Get outta that bed, wash your face and hands
Get outta that bed, wash your face and hands
Well, you get in that kitchen, make some noise with the pots 'n pans
Way you wear those dresses, the sun comes shinin' through
Way you wear those dresses, the sun comes shinin' through
I can't believe my eyes, all that mess belongs to you
I believe to the soul you're the devil and now I know
I believe to the soul you're the devil and now I know
Well, the more I work, the faster my money goes
I said shake, rattle and roll, shake, rattle and roll
Shake, rattle and roll, shake, rattle and roll
Well, you won't do right to save your doggone soul
Alright
I'm like a one-eyed cat peepin' in a seafood store
I'm like a one-eyed cat peepin' in a seafood store
Well, I can look at you till you ain't no child no more
Shake shake, rattle and roll, shake shake, rattle and roll
Yeah yeah, rattle and roll, yeah yeah, rattle and roll
You won't do nothin' to save your doggone soul
Shake, rattle and roll roll roll roll
Get outta that bed, wash your face and hands
Well, you get in that kitchen, make some noise with the pots 'n pans
Way you wear those dresses, the sun comes shinin' through
Way you wear those dresses, the sun comes shinin' through
I can't believe my eyes, all that mess belongs to you
I believe to the soul you're the devil and now I know
I believe to the soul you're the devil and now I know
Well, the more I work, the faster my money goes
I said shake, rattle and roll, shake, rattle and roll
Shake, rattle and roll, shake, rattle and roll
Well, you won't do right to save your doggone soul
Alright
I'm like a one-eyed cat peepin' in a seafood store
I'm like a one-eyed cat peepin' in a seafood store
Well, I can look at you till you ain't no child no more
Shake shake, rattle and roll, shake shake, rattle and roll
Yeah yeah, rattle and roll, yeah yeah, rattle and roll
You won't do nothin' to save your doggone soul
Shake, rattle and roll roll roll roll
Big Joe Turner
Joseph Vernon "Big Joe" Turner Jr. (May 18, 1911 – November 24, 1985) was an American blues shouter from Kansas City, Missouri. According to songwriter Doc Pomus, "Rock and roll would have never happened without him". Turner's greatest fame was due to his rock and roll recordings in the 1950s, particularly "Shake, Rattle and Roll", but his career as a performer endured from the 1920s into the 1980s.
Turner was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, with the Hall lauding him as "the brawny voiced 'Boss of the Blues'". AllMusic called Turner "the premier blues shouter of the postwar era".
listen:
The Main Mix
Well, I know what it means ...
In 1956 I was a member of a record club at a Kent English School, absolutely ordinary, except we had the son of an American transplant in our Form and he had brought his small collection of 45's, one of which was this amazing piece of music.
I repeat, amazing.
The real thing.
At age 27, my grandfather saw a 14-year-old girl working in the field and said, "I'm going to marry her." And six years later he did. All that time looking at her until she "ain't no child no more."
All the gold and silver are being stolen away
Big Joe Turner lookin’ east and west
From the dark room of his mind
He made it to Kansas City
Twelfth Street and Vine
Nothing standing there
High water everywhere...'
BIG JOE WAS A PIONEER OF ROCK AND ROLL!
I love it when songs like this get thrown in the mix.
Me too! GREAT TUNE! It was in the party scene of Lackawanna Blues. Excellent movie.
Yeah, "like a one-eyed cat peepin' in a seafood store", what's all that about, I ask yous?
unclehud wrote:
Well, I know what it means ...
Never paid much attention to the lyrics before... this exchange had me chucking ;) Naughty!
Yeah, "like a one-eyed cat peepin' in a seafood store", what's all that about, I ask yous?
totally agree.
and as a genre, same with blues which some dude keeps dissin'
predates most people's parents - but does not negate the evolution of the groove . . .