1, 2, 3 Red Light

 We chew on some bubblegum on this week’s episode: namely the 1910 Fruitgum Company and their 1968 confection "1,2,3 Red Light"  (1:13) . Music for the neglected tweenage market! Was bubblegum rebellious or counter-revolutionary? P(r)eppy vocals, circus organ, tight harmonies and bass, snappy drums and sexual innuendo! We give the original song the green light to go, go, go!!! The next pack comes from some mysterios in 1969 named the Zig Zag People (53:40) These hepcats bully the bubblegum song into an acid-washed treatment (with horns!). Weldon discusses the French avant-garde concept of the blague in connection with these psych pranksters. Bubblegum got updated in the new millenium, and Apache Dropout and their 2012 version is evidence of that (1:19:13) A reverent, reverb-drenched rendition by some recent rockers. They throw some dirt on the grave of the bubblegum movement – or are they digging it back up?  These songs will stay in your body for seven years!!