[Dixielandjazz] Food songs, Double entendre
Steve Barbone
barbonestreet at earthlink.net
Mon May 28 12:57:13 PDT 2007
"Robert Smith" <robert.smith at tele2.no> wrote (polite snip)
> I think that referring to all these food-related songs (like ones about
> jelly rolls, kitchen men, etc.) as double entendre is a bit far-fetched.
Depends on where your mind is. :-) VBG
My favorite is an air check transcription of "I'll Be Glad When You're Dead
You Rascal you." from a Louis Armstrong Radio Performance for a NYC station.
Among the food oriented double entendres is:
Louis: "Just what is it that you got, makes my wife think you so hot?"
Band Member in background: "A Frankfurter." or "Big Frankfurter" (it's hard
to hear clearly)
Or from the same song:
"You asked my wife for some cabbage, then you ate just like a savage."
followed by some unintelligible remarks and laughter by band members.
I think the message on those was pretty clear.
As is, to me at least, "Kitchen Man" and Songs like "If I can Sell It, I'll
Just Keep Sittin on it." Even though at the end, the reference is to a chair
no doubt to keep the censors at bay.
No doubt Audrey Van Dyke has a lot of titles/lyrics from the Smithsonian
Collection of race records that are just a bit risque in a sexual sense.
Must be lots of them including "I Want Some Sea (C) Food, Momma."
Many jazz musicians are sexual beings with wicked senses of humor.
Cheers,
Steve Barbone
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