Well, yes the Mashed Potato (Little Eva, Carole King) was and ACTUAL dance. I rememember this around 7th grade so that's 1962 or so? The dance involved a side to side motion on the balls of the feet (as if mashing a potato with your toes.) Great image, huh? Not as sexy as, say, the tango!
EVOO is 'extra virgin olive oil' on pretentious menus... The 'This is dedicated' I remember was a few years earlier than the Mommas and Poppas....the Shirelles! This was only a #89 song in 1959, but it was still a staple three years later as a quintessential hug-your-baby song. Another slowdance song that I've recalled since my post is 'Since I fell for You' ... Lenny Welch Kakki, we are certainly dating ourselves! Chucke > From: "kakki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 14:14:19 -0700 > To: "Chuck Eisenhardt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: NJC Slow Dancing > > Chuck wrote: > >> 'This is Dedicated (to the one I love) > > Yes, the version by the Mamas & Papas was one of my slow dance song. I'm > remembering it as a spin the bottle song, too! > >> anybody ever actually dance 'the mashed potato'? > > I've never known anyone to dance it! > >> I hear there's a new version out on the west coast, with >> garlic and EVOO. > > Gawd, what is EVOO?? There are a few places here that put rosemary in > mashed potato(e)s! I had some a few years ago and it was full of twigs and > branches and was hideous. Even worse is fennel, which I think should be > criminalized ;-) > > Kakki
