St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-12-10
Sexy Records
Hit As Horming
Motions Juveniles
in the California EAGLE
This business of sex!


Nothing in the world is more
beautiful than the good. whole
some boy meets girl" theme so
long as it's treated with the dig
nifty and sanctity inherent in Il,
But brother! what some folks
have done TO boy meets girl"
would make a snake in the grass
squirm.
i was getting on the bus the
other day and happy youthful
singing voices met me as l drop
ped my fare in the box. At FIRST
my heart was lifted as a 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
sters were singing almost shocked
this hardened old codger.
"Wiggle, Wiggle wiggle." the
kids IL, II, IS years old were
shouting, Il Just Love Your scxy
Ways"
Roller skates
couldn't help but turn around
and have a look. There were may
be six or seven of them boys and
girls. rooler skates thrown over
their shoulders, blue jeans, tee
shirts. bobby socks. Babies all and
chanting words TO song that be-
longs TO cheap, aimless adult
world.
| just had to wonder,
Couple days later I boarded an
other bus on the same line and, so
help me, another bunch teens or
younger were having the time of
their lives shouting and stomping
and the song they were singing
was, "Wiggle. Wiggle. etc"
just had to wonder again.
And of course what | wondered
about was how in Heavens name
have we come to such an ugly
pass? movies7 Books? Maya
zines? Television?
Phono Records
Sure they have all played
shocking role in the tremendous
upsurge Of sex in our modern day,
Now, Pm wondering how strong
an influence the photograph rec
ord is. Funny never thought
much about these platters as pur-
veyers of sex because, now that /
put my mind 10 II, there is no
doubling that a whole lot OF sug-
gestion comes out Of the grooves
OF the discs.
guess the greatest offenders
are the so-called rhythm and blues
boys who shout suggestive and
often pointed sex-songs like mad.
They are gobbled up in the record
stores and are bit hits on the juke
boxes.
Disc jockeys have a grave res
possibility To remain within the
bounds OF good taste when 1t
comes to smutty records a ma
tional weekly newspaper has been
carrying on vigorous campaign
against platter spinners who plug
these disgusting records. The pa
per now has jockey known as
"Moondog" on the carpet for let
ting distasteful lyrics on the air.
Need Research
] don't suppose anybody knows
what effect these records have on
youngsters Much scientific re-
search has been on comic books
and their Significance. Maybe a
graduate student somewhere could
come up with some convincing
findings on phono records.
Whether singing Il Just Love
Your Sexy Ways" on a bus is in
dicative that our youngsters have
gone TO the "Moondogs Is moot
question.
All I know is would have felt
lot better II those kids had been
chanting something like, II Want
a Girl, Just Like the Girl that
Married Dear Ole Dad" I would
even settle for something ike that
idiotic ZOO Bop She BAN" or how
ever you spell IL.
Sure. have fun Riddles -- but
save the sex business until you
really understand what It's all a
bout. It's really very beautiful