Oh your eyes are lighted windows
There's a party going on inside
Yes, your eyes are lighted windows
There's a party going on inside
Your mouth's a rollercoaster
Baby, I wanna take a ride.
When you look me over baby
Makes my face turn cherry red
When you look me over baby
Makes my face turn cherry red
Cos your mouth's a rollercoaster
But your mind is just a big brass bed.
Your mouth's a rollercoaster
I wanna take a ride
Please let me buy a ticket
Let me slip and slide
On your crazy rollercoaster
Where the wind blows free
You spoiled me baby
And now the carousel's too tame for me.
You could be gentle as a raindrop
Sweet as rock and rye
Tender as the inside of a caterpillar's thigh
But you're slick and evil
Just like your patent leather shoes
Your mouth's a rollercoaster
I've got those rollercoaster blues.
Oh your eyes are lighted windows
There's a party going on inside
Your mouth's a rollercoaster
And I truly wanna take a ride
Baby when will you decide
To let me take a little ride
So I can lose these wailing, crying
Terrifying
Big four poster
Rollercoaster
Blues.
SONG BY D. FULLER/M. BARER
Showing posts with label diana dors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label diana dors. Show all posts
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
REVIEW. DIANA DORS --- SWINGIN' DORS
Diana Dors is one of my all-time favourite actresses. She was seen as the British answer to Hollywood blonde bombshells like Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield (in fact, her film career predated Jayne's and she began at the same time as Marilyn in 1947). She was known for her peroxide glamour and brazen sex appeal. She was widely held to be a fine actress who was under-utilised by the British film industry at the time and never really found fame in Hollywood. As she grew older and became more matronly, she turned to more character roles and roles in the UK sexploitation movies of the late 70s as well as writing several books. (She also appeared as the Fairy Godmother in the video to Adam Ant's Prince Charming and was featured on the album cover for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and a Smiths compilation that was released after her death). Sadly she died in the early 80s or I think we would have seen her do more TV work and maybe find success in a TV soap like Barbara Windsor did.
She recorded a couple of songs in the early 1950s before recording her first and only album in 1960 supported by several nightclub appearances around the world. She did release a few more singles over the years on different record labels but this CD is a straightforward reissue of her album and doesn't contain any bonus tracks. The album features a selection of swing/big band/easy listening songs including standards like Let There Be Love (I'm not sure if some of the other songs were recorded by other artists). The music is provided by the Wally Stott Orchestra who provide a competent and classy accompaniment to Diana's smooth vocals. Wally Stott worked with the likes of Shirley Bassey and Scott Walker and went on to win Emmy Awards for composing TV scores.
Diana performs her vocals well, demonstrating a sassy confidence on the swing numbers and purring like a sultry sex kitten on the slower numbers. You can choose to see this album as kitsch or camp if you wish but I don't think it makes it any less marvellous. I think what lifts it above a standard swing album of the era are some fabulously clever lyrics and Diana's assured delivery over music that sparkles and swings in all the right places.
Sanctuary Records are also to be commended for doing an excellent job with this reissue (although as I said I wish they had included her other singles). They've kept the gatefold sleeve (with a cover shot of Diana looking suitably va-va-voomish) and lipstick red of the original vinyl release and included a booklet giving an overview of her career and featuring some gorgeous photos. Personally, I'm delighted this album has finally been reissued. Hearing how good it is makes me wish Diana had recorded more albums but at least she gave this one perfect moment of blonde pop seduction.
http://www.dianadors.co.uk/
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN MAY 2008.
She recorded a couple of songs in the early 1950s before recording her first and only album in 1960 supported by several nightclub appearances around the world. She did release a few more singles over the years on different record labels but this CD is a straightforward reissue of her album and doesn't contain any bonus tracks. The album features a selection of swing/big band/easy listening songs including standards like Let There Be Love (I'm not sure if some of the other songs were recorded by other artists). The music is provided by the Wally Stott Orchestra who provide a competent and classy accompaniment to Diana's smooth vocals. Wally Stott worked with the likes of Shirley Bassey and Scott Walker and went on to win Emmy Awards for composing TV scores.
Diana performs her vocals well, demonstrating a sassy confidence on the swing numbers and purring like a sultry sex kitten on the slower numbers. You can choose to see this album as kitsch or camp if you wish but I don't think it makes it any less marvellous. I think what lifts it above a standard swing album of the era are some fabulously clever lyrics and Diana's assured delivery over music that sparkles and swings in all the right places.
Sanctuary Records are also to be commended for doing an excellent job with this reissue (although as I said I wish they had included her other singles). They've kept the gatefold sleeve (with a cover shot of Diana looking suitably va-va-voomish) and lipstick red of the original vinyl release and included a booklet giving an overview of her career and featuring some gorgeous photos. Personally, I'm delighted this album has finally been reissued. Hearing how good it is makes me wish Diana had recorded more albums but at least she gave this one perfect moment of blonde pop seduction.
http://www.dianadors.co.uk/
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN MAY 2008.
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