Pop Song of the Week: “You Wouldn't Fool Me, Would You?”
Well, since the powers that be seem bound and determined to make all of us Americans relive 1929, I might as well post an actual song from 1929 that should be more pleasant to listen to than the latest economic news. In this case, it's Annette Hanshaw's 1929 hit “You Wouldn't Fool Me, Would You?” a nifty little number in which she -- among other things -- imitates her friend and rival Helen Kane (a singer of the same era who is most famous today for singing “I Wanna Be Loved By You” and providing the vocal inspiration for Betty Boop.)
Anyway, halfway through this song, Hanshaw sounds like she's dancing but I have no idea what she's actually dancing on. I keep imagining she's on top of a table but that's probably my overactive imagination speaking more than anything else. Besides, she sings too sweetly to deserve any cheap shots about table dancing. Especially since her definition of “table dancing” would be way different than our own.
Actually I've had this album since last year. Ever since I started listening to the Dresden Dolls, I've gotten obsessed with the type of 20s and 30s music that inspired the Dresden Dolls and this is the most concise collection of such material that I've found thus far. (It didn't hurt that my father used to make my siblings and me listen to recording of 20s music when I was younger. So I'm almost genetically programmed to like the stuff.)
Anyway, I've recently become obsessed with it again. Almost as if the powers that be were trying to tell me something...
