Random rubbishy records

[historymystery]

The Burt Bacharach song Wives and Lovers. Hey little girl comb your hair fix your make up,soon he will open the door. Don't think because there's a ring on your finger you needn't try anymore.!!!!!! That's just the first few lines.

A while back there was a TV programme televised from Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in the West End, celebrating the music of Burt Bacharach (if you haven't seen it and you like this kind of music played by first-class musicians, it's well worth a look round on the Net to see if you can find a recording of it - some brilliant musicians playing). The singer - Ian somebody, can't remember his last name off-hand - sang Wives and Lovers, and he made a comment that it was not a song that would go down well today! Other days, other ways, as they say....but the programme was brilliant, nonetheless.

 

[merryone]

A while back there was a TV programme televised from Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in the West End, celebrating the music of Burt Bacharach (if you haven't seen it and you like this kind of music played by first-class musicians, it's well worth a look round on the Net to see if you can find a recording of it - some brilliant musicians playing). The singer - Ian somebody, can't remember his last name off-hand - sang Wives and Lovers, and he made a comment that it was not a song that would go down well today! Other days, other ways, as they say....but the programme was brilliant, nonetheless.

Never heard of that song before so I googled the lyrics and whilst I was lucky enough to be living in a more equal age this sort of thing makes me seethe!

 

[historymystery]

Never heard of that song before so I googled the lyrics and whilst I was lucky enough to be living in a more equal age this sort of thing makes me seethe!

I believe they said the song was recorded in 1963, but listening to the lyrics today you could believe 1863.

 

[merryone]

I believe they said the song was recorded in 1963, but listening to the lyrics today you could believe 1863.

Just awful isn't it! I really don't get that cross when I think about the old "family values" of yesteryear - The man went out to work to earn the money and the wife stayed home to look after the kids and did all the cooking and household chores, for better for worse that's how it used to be. But to suggest in text or in song as a woman you need to be on top of your game looks wise otherwise (understandably) your husband will cop off with his secretary is absolutely disgraceful regardless of the era! Could you imagine a song suggesting to a man that he should be kind to his hardworking wife, compliment her on her cooking, tell her she's looking beautiful etc otherwise she'll cop off with the postman or the bloke who's come to service the boiler?!