Naughty Cole Porter Lyrics
Peter Hartikka
alternative lyrics to some of his songs, most notably "You're the Top."
They're incorporated in "Swellegant Elegance," a Cole Porter tribute
which we in GMCLA (see .sig) are now rehearsing for a July performance.
They've been recorded, too, by Philandros (a sub-group of the Seattle
Men's Chorus). Check it out!
Or maybe I should post them? :)
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Joseph C Fineman
In Texas, some of the men do it --
Others dig a hole & then do it:
Let's do it. Let's fall in love.
It was a recording being played at a party back in the '50s. I
embarrassed the host by laughing.
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Brookline, MA 02146
Peter Hartikka
: Do post the lyrics. BTW, are you a fan of Anna Russell? As far as I can
: tell, she seems to be under-appreciated here.
Yes, I'm an a-fisss-ee-o-NAAHH-do of hers (as she would put it). Went to
one of her shows years ago in D.C.
OK, here's the copyright violation you asked for.
You're the top,
You're Miss Pinkham's tonic;
You're the top,
You're a high colonic;
You're the burning heat of a bridal suite in use;
You're the breasts of Venus,
You're King Kong's penis,
You're self-abuse!
You're the arch
In the Rome collection;
You're the starch
In a groom's erection.
I'm a eunuch who has just been through an op;
But if baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top!
[approximately]
Cheers! And if you're in L.A. in July, come to our show! :)
Martha 83
Martha 83
Face", which he did *not* sing at his job playing piano at a Shakey's
Pizza.
If you need a reciprocal copyright viol., I do have access to a rather
good library and some free time now that tax season is over.
Somebody asked me yesterday if I were going to the upcoming _Denver_ GMC
concert.... No definite plans even there--my partner Liz's sister is
visiting us, and I am not doing much other than working and taking her
places. But if I suddenly find a ticket to LA on the street, I will
certainly use it! Does the LA chorus have any countertenors?
Lassagne
> It seems to me I remember hearing some time ago:
> In Texas, some of the men do it --
> Others dig a hole & then do it:
> Let's Do It, let's fall in love.
This was most likely from Noel Coward's Las Vegas recording (now released
on CD). Coward wrote many sets of lyrics for "Let's Do It" and used the
song
(with his lyrics) as a closer for many years. It's a hilarious parody of
a song
which is almost self-parodying.
Ted Lassagne Napa CA
Erik Olsen
rather that you drop something like that on us and then just
*leave* it!
Unclejack
but on the soundtrack for the tanked film TANK GIRL two rather
surprising performers (Paul Westerberg and Joan Jett!) take on
"Let's Do It" in an arrangement that is as demented as it gets.
Heavy rock guitar backgrounds, of course, but they then move on to
do the verse as a round and then the two halves of the chorus in
counterpoint! Very odd, very entertaining.
Unclejack
Art Rockwood
fin...@netcom.com (Peter Hartikka) wrote:
>Y'all might or might not know that Cole Porter wrote some, shall we say,
>alternative lyrics to some of his songs, most notably "You're the Top."
>They're incorporated in "Swellegant Elegance," a Cole Porter tribute
>which we in GMCLA (see .sig) are now rehearsing for a July performance.
>They've been recorded, too, by Philandros (a sub-group of the Seattle
>Men's Chorus). Check it out!
>
>Or maybe I should post them? :)
>
naughty lyrics and had been looking for it again recently but don't even
remember the magazine I read it in.
BTW could you also post info on where one might find this recorded material.
Art Rockwood rock...@morgan.ucs.mun.ca
St. John's, Newfoundland http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~rockwood/
Canada
Peter Hartikka
: Please post them. I read a magazine article many years ago about Porter's
: remember the magazine I read it in.
Um, well, actually I *did* post them a week or 2 ago. Perhaps the post
expired. In any case, here they are again:
You're the top,
You're Miss Pinkham's tonic;
You're the top,
You're a high colonic.
You're the burning heat of a bridal suite in use;
You're the breasts of Venus, you're King Kong's penis;
You're self-abuse!
You're the arch
In the Rome collection;
You're the starch
In a groom's erection.
I'm a eunuch who has just been through an op;
But if baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top!
: BTW could you also post info on where one might find this recorded material.
Dunno. The recording by Philandros (the subgroup of the Seattle Men's
Chorus) is available on CD and cassette; it *may* be available at a gay
or very alternative book/record store. Or you could contact SMC
directly... don't have their number though.
Good luck!
William Brent
William Brent
my copy is on a Jo Stafford album (vinyl) called "Sweet Singer Of
Song the lyrics are great, it is of course a hooker trying to
entrance a john (or trick), and that alone kept it off radio, but
lyrics like:
"If you want the thrill of love
I've been through the mill of love"
"If you want to try my wares,
follow me and climb the stairs"
(Climb the stairs was gutter slang for have sex)...
great stuff from the man who brought us
"I get no kick from Cocaine,
I know I took even one sniff
it would bore me tariffically to
but I get a kick out of you"
and my favorite..
"Or Me undressed you like, to molest at night"
Well did ya evah?
bill
Ted Hering
-> don't forget "Love For Sale" a song banned outright from air-play
You're right... although I've heard "Love For Sale" as an instrumental
only for years, I have not come across the words to this day.
Peter Hartikka
: -> From: bbr...@nyc.pipeline.com (William Brent)
: -> don't forget "Love For Sale" a song banned outright from air-play
: You're right... although I've heard "Love For Sale" as an instrumental
: only for years, I have not come across the words to this day.
My chorus will be performing an all-Cole Porter show next month, which
will include "Love For Sale" performed by guest star Joanna Gleason of
"Love and War." (Also the "naughty" version of "You're the Top," "Well
Did You Evah!," "Miss Otis Regrets" and lots of other fun tunes.)
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Unclejack
>
Anybody interested in LOVE FOR SALE should check out the ouvre of
Manhattan Transfer, who not only do the original lyrics, but do them to the nines!
tb...@earthlink.net
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> Subject: Re: Naughty Cole Porter L
> Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 00:10:57 GMT
> -> From: bbr...@nyc.pipeline.com (William Brent)
> -> don't forget "Love For Sale" a song banned outright from air-play
>
> You're right... although I've heard "Love For Sale" as an instrumental
> only for years, I have not come across the words to this day.
Listen to the version (available on CD) that Diane Schuur does of Love For
Sale. She does the lyrics plenty of justice.
A Cole Porter Fan