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A young boy visiting relatives in Pascagoula, Mississippi catches a wild squirrel, which he sneaks into the First Self-Righteous Church during a Sunday service. When the squirrel escapes his box, it heads into the overalls of one of the other parishioners, who jumps in shock and discomfort (thinking "he had a Weed Eater loose in his Fruit of the Looms").
The Squirrel" is a jazz standard composed by Tadd Dameron. [1] The song has been recorded by several notable artists including Miles Davis, who first recorded the song in 1951 (released in 2004 on the CD Birdland 1951). [2] Davis also recorded a studio version of the song which has been released on various compilation albums.
The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present is a book released in November 2021 by the English musician Paul McCartney and the Irish poet Paul Muldoon. It is published by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom, W.W. Norton/Liveright in the United States of America and C.H. Beck in Germany.
Cyrus "Buddy" Kalb Jr. (born July 15, 1938) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known for hits such as "Mississippi Squirrel Revival", performed by Ray Stevens, and "Frog Kissin'", which was performed by numerous artists, including Chet Atkins.
[10] [11] In Cockney rhyming slang it was adopted to mean "squirrel", [12] and it was the title of the autobiography of Cyril Fletcher. [13] The phrase continued to be used in later decades, but limited to those named Cyril or similar; the refrain of the song "Nice one Cyril, nice one son" was used as a tribute to another footballer Cyrille ...
The song is about a character known as "Eddie the Breakdancer"; Whelan disliked it, feeling that the band did not perfect it in the studio. [38] "24 Hour Party People" deals with people on the dole who prefer partying to looking for work. [67] Shaun Ryder felt that he found his voice with the song, instead of writing what others expected him to ...
Lyrically, the song's narrative is loosely based around the Los Angeles Zoot Suit Riots of the 1940s, a series of racially-motivated assaults by American servicemen upon Mexican-American youths. Perry has cited the music of Lalo Guerrero , a Mexican-American musician associated with the pachuco and pachuca subcultures of the 1940s, as an ...
Pink Martini performing in 2012 The American musical group Pink Martini, based in Portland, Oregon, has recorded songs for six studio albums, one compilation album, and one video album featuring live concert footage. Formed by Thomas Lauderdale in 1994, the group that has been described as a "mini-orchestra" performs songs of many music genres in multiple languages by lead vocalist China ...