Chubby Checker's Limbo Party

I don't even know where to start on this one. Trinidadian funeral practice turned american party dance? Chubby Checker being typecast as a dance song singer? That lawsuit he had with Hewlett-Packard over a penis guesstimate app for WebOS? The truly confusing Quantum Leap episode where Scott Bakula taught Chubby Checker how to do the limbo?

I'm really only qualified to talk about one of those things. I agree, he's a great all purpose Rock & Roll singer, and i can't tell you how much i wish they let him sing other stuff. He's great. He got his start from an exec who liked him. The story is Dudeguy McWhatshisface sent Chubby Checker's first song (a classroom skit concept that gave him the chance to do impressions of famous singers) to his friends and clients as a Christmas card. The response was so overwhelmingly positive that they gave Chubby Checker a career measuring shoe sizes, no wait that was the WebOS app, i meant singing dance songs. You know The Twist. Well, Limbo Party was a certified hit, so they turned it into a full album. It's R&B/R&R meets Calypso. Musically it's great. I was never good at limbo, so don't bet the fate of your eternal soul on my leaning backward at your funeral. Let's not be slightly out of tune is all i'm saying.

You can make up your own mind, but i think it's pretty funny that the album ends with his version of La Bamba. La Bamba is a traditional wedding dance, on a funeral album. It's couples skate, grab your Corpse Bride, and try not to break your coccyx when you fall down on the second level and accidentally send Aunt Gladys to hell.

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