Sunday, September 18, 2005

Shaken, not stirred

Listening to the radio, there are countless songs refering to a female's "behind." Many of these describe shaking the aforementioned "behind."

The way these singers describe it is very.... creative. But is it original?

One of the more creative ones is "shake your tailfeather." For the longest time, I thought that was so original. Who would think to call a "behind" a tailfeather. Funny, huh?

BUT IT'S NOT ORIGINAL!!! Bet you didn't know that!

Several months ago, I was driving back from a wedding with a friend. We were listening to the radio, and started listening to the Disco hour. (It was really late at night... and we needed something to laugh at!) Well, this song comes on- I laughed my "behind" off! It was called "Disco Duck." It sounded like a cartoon duck (similar to Donald Duck) singing this song. It went something like this, "Disco, disco duck. Try your luck- Don't be a cluck." It was hillarious. But at one point, Disco Duck said "shake your tailfeather." Oh- did I laugh!

So here's the question. Do you think the modern day rappers got "shake your tailfeather" from Disco Duck? Or do you think two seperate people can come up with the exact same phrase?


Bonus points: Can you find any other songs that talk about shaking a tailfeather?

8 Comments:

At 3:48 PM, September 18, 2005, Blogger Lindsey said...

They ripped it off!!! They always seem to "sample" from a lot of old stuff...

Great Post.

 
At 12:17 PM, September 19, 2005, Blogger Sherri Sanders said...

Yep, I agree with all of the above. Disco Duck was hugely popular, there is no way they didn't hear the song.

 
At 9:29 AM, September 20, 2005, Blogger Becky L said...

i dunno... do current day rappers really listen to disco?

 
At 9:29 AM, September 20, 2005, Blogger Becky L said...

i dunno... do current day rappers really listen to disco?

 
At 9:29 AM, September 20, 2005, Blogger Becky L said...

i dunno... do current day rappers really listen to disco?

 
At 11:22 AM, September 20, 2005, Blogger Becky L said...

why is my comment listed multiple times? Or am i just seeing things?

 
At 7:32 PM, September 20, 2005, Blogger Crazy Me said...

I used to love that Disco Duck song. I had the album!

 
At 3:53 PM, October 01, 2005, Blogger Abigail S. said...

I have warm fuzzies! Linny said my post is great!

 

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