05 | Mar | 2023 | willowdot21

Hi this week Jim Adams our host for Song Lyric Sunday has given us the promp of Rockabilly music.

Well Rockabilly is very akin to Skiffle music both of which I have outlined below. Now I remember both genres because I have older brothers and sisters and I remember them dressing up to go out to dance to both ! I also remember them playing the music at home. If I am honest I am not a fan of either type of music.

Rockabilly is the earliest style of rock and roll music. It dates back to the early 1950s in the United States, especially the South. As a genre it blends the sound of Western musical styles such as country with that of rhythm and blues, leading to what is considered “classic” rock and roll. Some have also described it as a blend of bluegrass with rock and roll. The term “rockabilly” itself is a portmanteau of “rock” (from “rock ‘n’ roll”) and “hillbilly“, the latter a reference to the country music (often called “hillbilly music” in the 1940s and 1950s) that contributed strongly to the style. Other important influences on rockabilly include western swing, boogie-woogie, jump blues, and electric blues.

Skiffle is a genre of folk music with influences from American folk music, blues, country, bluegrass, and jazz, generally performed with a mixture of manufactured and homemade or improvised instruments. Originating as a form in the United States in the first half of the 20th century, it became extremely popular in United Kingdom in the 1950s, where it was played by such artists as Lonnie Donegan, The Vipers Skiffle Group, Ken Colyer, and Chas McDevitt. Skiffle was a major part of the early careers of some musicians who later became prominent jazz, pop, blues, folk, and rock performers, The Beatles and Rory Gallagher amongst them. It has been seen as a critical stepping stone to the second British folk revival, the British blues boom, and the British Invasion of American popular music.

all information from Wikipedia here and here

Now I am not a big fan of the track I have chosen but it does have all the components of Rockabilly even though it’s from a much later era. This is a good dance track though and it’s fun and catchy and gets you dancing and there’s a guy in a dress what more could you ask for.

Tiger Feet is a popular song by the English glam rock band Mud, released in January 1974. Written and produced by the songwriting team of Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, it was the first of three number No. 1 singles for the band, in the UK Singles Chart. followed later that year by “Oh Boy!” and “Lonely This Christmas“. Information at Wiki

It is called Glam Rock but it sounds like Rockabilly to me and more to my taste !

Yeah, yeah
All night long, you’ve been looking at me
Well, you know you’re the dance hall cutie that you longed to be
Oh well now, you’ve been laying it down
You’ve got your hip swinging out of bounds
And I like the way you do what you’re doin’ to me

Alright, that’s right, that’s right, that’s right
That’s right I really love your tiger light
That’s neat, that’s neat, that’s neat, that’s neat
I really love your tiger feet, I really love your tiger feet
Your tiger feet
Your tiger feet
Your tiger feet
Well, alright
Well, flash your warning lights just as long as you like
I know you’re aching to be making me tonight
I’ve got a feeling in my knees
It’s a feeling only you can please
There ain’t no way I’m gonna let you outta my sight
Alright, that’s right, that’s right, that’s right

That’s right I really love your tiger light

That’s neat, that’s neat, that’s neat, that’s neat
I really love your tiger feet, I really love your tiger feet
Your tiger feet
Your tiger feet

Your tiger feet
Well, alright

Alright, that’s right, that’s right, that’s right
That’s right I really love your tiger light
That’s neat, that’s neat, that’s neat, that’s neat
I really love your tiger feet, I really love your tiger feet
Your tiger feet
Your tiger feet
Your tiger feet
Well, alright
Well, now you’ve been laying it down
You’ve got your hips swinging out of bounds
And I like the way you do what you’re doin’ to me
Alright, that’s right, that’s right, that’s right

That’s right I really love your tiger light
That’s neat, that’s neat, that’s neat, that’s neat
I really love your tiger feet, I really love your tiger feet

Your tiger feet
Your tiger feet
Your tiger feet
Well, alright

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Chapman,michael Donald / שובל דרויאן גיתית / Chinn,nicholas Barry