating, a chuckle across generations and a glimpse of what essentially animal characteristics contemporary people share with those long since dead. The pungent language and direct sentiments of this pre-PC music are liberating - it takes the listener back to a time when the stakes were higher, the jokes were funnier, and, above all, the music was better. Oh, and John Ashcroft hadn't even soiled his first diaper. Sheff quotes plenty of bawdy, pungent lyrics, but unfortunately this site doesn't provide any audio clips. Still a fascinating, well-researched bit of cultural history. (Link snagged from David Chess.)
Lawyers in a sex discrimination case brought by the sister of Jerry Lee Lewis, have applied for the lifting of an order preventing the identification of the millionaire rock star involved.... American-born singer and pianist Linda Gail Lewis, who now lives in Penarth, near Cardiff, is claiming sexual discrimination and unfair dismissal by the unnamed star.... The star has denied sacking Miss Lewis, claiming all members of his band were self-employed. This article doesn't identify the unnamed rock star or offer any real hints. But a quick Google search reveals that Linda Gail Lewis has recorded and toured recently with Van Morrison. |
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