Post by roaring20s on Apr 12, 2011 21:27:01 GMT -6
I am not yet advanced enough to post sound files or Youtube. So, I will go about this the old fashioned way and present it thusly...
The first radio station in the South was WSB in Atlanta, Georgia. It went on the air in March 1922. Ernest Rogers was one of the first announcers and regular performers. He was a journalist too, and wrote for the Atlanta Journal. He landed a recording contract in 1927 with Victor and cut a few records.
I enjoy quirky songs like this one. The flip side is good too, titled, I've Got The Misery. I recently picked up this disc and have been playing it often. Thought I'd share it for a chuckle.
The Mythological Blues
words and music by Ernest Rogers 1919
singing with guitar performed by Ernest Rogers
on Victor Scroll 21361 recorded 1928
In this day and time when were on the go
Perhaps we think that the ancients were slow
But just jump back ten-thousand years and it beats anything the modern man has
To think the sights of the modern day
Ought to carry all the latest news
But believe me boy, they had a time when they played the mythological blues.
Old Hercules pulling all his cave-man stuff
Treating all the women powerful rough.
And when it came to speed
That Mercury boy was way out in the lead
Cyclops with that one big eye
Vamped all the women till they thought they'd die
Of all the sights, saw Jupiter's Bottom
Seeing sweet Venus doing Black Bottom
Oh take me back, ten-thousand years, when they played the mythological blues
They say the ladies fashions then
Pleased the most exacting men
They were snappy then as now
There wasn't much of them and how.
Argus was a lucky bird
As the folks do they surmise
Think of what he must have seen looking though a hundred eyes
Hercules pulling all his cave-man stuff
Treating all the women powerful rough.
And when it came to speed
That Mercury boy was way out in the lead
Old Cyclops with that one big eye
Vamped all the women till they thought they'd die
Of all those sports, just give me Hector
He gave fare Helen wine and nectar
N...E...C...T...A...R, nectar
Oh take me back, ten-thousand years, when they played the mythological blues
Played the mythological blues
Here is a mythological primer for the song...
Hercules was a strong man and son of Zeus.
Mercury was the wing-footed messenger god.
Cyclops, have one round eye in the center of their foreheads, consider humans as food.
Jupiter is the king of the Roman gods.
Venus was the Roman goddess of love and beauty.
Argus was a giant with 100 eyes guarded one of Hera's husband's lovers.
Hector was the best warrior of the Trojans in the Trojan War.
Helen was the most beautiful woman in Greece and the cause of the Trojan War.
Nectar was the drink of the gods.
and just because Ernest Rogers was based out of Atlanta...
Atlanta was a renowned huntress that had the skills of a wild animal.
And of the Jazz Age'isms..
Vamped: aggressive flirtations.
Black Bottom: #1 dance after the Charleston
Snappy: elegant.
And how!: I strongly agree!
Bird: a man or woman, sometimes meaning "odd".
Sports: as in good sports, those behaving well under stress.
James.
The first radio station in the South was WSB in Atlanta, Georgia. It went on the air in March 1922. Ernest Rogers was one of the first announcers and regular performers. He was a journalist too, and wrote for the Atlanta Journal. He landed a recording contract in 1927 with Victor and cut a few records.
I enjoy quirky songs like this one. The flip side is good too, titled, I've Got The Misery. I recently picked up this disc and have been playing it often. Thought I'd share it for a chuckle.
The Mythological Blues
words and music by Ernest Rogers 1919
singing with guitar performed by Ernest Rogers
on Victor Scroll 21361 recorded 1928
In this day and time when were on the go
Perhaps we think that the ancients were slow
But just jump back ten-thousand years and it beats anything the modern man has
To think the sights of the modern day
Ought to carry all the latest news
But believe me boy, they had a time when they played the mythological blues.
Old Hercules pulling all his cave-man stuff
Treating all the women powerful rough.
And when it came to speed
That Mercury boy was way out in the lead
Cyclops with that one big eye
Vamped all the women till they thought they'd die
Of all the sights, saw Jupiter's Bottom
Seeing sweet Venus doing Black Bottom
Oh take me back, ten-thousand years, when they played the mythological blues
They say the ladies fashions then
Pleased the most exacting men
They were snappy then as now
There wasn't much of them and how.
Argus was a lucky bird
As the folks do they surmise
Think of what he must have seen looking though a hundred eyes
Hercules pulling all his cave-man stuff
Treating all the women powerful rough.
And when it came to speed
That Mercury boy was way out in the lead
Old Cyclops with that one big eye
Vamped all the women till they thought they'd die
Of all those sports, just give me Hector
He gave fare Helen wine and nectar
N...E...C...T...A...R, nectar
Oh take me back, ten-thousand years, when they played the mythological blues
Played the mythological blues
Here is a mythological primer for the song...
Hercules was a strong man and son of Zeus.
Mercury was the wing-footed messenger god.
Cyclops, have one round eye in the center of their foreheads, consider humans as food.
Jupiter is the king of the Roman gods.
Venus was the Roman goddess of love and beauty.
Argus was a giant with 100 eyes guarded one of Hera's husband's lovers.
Hector was the best warrior of the Trojans in the Trojan War.
Helen was the most beautiful woman in Greece and the cause of the Trojan War.
Nectar was the drink of the gods.
and just because Ernest Rogers was based out of Atlanta...
Atlanta was a renowned huntress that had the skills of a wild animal.
And of the Jazz Age'isms..
Vamped: aggressive flirtations.
Black Bottom: #1 dance after the Charleston
Snappy: elegant.
And how!: I strongly agree!
Bird: a man or woman, sometimes meaning "odd".
Sports: as in good sports, those behaving well under stress.
James.