Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-12-10
Sexy Records
His As Horming
Motions Juveniles
Ry l.. y. PALMER
In the California EAGLE

This business OF sex
Nothing in the world Is more |
beautiful than the good. whole
some boy meets girl" theme 50
long AS us treated with the dig
nifty and sanctity inherent In e
But, brother what some folks
have done TO boy meets girl"
would make snake In the grass
SQuim
was getting on the bus the
other day and happy, youthful
singing voices met me ~ drop |
ped my fare In the box. At FIRST |
my heart was lifted as recalled
the happy times ! spent back In
my own school days singing with !
my gang ON the doorsteps. on the
bus, at football games anywhere,
but as took my seat the
words Of the song these young
STEERS were singing almost shocked
this hardened old codger,
"wlGgle. wiggie wtggle," the
kids II. II, n years old were
shouting, Il Just Love Your Sexy
Ways"
Roller skates
couldn't help but turn around
and have n look. There were may.
be six OF seven of them boys and
girls, rooler skates thrown over
their shoulders, blue jeans, tee
shirts, bobby socks, Babies all and
chanting words Ia aong that be
longs TO cheap, Rimlea adult
world
Just had To wonder,
Couple days later boarded an
other bus on the same line and, So
help me. another bunch n teens or
younger were having the time 81
their lives shouting and stomping
and the song they were singing
was 'wigglc. Wiggle, etc"
I just had To wonder again.
And OF course what wondered
about was how In Heavens name
have We come 10 such an ugly
pasa7 movies Books7 Maya
zines TeieviHion1
Phono Records
pae they have Nil played
shocking role In tho tremendous
upsurge of sex IN our modern day
Now. I'm wondering how strong
an influence the phnnoRraph rec
ord Ia Funny never thought
much about these plaiters an pur-
vcyers OF sex because, now that
| put my mind 10 II, there In no
doubling that a whole lot Of sug'
/ gestion Gomez out of the grooves
~ tho discs
guess the Rreatcst offenders
are the so-callcd rhythm and blues
boys who shout HuRgeH,lve and
often pointed SEX songs hike mad
| they are gobbled mp In the record
stores and are bit hits on the iuke
boxes
Disc Jockeys have n grave res
possibility 10 remain within the
bounds Of good taste when II
comes 10 smutty records a ma
tional weekly newspaper has been
carrying on n vigorous campaign
against platter spinnerS who plug
these disgusting records The pa
per now has Jockey known az
incoming" on the carpet for let
ting distaa,sful lyrics on the air
Need Research
! don't suppose anybody knows
that effect these records have on
youngsters Much scientific re-
search has been on comic books
md their significance Maybe Il
graduate student somewhere could
rgms up with some convincing
findings On phone records
Whether singing y Just I>Dv"
Your s~yy Wsys' on bus u In.
1ioative that oru youngsters have
gne To the "Aoondogs ~ n moot
question
All know IL I would have felt
lot better " those kids hsd been
naming something Ike = Want
a GiH. just Like The orr that
Married Dear Ole Dad I would
ven settle for something IKE that
ii0tic "Ooo Bop ghc BAN" or hTw
yer you spell H.
Sure have fun kiddiez but
ave The sex business until ypu
rsaiIy understand what Ifa all -
out Ii's really very beautiful