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Leon Redbone — Gotta Shake That Thing
Album: Leon Redbone
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Released: 1975
Length: 2:33
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Let me hear that
Play it again
Sounds tight to me
Better take it out and shake it
''All: Oh, shake that thing!''

Down in Georgia there's a dance they do
Ain't nothing to it, it's easy to do
Gotta shake that thing ''(Oh, shake that thing!)''
Oh shake that thing ''(Oh, shake that thing!)''
Telling you yeah, shake, shake that thing

They shake in the east, shake in the west
Way down south they shake the best
Gotta shake that thing ''(Oh, shake that thing!)''
Oh shake that thing ''(Oh, shake that thing!)''
Don't be mean old man, just gotta shake that thing

Big old girl named Alice Reed
Blew the leaves right off the tress
She shook that thing ''(Oh, shake that thing!)''
Oh shake that thing ''(Oh, shake that thing!)''
My oh my, she sure did shake that thing

She got two big feet - size forty four
Gotta back up to knock at the door
Shake that thing ''(Oh, shake that thing!)''
Oh shake that thing ''(Oh, shake that thing!)''
She don't need no shoes but she sure can shake that thing
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RIP Mr. redbone
Posted 5 years ago by dirtbagpook    [ Reply ]
R.I.P. Leon.
Posted 5 years ago by d-don    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:
Sorry, but if you hear one Leon Redbone song, you've heard them all. Nice nostalgic, formula, New Orleans-based music. Ho Hum. 

PSD. 

 
If BillG had played the theme for Mr. Belvedere, I might have PSD'd that Redbone song....this one is great and I gave it an 8!!
Posted 6 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Sorry, but if you hear one Leon Redbone song, you've heard them all. Nice nostalgic, formula, New Orleans-based music. Ho Hum. 

PSD. 
Posted 6 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
reminds me of Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen - Yes she do, no she don't   {#Laughing}  so nice !
Posted 7 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Loony Tune set, eh? :^ /
Posted 7 years ago by dragon1952    [ Reply ]
{#Devil_pimp} gotta love the bone!
Posted 7 years ago by primm    [ Reply ]
 (former member) wrote:

I went to a signing of a book by Chuck Jones at an art gallery. Took this album with me and gently slid it across the table for him to sign.

He, very gently, returned it to me and said politely "If I sign something you didn't buy here, they'll break my fingers. But let me tell you, I got to meet Mr. Redbone..." and then told me a nice story about that day. It was a very kind thing to do, to the disappointed guy who hoped for something and was let down.

Addendum: also met Mel Blanc. The only member of the hold trinity I missed was Cal Stalling. 

 
Kool story!!
Posted 7 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
 (former member) wrote:

I went to a signing of a book by Chuck Jones at an art gallery. Took this album with me and gently slid it across the table for him to sign.

He, very gently, returned it to me and said politely "If I sign something you didn't buy here, they'll break my fingers. But let me tell you, I got to meet Mr. Redbone..." and then told me a nice story about that day. It was a very kind thing to do, to the disappointed guy who hoped for something and was let down.

Addendum: also met Mel Blanc. The only member of the hold trinity I missed was Cal Stalling. 

 
Wow! Lucky you. Had to look Carl Stalling up but yes the guy was a genius (as were other two). Loony Tunes set the bar very high for animation. The cartoons are still hilarious.
Posted 10 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
1920'S 1920s animated GIF
Posted 10 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
sheik yerboottie, sez go for it !
Posted 10 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
Michigan J. Frog!
Posted 11 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
With the exception of the title subject matter...the sound of this song musically sounds like it could accompany the soundtrack to the Jungle Book. Baloo anyone??
Posted 11 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
Saw LR in the early 1970s in Montréal. It was just him and his guitar and a tuba player to fill in the bottom.
Tuba guy played Flight of the Bumblebee as a solo. Good times.
Posted 11 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:

{#High-five}  I'm surprised romeotuma isn't here yet... Wanna dance? {#Bananasplit}

 
Yes, you are much missed here (and probably all though your world) at RP. R.I.P.


Posted 11 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:

{#High-five}  I'm surprised romeotuma isn't here yet... Wanna dance? {#Bananasplit}
 


We miss you so much, Ann...

rest in peace...

Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana}groovy
Posted 11 years ago by thalula    [ Reply ]
 lunatic wrote:
Was able to see Redbone preform w his band and solo several times in the 80s. What a trip!
 
Yep, that was a great show. I'd say Leon is one of those rare performers - Arlo Guthrie being another one - who truly seems to care whether his audience has a spanking good time.
Posted 12 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
Was able to see Redbone preform w his band and solo several times in the 80s. What a trip!
Posted 12 years ago by lunatic    [ Reply ]
Love it!!
Posted 12 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
She can shake that thing: one more tasty blues metaphor, innit?
Posted 12 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
Y'all can play Leon all night; I'd be alright ... 
Posted 12 years ago by lkovathana    [ Reply ]
There's just not enough Leon in the world.
Posted 12 years ago by George_Tirebiter    [ Reply ]
Been a long time since I've heard from The 'Bone. Good to hear! {#Bananasplit}
Posted 12 years ago by d-don    [ Reply ]
I'm gonna upload "Sweeper and Debutante" by George Gritz, anybody who like this will love it. It's a similar style, with a hilarious story line.
Posted 13 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
F*ck me, this is fun! I nearly burst out laughing at first, which would have been embarrassing in my shared office. 8 from the swingin' Nottingham jury.
 
{#High-five}  I'm surprised romeotuma isn't here yet... Wanna dance? {#Bananasplit}
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 dmax wrote:
I went to a signing of a book by Chuck Jones at an art gallery...also met Mel Blanc. The only member of the hold trinity I missed was Cal Stalling. 
Cool! The two volume Carl Stalling Project recordings are incredible! June Foray is 94, but is still in Santa Barbara, time for a visit. Remarkably, she is still doing voice work on Flapjack for Cartoon Network and is slated for the 2011 Looney Tunes show, now in production.

Posted 13 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
Does an interesting live show, depending on the size of venue and friendliness of the audience.
Posted 13 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
 Rabid_Engineer wrote:

Indeed. Good art is appreciable, regardless of circumstance.

Yes, that means you can appreciate it while witnessing the nuclear holocaust.
 
Are you suggesting this track has been chosen to play at the end of the world? 

Interesting choice.  
Posted 13 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
 Rabid_Engineer wrote:

Indeed. Good art is appreciable, regardless of circumstance.

Yes, that means you can appreciate it while witnessing the nuclear holocaust.

 
Unless you're witnessing it from quite far away, you won't appreciate it for very long.
Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 Saliby_Br wrote:

WAY!!

 
Indeed. Good art is appreciable, regardless of circumstance.

Yes, that means you can appreciate it while witnessing the nuclear holocaust.

Posted 13 years ago by Rabid_Engineer    [ Reply ]
 Stingray wrote:
In the streets of New Orleans - any time!

On RP? Today? Now?

NO WAY!!!!

("4")

 
I'm going to hate myself for saying this, but I agree with Stingray here. {#Headache} 4.

Posted 13 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]
 Dragonfly_Launch wrote:
Picture my thing shaking now please.
 
*applies mind bleach*
Posted 13 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
F*ck me, this is fun! I nearly burst out laughing at first, which would have been embarrassing in my shared office. 8 from the swingin' Nottingham jury.
Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
yeaaaahhhh baby!
Posted 13 years ago by moonsaura    [ Reply ]
 Stingray wrote:
In the streets of New Orleans - any time!

On RP? Today? Now?

NO WAY!!!!

("4")

 
WAY!!

Posted 14 years ago by Saliby_Br    [ Reply ]
Haven't heard Leon in ages, great stuff.  Way to be, Bill.
Posted 14 years ago by anotherlistener    [ Reply ]
In the streets of New Orleans - any time!

On RP? Today? Now?

NO WAY!!!!

("4")

Posted 14 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Love the album cover and the song!{#Lol}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
I was just wondering the other day what ever happened to Leon Redbone. 
Posted 14 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
 a_genuine_find wrote:
Redbone's origins are shrouded in mystery. According to the Toronto Star in the 1980s, his birth name is Dickran Gobalian, who came to Canada from Cyprus in the mid-1960s and changed his name via Ontario,Canada's Change of Name Act.He has cited his date of birth as October 29, 1929; this wildly inaccurate date was the day of the U.S. stock market crash that sparked the Great Depression. He also claimed to have been born in Bombay during a monsoon to parents Niccolò Paganini (a composer and violinist who died in 1840) and Jenny Lind (a singer who died in 1887).
wiki
 

Love the 'bone - now we need some Mose Allison singing "Your Mind is On Vacation"!

Riff "Whose mind is already on vacation, or at least on the weekend" Ster


Posted 14 years ago by riffster    [ Reply ]
Redbone's origins are shrouded in mystery. According to the Toronto Star in the 1980s, his birth name is Dickran Gobalian, who came to Canada from Cyprus in the mid-1960s and changed his name via Ontario,Canada's Change of Name Act.He has cited his date of birth as October 29, 1929; this wildly inaccurate date was the day of the U.S. stock market crash that sparked the Great Depression. He also claimed to have been born in Bombay during a monsoon to parents Niccolò Paganini (a composer and violinist who died in 1840) and Jenny Lind (a singer who died in 1887).
wiki
Posted 14 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
Leon Redbone - Gotta Shake That Thing
Chemical Brothers - Shake Break Bounce
AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
The Guess Who - No Sugar Tonight

I like when tunes so different from one another follow each other. It's an experiment for the ears, it brings up curiosity.
This one is funny, gotta shake that thing. Not too sure about the others...
Posted 14 years ago by ambrebalte    [ Reply ]
Picture my thing shaking now please.
Posted 19 years ago by Dragonfly_Launch    [ Reply ]
Fun concert. See him if you get a chance.
Posted 19 years ago by n4ku    [ Reply ]
Fun.
Posted 20 years ago by steeler    [ Reply ]
Oh, what a treat to hear Leon Redbone here on RP. He and his "thrombone" make his albums an absolute blast. I own 'em all! Thanks for playing this gem.
Posted 20 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
Supposedly his real name is Dickran Gobalian. I say go for the Dickran.
Posted 20 years ago by rascal420    [ Reply ]
NICKNAME wrote:
THE CORRECT ANSWER IS 8
HEY I GOT THIS ONE RIGHT..... saw Leon in a little club in Phoenix several years ago and he was most excellent !!
Posted 20 years ago by ZM_Herb    [ Reply ]
NICKNAME wrote:
THE CORRECT ANSWER IS 8
But remember, your answer MUST be in the form of a question. Ha!
Posted 20 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]
Yes, yes, I do gotta shake that thing. Thank you. This helps me maintain that "Hallelujah it's Friday" tingle.
Posted 20 years ago by ABanana224    [ Reply ]