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 Старик

link 5.01.2007 9:42 
Subject: Flat Foot Floogie
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название песни "Flat Foot Floogie"

Выражение встречается в следующем контексте: Песня записана в конце 30-х годов Луи Армстронгом с популярным вокальным ансамблем "Mills Brothers"

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 kintorov

link 5.01.2007 9:49 
Slim and Slam's first hit was a nonsense ditty entitled "Flat Foot Floogie." It shot to the top of the Hit Parade where it stayed for eight weeks. Years later, both Slim and Slam admitted that their biggest hit almost had a different name, one that could have affected its commercial appeal. 'The song was called before we recorded it 'Flat Foot Floosie.' Now you happen to know what a floosie would be—a street walker," Stewart told Cadence. "We got together with someone down at the station who said they wanted to record us, and when we started to record the number, we said 'flat foot floosie.' Then somebody got smart and said 'no, I don't think you'd better use that word, because it wouldn't be quite kosher. It might be commercial but it wouldn't be good for the recording. So we had to do some fast thinking, and the closest thing to that would be 'the flat foot floogie with the floy floy'." The song was first recorded for Decca but never released; Block accepted a better offer for the duo to cut it for Columbia-Vocalion.

 tuvaliev

link 5.01.2007 12:33 
F.F.F. is a tune, originally written and performed by Slim & Slam (Slim
Gaillard and Slam Stewart) that got very popular in the 40's. A floogie is a
lady of easy virtue -- the floy is V.D. Not an elegant lyric, but succinct at
any rate.

 Старик

link 5.01.2007 12:53 
Большое спасибо, друзья kintorov и tuvaliev!
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 kintorov

link 5.01.2007 13:06 
Гугл.

 

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