Worst dance I've ever seen

This is a terrible dance number, not only for its inane and monotonous tune (if you could call it that) but for the dreadful camera work, which keeps focusing on the young women's chests. 

I was surprised to find there are at least a dozen versions of Pop Corn (or Popcorn, as it is sometimes known) by different "pop" groups in Europe. But this is the one that caught on. It's been called the first electronic pop song, but that discounts Dick Hyman's Moog, a classic album which I still listen to because I like how unsophisticated the electronic effects are. There is still a sense of discovery, whereas now that vein has been mined and is completely empty.

Back then, it was common to depict the Masters of Moog sitting in front of consoles that looked exactly like telephone switchboards from the 1930s. I'm not sure how they did it, but right now I don't care much because this thing is staring me in the face and I'm just about done with it. I couldn't even watch all of the video. I guess it's a period piece.

Meantime, this might be my favorite pop dance number (until I think of another one). Me and the blondie grandgirls used to dance to this, until they really began to dance and realized Nanny couldn't do it. It still kicks ass, in my books.

Judy in Disguise (With Glasses): but what does the song MEAN?

John Fred And His Playboy Band  

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Judy in Disguise, well that's a-what you are
A-lemonade pies, with a brand new car
Cantaloupe eyes come to me tonight
Your Judy in disguise, with glasses

Keep a-wearing your bracelets, and your new rah rah
A-cross your heart, yeah, with your living bra
A-chimney sweep sparrow with guys
Your Judy in Disguise, with glasses

Come to me tonight, come to me tonight
I've taken everything in sight
Unzipper the strings of my kite

Judy in Disguise, hey that's what you are
A-lemonade pies, hey got your brand new car
Cantaloupe eyes come to me tonight
Your Judy in Disguise, with glasses

Come to me tonight, come to me tonight
I've taken everything in sight
Unzipper the strings of my kite

Judy in Disguise, well what you aiming for
A-circus of a-horrors, yeah yeah, well that's what you are
You make me a life of ashes
I guess I'll just take your glasses

BLOGGER'S NOTE. Normally I would be adding clever visuals to illustrate this song. Not this time. I am dumbstruck. I used to hear this number in the '60s and think: it CAN'T be "cantaloupe eyes". I must be mishearing it, the classic "mondegreen" syndrome ("'Scuse me while I kiss this guy"). But no.

Their performance is - well - very '60s. This band had one hit, and they probably knew it, so they milked it for all it was worth. I especially like the awkward fat guy, a forerunner of Steve Page of Barenaked Ladies fame. The lighting tricks and cheesy trumpet effects (the playing obviously done by studio musicians) are great, especially when the accompaniment is all strings and the lads just keep on blowing away.

The imagery here is so bizarre that I suspect mondegreen syndrome is at work. We may be hearing this one all wrong. The  transcripts from these song lyric sites are based on what people hear rather than a published version of the song (which probably doesn't exist anyway). Then they get replicated and replicated, and eventually become the authentic, "original" lyric. Happens all the time.

Cantaloupe eyes. Jesus!

"I met him at the candy store": more dumb songs I like

 Is she really going out with him?

Well, there she is, let's ask her

Betty, is that Jimmy's ring you're wearing? Mhmm.

Gee, it must be great riding with him

Is he picking you up after school today? Uh uh.

By the way, where'd you meet him?

I met him at the candy store

He turned around and smiled at me

You get the picture? (Yes, we see)

That's when I fell for the leader of the pack

My folks were always putting him down

(Down, down)

They said, he came from the wrong side of town

(What you mean when you say that he came

From the wrong side of town?)

They told me he was bad, but I knew he was sad

That's why I fell for the leader of the pack

One day my dad said, "Find someone new"

I had to tell my Jimmy, we're through

(What you mean when you say that

You better go find somebody new?)

He stood there and asked me why, all I could do was cry

I'm sorry I hurt you, the leader of the pack

He sort of smiled and kissed me good-bye

The tears were beginnin' to show

As he drove away on that rainy night

I begged him to go slow

But whether he heard, I'll never know

(Look out, look out!

Look out, look out!)

I felt so helpless, what could I do?

Rememberin' all the things we'd been through

At school they all stop and stare

I can't hide the tears but I don't care

I'll never forget him, the leader of the pack

(Gone, gone, gone, gone)

The leader of the pack, now he's gone

(Gone)

The leader of the pack, now he's gone

(Gone, gone, gone, gone)

The leader of the pack, now he's gone

(Gone)

The leader of the pack.

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