Word: sung
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Sierra Leone, half-naked Susu girls swayed and jiggled before the royal visitors in a pulsating fertility dance. So interested did Prince Philip become that the Queen shot him an amused and reproachful glance. In Freetown, the Queen appeared mildly shocked by the officially laundered translation of a ditty sung by a group of twelve-year-old schoolgirls: "Behind the bushes, near the stream, go lots of girls like us, because we know that's where the boys...
...caused tumult and bloodshed. Hoods in Paris, inspired by the sounds from his lips, tore three subway cars apart in his honor. But the words that provoked riot and rampage were not, as one might expect, Algerian battle cries. They were "itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini," sung by Johnny Hallyday, France's first and only authentic rock 'n' roller, the Elvis Presley of Thither Gaul...
Flower Drum Song is clearly photographed, and brightly colored. But the songs-except for a charming little villanelle sung by Actress Umeki-don't exactly ring the gong, and Choreographer Hermes Pan has apparently reworked some routines from Chu Chin Chow. Also, moviegoers may be disturbed to find that most of the Chinese characters in the picture are played by actors of various other Oriental extractions. Honest, fellows, they really don't all look alike...
Hearing the Reverend Gary Davis at Eliot House Tuesday night was a fascinating experience. One of the last of the street singers, Davis performs with an honesty that is becoming rare in folk singing. It was good to hear many of the old blues songs sung the way they were meant to be performed. In this age of the commercial and souped-up folk song, one easily forgets how the originals used to sound...
...hassle over the suggested name of the new council, Harvard Council for Undergraduate Affairs, took up most of the 35-minute discussion period allotted to the constitution. One faction admitted it is less "melodious" than Student Council, saying it is "not meant to be sung, but said," and that Student Council is a misleading name because it implies student government. "Harvard students want representation but don't want to be spoken for," Stephen L. Pohl '62 of the Committee on Re-organization said...