That "Short People" song thread reminded me of some really bugged out stuff from Broadway. There was a play called "Hair" from the late 1960s that was anti-EVERYTHING society stood for (war, conformity, US politics, etc.)
The show questions the standards of morality, sexuality, individualism, racism, violence, drug use, loyalty, and social acceptance through the eyes of Berger, Claude, Sheila, Woof, Hud, and Crissy. There was nudity throughout the play and the hippie/funk-soul vibe of the era was expressed by letting ones hair grow. (men with pony-tails and HUGE afros)
The song "Aquarius" was part of "Hair" and many other songs you may (or may not) know.
Lyrics -> http://www.libretto.musicals.ru/text.php?textid=151&language=1
Well, there was this one song that; well, I'll just copy the lyrics. A Black male character was mocking bigotry in a very unusual way. (never heard some of these terms before) The song is called "Colored Spade"
6.Colored Spade
I'm a
Colored spade
A ******
A black ******
A jungle bunny
Jigaboo coon
Pickaninny mau mau
Uncle Tom
Aunt Jemima
Little Black Sambo
Cotton pickin'
Swamp guinea
Junk man
Shoeshine boy
Elevator operator
Table cleaner at Horn & Hardart
Slave voodoo
Zombie
Ubangi lipped
Flat nose
Tap dancin'
Resident of Harlem
And president of
The United States of Love
President of
The United States of Love
(and if you ask him to dinner you're going to feed him
Watermelon
Hominy grits
An' shortnin' bread
Alligator ribs
Some pig tails
Some black eyed peas
Some chitlins
Some collard greens
And if you don't watch out
This boogie man will get you
Booooooooo!
you wanna hear it? buy it from Napster for just 99 cents
http://sms.napster.com/duet/sampler...ss=track&artist_id=12011858&track_id=15203011
The show questions the standards of morality, sexuality, individualism, racism, violence, drug use, loyalty, and social acceptance through the eyes of Berger, Claude, Sheila, Woof, Hud, and Crissy. There was nudity throughout the play and the hippie/funk-soul vibe of the era was expressed by letting ones hair grow. (men with pony-tails and HUGE afros)
The song "Aquarius" was part of "Hair" and many other songs you may (or may not) know.
Lyrics -> http://www.libretto.musicals.ru/text.php?textid=151&language=1
Well, there was this one song that; well, I'll just copy the lyrics. A Black male character was mocking bigotry in a very unusual way. (never heard some of these terms before) The song is called "Colored Spade"
6.Colored Spade
I'm a
Colored spade
A ******
A black ******
A jungle bunny
Jigaboo coon
Pickaninny mau mau
Uncle Tom
Aunt Jemima
Little Black Sambo
Cotton pickin'
Swamp guinea
Junk man
Shoeshine boy
Elevator operator
Table cleaner at Horn & Hardart
Slave voodoo
Zombie
Ubangi lipped
Flat nose
Tap dancin'
Resident of Harlem
And president of
The United States of Love
President of
The United States of Love
(and if you ask him to dinner you're going to feed him
Watermelon
Hominy grits
An' shortnin' bread
Alligator ribs
Some pig tails
Some black eyed peas
Some chitlins
Some collard greens
And if you don't watch out
This boogie man will get you
Booooooooo!
you wanna hear it? buy it from Napster for just 99 cents
http://sms.napster.com/duet/sampler...ss=track&artist_id=12011858&track_id=15203011
