A few thoughts on the '50s and the "bawdy" songs.

Oscar Brand ,made an album of truly bawdy (dirty) songs. Unreleased for obvious reasons, but sold at clubs and coffee houses then.. Which is where I purchased an autographed copy---"..don't play this---Oscar".

The 50s were a strange time in a puritanical sense. Think of this: Movies uttered not an obscene word. Broadway did. When a recording was made of an Original Bway Cast Musical the expletives were changed. An example:

The late Gwen Verdon sings on the stage the line (at the end of a song in New Girl In Town (Anna Christie)"...those lecherous, treacherous sons of bitches". On the recording, which I treasure, as perhaps my favorite musical, "....those lecherous, treacherous,COUSINS".

The '50s were a strange puritanical time. Whereas I guess the '70s can be called the time of the worst music ever recorded---Is your Cake still melting in the rain? Dman I do hope you find the recipe again. This could be ultimate definitions of either " crap" or "what were they thinking".

Bill H