Giddy Up A Ding Dong

In this week’s episode, we discuss a rock’n’roll jam written all the way back in 1953!: Giddy Up A Ding Dong. first up is Freddy Bell and the Bell Boys’ 1956 performance of the song from the movie Rock Around The Clock, and along the way we have things to say about poetry, Wikipedia entries about music videos, and “tail sales” (0:48). The song was only ever a hit in the Commonwealth, so we then move to 1964 England to discuss the Snobs, whose surfy sounds and standoffish showmanship are studied at 33:59. Finally, our revolutionary spirits lead us to the Equals, a British black-and-tan rock band whose 1968 version features a booglin’ Motown bassline, some blasting brass, and a bonus verse!! (55:42)