[Dixielandjazz] RE: woke up this morning

[Dan Augustine]

     We seem to be getting into the realms of extremely tenuous 
relationships to OKOM with these messages about blues (especially 
'white man blues', an obvious oxymoron), but i can't help thinking 
about the comedian Robert Klein's blues-song "I Can't Stop My Leg" 
(which you really had to see for the full enjoyment):

"Robert Klein & The SNL Band perform "I Can't Stop My Leg"

.....Robert Klein
[ open on Robert Klein standing on stage before the SNL Band. He's 
dressed in jeans, with a red bandana tied around his head. ]

Robert Klein: Give me some blues!

[ the SNL Band plays some blue sounds behind Klein, as he repeatedly 
raises and stomps his right leg to the beat. He raises a harmonica 
and maintains a rhythm with the band before singing the solo. ]

Robert Klein: [ singing ]
"I can't stop my leg!
I can't stop my leg, babe!
I can't stop my leg!
I can't stop my leg, pretty babe."

[ harmonica ]

"Can you stop my leg?"

[ the band strikes a beat, as Klein stills his leg on the stage ]

"My leg stopped!
Woo-hoo, thank the Lord.
I want to thank the Lord for stoppin' my leg.
Woo-hoo, yeah!"

[ his leg begin stomping again, as the band accompanies the beat ]

"There it goes again!
There, there it goes again!
There, there, there it goes
There it goes again..!"

[ SUPER: "Invisible Japanese Teen-age Albino Bedwetters In Mail-Order 
Underwear" ]
[ fade ]"
(http://snltranscripts.jt.org/75/75eleg.phtml)

     Why am i plagued with the thought of the 'yuppie' blues, based on 
the psychological devastation resulting from coming home and 
discovering that you're out of Brie?  Surely there's a 
dixieland-variant of that song . . .

     Dan
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>From: "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard at hotmail.com>
>Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] woke up this morning
>Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 05:09:20 +0000
>
>I like the Weird Al lyrics . . .
>
>Well I ain't got no money - I'm just walkin' down this road
>Said I ain't got no money - I'm just walkin' down this lonely old road
>I wish I had me some money, but I forgot my automated teller code!
>
>Yeah . . . story of my life!
>
>Cheers,
>
>Bill "Can't even find my ATM card" Gunter
>jazzboard at hotmail.com

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