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cracktastic 20s pop singalong of the day: "He's So Unusual", Helen Kane
All Helen Kane's songs are cutesy, fun, and hilarious, what with her incredibly thick Brooklyn accent (which also makes them great fun to sing along with: "Oh let's not taaaahk in the daaaahk!"). But this one is extra hilarious because she's desperately in love with a guy who's trying (and failing) to beat her off with a stick, practically. He's clearly gay, or as Wax put it the last time this song came up: "Come on, woman, your boy is gagging for cock."
Hes So Unusual - Helen Kane
You talk of sweeties, bashful sweeties?
I got one of those.
Oh, he's handsome as can be,
But he worries me;
He goes to college, and gathers knowledge -
Ooh! What that boy knows!
He's up in his Latin and Greek, [Cim: I bet he IS.]
But in his sheikin' he's weak!
'Cause when I want some lovin',
And I gotta have some lovin',
He says, "Please! Stop it, please!"
He's so unusual!
When I want some kissin',
And I gotta have some kissin',
He says, "No! Let me go."
He's so unusual!
I know lots of boys who would be crazy over me
If they only had this fellow's opportunity.
You know, I would let him pet me,
But the darn fool, he doesn't let me!
He's so unusual that he drives me wild!
When we're in the moonlight,
He says, "I don't like the moonlight.
Aw, let's not talk in the dark."
Huh! He's so unusual!
And when we're riding in a taxi
He converses with the chauffeur! [Wax: Maybe the chauffeur was cute.]
Oh, why don't he talk to me?
He's so different!
Others would be tickled pink to bop-op-a-dop-e-dop!
He don't even know what bop-op-op-a-dop's about!
He says, "Love is hokum!"
Oh, I'd like to choke-choke-choke 'im!
'Cause he's so unusual that he drives me wild!
You might as well be by yourself as in his company.
When we're out together I'm as lonesome as can be.
But still I'm mad about him
And I just can't live without him!
He's so unusual that he drives me bop-bop-a-dop-bop!
Hes So Unusual - Helen Kane
You talk of sweeties, bashful sweeties?
I got one of those.
Oh, he's handsome as can be,
But he worries me;
He goes to college, and gathers knowledge -
Ooh! What that boy knows!
He's up in his Latin and Greek, [Cim: I bet he IS.]
But in his sheikin' he's weak!
'Cause when I want some lovin',
And I gotta have some lovin',
He says, "Please! Stop it, please!"
He's so unusual!
When I want some kissin',
And I gotta have some kissin',
He says, "No! Let me go."
He's so unusual!
I know lots of boys who would be crazy over me
If they only had this fellow's opportunity.
You know, I would let him pet me,
But the darn fool, he doesn't let me!
He's so unusual that he drives me wild!
When we're in the moonlight,
He says, "I don't like the moonlight.
Aw, let's not talk in the dark."
Huh! He's so unusual!
And when we're riding in a taxi
He converses with the chauffeur! [Wax: Maybe the chauffeur was cute.]
Oh, why don't he talk to me?
He's so different!
Others would be tickled pink to bop-op-a-dop-e-dop!
He don't even know what bop-op-op-a-dop's about!
He says, "Love is hokum!"
Oh, I'd like to choke-choke-choke 'im!
'Cause he's so unusual that he drives me wild!
You might as well be by yourself as in his company.
When we're out together I'm as lonesome as can be.
But still I'm mad about him
And I just can't live without him!
He's so unusual that he drives me bop-bop-a-dop-bop!
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is helen kane the basis for betty boop, or were those adorable "boodoodedoop" bits common?edit: haha, just saw your post full of yuletide linkage and music! nevermind! :Dno subject