Fats Domino

Post by **brian** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 10:18 am

One of the inventors of rock and roll. Through Fats Domino you can go directly from delta blues to the Beatles, Rolling Stones and pretty much any contemporary rock group.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 10:38 am

Jeez, are there any other prominent 89-year-old black men? They'd better be careful this week.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 10:48 am

Shoulda been you, Chubby Checker.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 11:00 am

I don't know why I thought of this, but back in the 1970s, anti-gay activist Anita Bryant said in an interview that music lyrics in the 1950s were much more chaste and didn't contain sexual innuendo. So, the interviewer slyly asked her then, "So, what do you suppose WAS the thrill that Fats Domino found on Blueberry Hill?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQQCPrwKzdo

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 12:21 pm

Johnnie wrote:Shoulda been you, Chubby Checker.

♫ C'mon, Johnnie
Don't be a dick
C'mon, Johhh-nniiieee ♫

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 12:22 pm

(I inexplicably tie Fats Domino to the Sundae School in Dennisport on Cape Cod. I'm sure "Blueberry Hill" or something was playing there once or something, but I haven't thought about one and not the other in like 25 years.)

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 12:34 pm

sancarlos wrote:I don't know why I thought of this, but back in the 1970s, anti-gay activist Anita Bryant said in an interview that music lyrics in the 1950s were much more chaste and didn't contain sexual innuendo. So, the interviewer slyly asked her then, "So, what do you suppose WAS the thrill that Fats Domino found on Blueberry Hill?

"Tutti Frutti" would have made her head explode. Especially the original version -

Tutti Frutti, good booty
If it's tight, it's all right
And if it's greasy, it makes it easy

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 12:59 pm

Steve of phpBB wrote:Jeez, are there any other prominent 89-year-old black men? They'd better be careful this week.

How old is howard again?

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 5:15 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbfMlk1PwGU

Paul McCartney wrote a song he said was inspired by Fats, and performed it doing his best Fats Domino impression. So, Fats covered it, imitating Paul imitating him:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1OdbPpvFYg

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Thu Oct 26, 2017 11:33 am

Oh man...that's fantastic, Howard.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:23 pm

Jerloma wrote:Oh man...that's fantastic, Howard.

That's just great. As are both versions of the song.

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