The Night Chicago Died - Puu-leease
And continuing a week of cheesy AM radio classics from the 70's: The Night Chicago Died* by Paper Lace. Click here to hear the melodramatic 1970's tune that was all the rage.
*It's a little diddy about Al Capone. See. I snuck a little history in there on you.
15 comments:
I LOVED that song. I made me remember something my mother used to sing about Mrs. O'Leary's cow. I had to look it up, but the chorus went like this:
When you hear dem a bells go ding, ling ling,
All join 'round
And sweetly you must sing, and when the verse am through,
In the chorus all join in,
There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight
Here's a 1927 recording, in case you care (which I doubt you do, but I think it's pretty cool. I love this kind of stuff).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfkV1E0sBZ0
I found this old cartoon, also. It is amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ecPLA_bD8E
Hmmm Al Capone huh... he used to buy Minnesota 13 from my neighborhhod..
Hubby has to stop and interupt my computer time every time he hears one of these 70's songs playing. Standing over my shoulder at the computer has become his own personal stage. Enter a new era, pleeze. Got any Double Dutch Bus?
Bubble up!
I totally thought this post was gonna be about the Cubs sucking.
Fancy - thanks. Love those old cartoons. Just saw them on your blog.
Greeneyesmcl - Double Dutch B. Haven't heard that in years. Maybe I'll start a new series.
Holy Schmitt, I'm getting old....stop this nonsense right now!!!!!
HAPPY FRIDAY!!
- Jennifer
9 seconds in I had to climb under my table. I thought it was an air raid.
Bwa hahahaha J.Hi. Dats a good Von
omg. I remember that song, and never really THOUGHT about they lyrics until now. I must have been young and drunk every time I heard it!! cool cool post.
This week-long assault on my senses by you and Gwen has convinced me that the best thing my mother ever did for me is feed me a steady diet of Motown.
More memories for me, about my home town.
i used to mix that one up with Brownsville Station "smoking in the boys room"
i listened to way too much radio in the 70s
I think Jim Croce sang better songs about Chicago.
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