Most music lovers "of a certain age" know the Coasters by their big hits:
- Yakety Yak - "Take out the papers and the trash...Don't talk back!"
- Charlie Brown - "Why's everybody always pickin' on me?"
- Along Came Jones - "Slow-walkin' Jones; slow-talkin' Jones; along came long, lean, lanky Jones"
The connecting thread between these songs is a big, healthy dose of humor in each one. And according to Rolling Stone magazine, their first hit, ranked as the 414th greatest song of all time, was the "hilarious jailbait ditty 'Young Blood' that got these jokers into the Top Ten."
I was willing to accept that characterization of the song until I read the lyrics:
So let me get this straight...
Some juvenile delinquent with impulse control issues catcalls a young girl, follows her home, is warned off by the girl's father, and stays up all night fixating on her as the only object of his affection.
That's not hilarious...that's the opening scene of an episode of Criminal Minds or Law and Order!
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As Arte Johnson used to say on "Laugh-In", Veeeeery Interesting...
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