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Gene Vincent :: Be-Bop-A-Lula

Brushes on drums rustle like a tight silk skirt on rolling hips. She walked past and everyone followed with his eyes. The sound is barely there, so minimalist, all yearning words and Elvis-hip hits. Some girls are just born to be sexy, can’t help teasing those poor unfortunates looking on. For anyone who’s never been a sexy teenage girl, you might not know what I’m talking about. There are many, many people who have been a victim to them, however. I can tell you, ladies and gentlemen, that I wielded my power with a dictator’s ruthlessness—taking down everyone possible, trampling hearts and other organs and not looking back. This song is tops for those two feelings, two sides of the same coin, really: the longing voyeur, the sexy tease. Neither, in their own way, ever come to climactic confrontation with the Other. The song personifies that pent-up, you’re-hurtin-me-girl, kind of a feeling that finally releases (just a bit) in the end in a drum roll and then two soothing, winding down chords (evoking a little bit of the feeling of P.E. (not phys ed, damn your eyes, it’s a medical term).

Be-Bop-A-Lula, written by a young man being groomed to rival Elvis, debuted this song in my high school town, Norfolk, Virginia. Of course, I wasn’t even born then, but I sure took it to heart in my high school years. It’s full of those teenage feelings.

Since this blog began (thanks Josh), I’ve felt the link between those formative teen (or preteen) years and music. Seems like that is the time when our senses absorb more, analyze more, and our feelings for people, moments, and music are formed. Is it all just synapses?

Be-Bop-A-Lula (3.3MB MP3)
Gene Vincent (wikipedia)

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