I woke up this morning -- fortunately with dry sheets -- realizing that I dreamed about my previous post on this issue. 50 Cent wasn't in drag, though, but he was singing Jimmy's Durante's "If I Had You." I was laughing so hard in this dream that my stomach had phantom pains. I'm assuming I didn't laugh out loud (LOL) because mister mrtl didn't complain.
Thus planted the seed, and I've been having random moments where I come up with more song pairings. Pretty soon there will be enough for a compilation!
"That Certain Party" by Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis | Free Download
I can hear Eminem and Andy Samberg doing this one. With Eminem's exceptional tongue control, I am confident that he can say "wiener schnitzel."
DM) Has she got naughty eyes
DM) Yes she has got naughty eyes
DM) That certain that certain party
DM) You know the one I mean
DM) Sure you know the one I mean
DM) That certain party of mine.
DM) Naughty eyes turned up nose
DM) Rosy cheeks and pretty clothes
DM) Not a smarty.
DM) Has she got loving ways
DM) Sure she has got loving ways
DM) That certain party of mine.
JL) Hey Dean, remember the old time Vaudeville around 1924?
DM) Why I sure do
JL) With those corny jokes like "Can you stand on your head?"
DM) Nah, it's too high
JL) AH AH AH! Nothing, we better sing
B) Has she got you know what
B) Yes she has got you know what
B) That certain that certain party
B) Has she got I forgot
B) Yes she has got I forgot
B) That certain party of mine.
JL) You know what I forgot
DM) This and that and quite a lot
JL) Not a smarty
B) Has she got everything
B) Yes she has got everything
B) That certain party of mine.
JL) (jibberish)
DM) Hold on, hold on, what are you doing?
DM) Singing in shorthand?
DM) You're speeding
DM) That's better.
JL) Can she make wiener schnitzel
JL) Yes she can make wiener schnitzel
DM) That certain that certain party of mine
JL) Can she make hasenpfeffer
JL) Yes she can she make hasenpfeffer
DM) That certain party of mine.
DM) You know what I forgot
DM) This and that and quite a lot
DM) What a smarty
JL) Has she got everything
DM) Yes she has got everything
DM) That certain party
JL) That certain party
B) That certain party of mine...
"Settin' the Woods on Fire" by Hank Williams, Sr. | Free Download
Kanye West. And he must do a ho down. With lots of ho's. And Santa Claus, because it would be a Ho Ho Down, after all.
Comb your hair and paint and powder you act proud and I'll act prouder
You sing loud and I'll sing louder tonight we're settin' the woods on fire
You're my gal and I'm your feller dress up in my frock and yeller
I'll look swell but you'll look sweller settin' the woods on fire
We'll take in all the honky tonks tonight we're having fun
We'll show the folks a brand new dance that never has been done
I don't care who thinks we're silly you'll be daffy I'll be dilly
We'll order up two bowls of chili settin' the woods on fire
I'll gas up my hot rod stoker we'll get hotter than a poker
You'll be broke but I'll be broker tonight we're settin' the woods on fire
We'll sit close to one another up our street and down the other
Tonight we'll have ball oh brother settin' the woods on fire
We'll put aside a little time to fix a flat or two
My trey and tubes are doin' fine but the air is showin' through
You clap hands and I'll start howlin' we'll do all the law's allowin'
Tomorrow I'll be right back plowin' settin' the woods on fire
"Standing on the Corner" by Dean Martin | Free Download
Flo Rida, Shaquille O'Neal, DMX, Snoop Dogg, and featuring Bootsy Collins. I see this as a vignette about racial profiling. The singers are on a corner, mistaken for drug dealers by the police. They insist they're just watching all the girls go by, then break into song. Snoop Dogg gets to rap the part about being a cat for the ironic groans.
Standing on a corner watching all the girls go by
Standing on a corner watching all the girls go by
Brother you don't know a nicer occupation
Matter of fact, neither do I
Than standing on a corner watching all the girls
Watching all the girls, watching all the girls go by
I'm the cat that got the cream
Haven't got a girl but I can dream
Haven't got a girl but I can wish
So I'll take me down to Main street
And that's where I select my imaginary dish
Standing on a corner watching all the girls go by
Standing on a corner giving all the girls the eye
Brother if you've got a rich imagination
Give it a whirl, give it a try
Try standing on a corner watching all the girls
Watching all the girls, watching all the girls go by
Brother you can't go to jail for what you're thinking
Or for that woo look in your eye
Standing on the corner watching all the girls
Watching all the girls, watching all the girls go by
"Dancing Cheek to Cheek" by Fred Astaire | Free Download
And by "cheeks" I'm talking ass. This whole song is a huge double entendre for the sex. Getting lucky, reaching the highest peak, going fishing, going to Heaven, heart beating affecting speech. Yeah.
Don't ask about positioning for the sex with the cheek-to-cheek action. I'm sure it's possible but am not going to molest my children's Barbies to better visualize it.
Heaven, I'm in Heaven,
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak;
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
When we're out together dancing, cheek to cheek.
Heaven, I'm in Heaven,
And the cares that hang around me thro' the week
Seem to vanish like a gambler's lucky streak
When we're out together dancing, cheek to cheek.
Oh! I love to climb a mountain,
And to reach the highest peak,
But it doesn't thrill me half as much
As dancing cheek to cheek.
Oh! I love to go out fishing
In a river or a creek,
But I don't enjoy it half as much
As dancing cheek to cheek.
Dance with me
I want my arm about you;
The charm about you
Will carry me thro' to Heaven
I'm in Heaven,
and my heart beats so that I can hardly speak;
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
When we're out together dancing cheek to cheek.
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" by Ma Rainey | Free Download
Female representation has been sorely neglected here. I shall focus more on this for the next installation of FtDoRUD. I can't imagine anyone but Queen Latifah giving this song justice today.
Now, you heard the rest
Ah, boys, I'm gonna show you the best
Ma Rainey's gonna show you her black bottom
Way down south in Alabamy
I got a friend, they call dancin' Sammy
Who's crazy about all the latest dances
Black bottom stomps and the Jew baby prances
The other night at a swell affair
Soon as the boys found out that I was there
They said, "Come on, Ma let's go to the cabaret"
Where that band you ought to hear me say"
I want to see that dance you call the black bottom
I wanna learn that dance
Don't you see the dance you call your big black bottom
That'll put you in a trance
All the boys in the neighborhood
They say your black bottom is really good
Come on and show me your black bottom
I want to learn that dance
I want to see the dance you call the black bottom
I want to learn that dance
Come on and show that dance you call your big black bottom
It puts you in a trance
Early last morning 'bout the break of day
Grandpa told my grandma, I heard him say
Get up and show your old man your black bottom
I want to learn that dance
Now I'm gonna show y'all my black bottom
They stay to see that dance
Wait until you see me do my big black bottom
I'll put you in a trance
Ah, do it ma, do it, honey
Look it now Ma, you gettin' kinda rough here
You gotta be yourself now, careful now
Not too strong, not too strong, Ma
I done shown y'all my black bottom
You ought to learn that dance
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