Which Came First, the Chicken Or the Egg?

[purejuice]

In which Little Richard settles the question. And sets to dancing visions of sugar plum slash.

There's an amazing clip of Mr. Richard playing Rip It Up at his cleanest and most Christian, though the ripper saxes belie the shortness of his hair and the heterosexual Guidoness of his suit. Yow.

Comments

[villagecharm.livejournal.com]

That "Rip It Up" clip is amazing!

[purejuice.livejournal.com]

do you like the gay one or the het one? (this is not a personal question.)

[villagecharm.livejournal.com]

Ha! I like the older clip, with him dressed for a night at the Copa. I think the contrast between his button-down appearance and the song captures some of the shock that people must have felt when rock and roll exploded in the 1950s and guys like him, who had been completely marginalized, were suddenly on TV and radio. It's like the whole presentation - the goofy white band members clapping, the ridiculous stage design, the dazed-looking audience members - was designed to negate his weirdness. Obviously, it fails miserably.

[purejuice.livejournal.com]

kaCHING! it's much weirder than the pancake makeup, wig hat and orange negligee look we have grown to love.

[gloeden.livejournal.com]

So fun to see Little Richard taking the little European children to church. Where they promptly lost their shit.
I couldn't even watch the Tom Jones clip. I was that afraid of the lameness.

[purejuice.livejournal.com]

oh honey, it's not lame at all. it's hotttttttt. as completely batshit as both of them are. they're HOTTTTTTT.

[purejuice.livejournal.com]

oh, p.s., he claims in the autobio i'm reading to have been the first star at whom the little euro children threw their panties. like it was 1953 when the first panty sailed thru the air toward mr. richard. i believe it.

[minniethemoocha.livejournal.com]

It's not lame! It is actually kind of sweet. Tom gets sent to school in the gentlest way. "Chicken, meet Mama EGG."