i heard the 'floy floy' was slang for VD or similar kinda STD... the flat foot floogie with the clap, basically - gives the song a whole new meaning ;)
"Flat Foot Floogie (With a Floy Floy)" was a 1938 jazz song, originally written and performed by Slim Gaillard.
The original song was called "Flat Foot Floozie", with the 'floy-floy' being slang for a venereal disease. The word 'floozie' was changed into 'floogie' to allow it be to played on the radio.The title for the 1938 The Three Stooges movie, Flat Foot Stooges, is a pun on this song's title.-Wikipedia
"Flat Foot Floogie (With a Floy Floy)" was a 1938 jazz song, originally written and performed by Slim Gaillard.
The original song was called "Flat Foot Floozie", with the 'floy-floy' being slang for a venereal disease. The word 'floozie' was changed into 'floogie' to allow it be to played on the radio.The title for the 1938 The Three Stooges movie, Flat Foot Stooges, is a pun on this song's title.-Wikipedia
"Flat Foot Floogie (With a Floy Floy)" was a 1938 jazz song, originally written and performed by Slim Gaillard.
The original song was called "Flat Foot Floozie", with the 'floy-floy' being slang for a venereal disease. The word 'floozie' was changed into 'floogie' to allow it be to played on the radio.The title for the 1938 The Three Stooges movie, Flat Foot Stooges, is a pun on this song's title.-Wikipedia
My grandfather used to sing this song to me when I was little. I always thought he made up the words, but it's great to see it is a real song! Well Done Grandpa!
Thinking about what this song is actually saying..and knowing it was played in all sorts of places throughout history..it's really funny, actually! :)
@storybec - That sounds a lot nicer than the Wiki unverified explanation, which claims the original name "Flat Foot FLOOZIE" was changed to "Flat Foot Floogie" ... and that "Floy Floy" was sland for venereal disease. From another mail list, I found "F.F.F. is a tune, ... that got very popular in the 40's. A floogie is a
lady of easy virtue -- the floy is V.D. Not an elegant lyric, but succinct at
any rate." I think I'll go with the older gentleman's "nicer" explanation.
I actually asked an older gentleman who was around in those days exactly what a "Flat Foot Floogie with a Floy, Floy" was. He explained that it was the standard couple you would find in a Swing club in the twenties and thirties. A Flat Foot Floogie ia a guy dressed in a Zoot Suit and a Floy, Floy was also referred to as a Flapper. Think of the couple you would see in the old movies dancing the Charleston.
@wkunzelman1 And what the hell do you know? I actually had to LOOK IT UP. Yes, you CAN look these things up. It sounnds really strange and foreign to you but stay with me here,.
"The original song was called "Flat Foot Floozie", with the 'floy-floy' being slang for a venereal disease. The word 'floozie' was changed into 'floogie' to allow it be to played on the radio."
Ok, the meaning: Flat Foot, a cop, named Floogie, not Floozie, with the Floy Floy, for the payoff, the bribe, the grease, whatever; probably from some club where Slim played, and saw it occur on a regular basis. Glad to help.
according to wikpedia it originally was Flat Foot Floozie but was changed so that it could be aired on the radio. Floy Floy is a slang term for venereal disease
my father had all these albums ... there was one he had "A Night at Kittie's" and this was on it. I remember playing it on our "portable stereo" in my bedroom and dancing in front of my mirror .... with a floy floy
I love this song, I play it here in the outback of Isaan in Thailand and all of my neighbors' kids come and dance. I've shown them some swing dance steps and they have a natchul ball!
turns out this was kind of a racy song in its time. we all know what a "floozie" is. and the "floy floy" is apparently VD. ouch. And we play this song on kids shows?
I remember this song from the kids show "ZOOM" on PBS back in the 70's. I still breakout in this song with the clapping of hands when I'm in a silly mood.
I wish this recording had more of Slam Stewart's "humming bass." That sound was fabulous, but is not even among the solos toward the end of this tune. Slam is audible, barely, earlier in the song.
Ha! This was a LOT of fun to listen to! I've always like this song....quite delightful...a real toe-tapper, as they say! And it's been YEARS since I've had the chance to hear it. THANKS so much for sharing it with us....may ALL your dreams & wishes come true in the New Year!!! :)
part of it is in the movie, ' the engligh patient'... i thought they were saying 'flat footed floosie with a floy, floy, all terms which made perfect sense to me at thew time....
I had the "other" Bel-Tone label 78 of this notable session - "Dizzy Boogie"/"Poppity Pop".
"C. Parker" is indeed Bird and John Birks' full name was John Birks Gillespie - otherwise known as "Dizzy" Gillespie.
Mine was just a couple of sleeve marks away from mint and I went & traded it for a Decca 78 of "Hootie Blues" by Jay McShann (Parker's 1st recording, 1941), 3 of Bird's early Dial 78's and 2 of Bird's original red Savoy label 78's ("Koko" and "Red Cross").
@wkunzelman1 He didn't know....lol. I think he thought is was a fun silly song, and when I told him what it meant (as an adult) the color drained from his face.....Poor 'ol Pops.
i heard the 'floy floy' was slang for VD or similar kinda STD... the flat foot floogie with the clap, basically - gives the song a whole new meaning ;)
IndependentGeorge76 2 weeks ago
My Aunt Sylvia used to sing this when I was a kid...I thought it was a "Floosie"... but what is a FLOOGIE and why do they got a 'floy floy' ? LOL
Helenem55 1 month ago
@Helenem55 See Clintonearlwalker's comment below.
fiandrhi 1 month ago
Such meaningful lyrics! man they just don't make songs like this anymore.
henrybird 5 months ago
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"Flat Foot Floogie (With a Floy Floy)" was a 1938 jazz song, originally written and performed by Slim Gaillard.
The original song was called "Flat Foot Floozie", with the 'floy-floy' being slang for a venereal disease. The word 'floozie' was changed into 'floogie' to allow it be to played on the radio.The title for the 1938 The Three Stooges movie, Flat Foot Stooges, is a pun on this song's title.-Wikipedia
clintonearlwalker 5 months ago
"Flat Foot Floogie (With a Floy Floy)" was a 1938 jazz song, originally written and performed by Slim Gaillard.
The original song was called "Flat Foot Floozie", with the 'floy-floy' being slang for a venereal disease. The word 'floozie' was changed into 'floogie' to allow it be to played on the radio.The title for the 1938 The Three Stooges movie, Flat Foot Stooges, is a pun on this song's title.-Wikipedia
clintonearlwalker 5 months ago
"Flat Foot Floogie (With a Floy Floy)" was a 1938 jazz song, originally written and performed by Slim Gaillard.
The original song was called "Flat Foot Floozie", with the 'floy-floy' being slang for a venereal disease. The word 'floozie' was changed into 'floogie' to allow it be to played on the radio.The title for the 1938 The Three Stooges movie, Flat Foot Stooges, is a pun on this song's title.-Wikipedia
clintonearlwalker 5 months ago
Bird & Diz...sublime <:*)
radicalgnostic9 6 months ago
i remember this being in an history channel documentary, if i remember a German soldier was singing it, he hurd it on radio england or something
porsche928ireland 7 months ago
This is straight out of the Django handbook.
yankeeG 7 months ago
My grandfather used to sing this song to me when I was little. I always thought he made up the words, but it's great to see it is a real song! Well Done Grandpa!
dtrayne687 8 months ago
can't believe no-one's mentioned the fact that Bird plays on this yet...
IndependentGeorge76 10 months ago
sa da tay!
earthpeopleorchestra 11 months ago
Thinking about what this song is actually saying..and knowing it was played in all sorts of places throughout history..it's really funny, actually! :)
outhereinthefield 1 year ago
@storybec - That sounds a lot nicer than the Wiki unverified explanation, which claims the original name "Flat Foot FLOOZIE" was changed to "Flat Foot Floogie" ... and that "Floy Floy" was sland for venereal disease. From another mail list, I found "F.F.F. is a tune, ... that got very popular in the 40's. A floogie is a
lady of easy virtue -- the floy is V.D. Not an elegant lyric, but succinct at
any rate." I think I'll go with the older gentleman's "nicer" explanation.
thefirstjabberwock 1 year ago
The Greatest, says I
Timopartanen2 1 year ago
I actually asked an older gentleman who was around in those days exactly what a "Flat Foot Floogie with a Floy, Floy" was. He explained that it was the standard couple you would find in a Swing club in the twenties and thirties. A Flat Foot Floogie ia a guy dressed in a Zoot Suit and a Floy, Floy was also referred to as a Flapper. Think of the couple you would see in the old movies dancing the Charleston.
storybec 1 year ago
@storybec I can at least confirm that a "floy" refers to a certain kind of female, so...
TheCheezWizz 10 months ago
@TheCheezWizz 'floy' doesn't. 'floogie' does. Floy's a nickname for STD. Floogie is the "acceptable" way of saying "Floozie" or prostitute.
wkunzelman1 9 months ago
@wkunzelman1 And what the hell do you know? I actually had to LOOK IT UP. Yes, you CAN look these things up. It sounnds really strange and foreign to you but stay with me here,.
TheCheezWizz 9 months ago
@TheCheezWizz I looked it up too, CheezWizz.
"The original song was called "Flat Foot Floozie", with the 'floy-floy' being slang for a venereal disease. The word 'floozie' was changed into 'floogie' to allow it be to played on the radio."
wkunzelman1 9 months ago
@wkunzelman1 Given how vague it is, how sure can you even be of the source? Did you see how many fucking other things people think it is?
TheCheezWizz 9 months ago
@TheCheezWizz You may also look on the websites around the net.
enotes(dot)com/contemporary-musicians/gaillard-slim-biography
wkunzelman1 9 months ago
you can tell this is from the 30's from the excessive amount of made up words
joezetank 1 year ago
Ok, the meaning: Flat Foot, a cop, named Floogie, not Floozie, with the Floy Floy, for the payoff, the bribe, the grease, whatever; probably from some club where Slim played, and saw it occur on a regular basis. Glad to help.
steveknows62 1 year ago
@steveknows62
according to wikpedia it originally was Flat Foot Floozie but was changed so that it could be aired on the radio. Floy Floy is a slang term for venereal disease
tilado47 1 year ago
my father had all these albums ... there was one he had "A Night at Kittie's" and this was on it. I remember playing it on our "portable stereo" in my bedroom and dancing in front of my mirror .... with a floy floy
edb081904 1 year ago
J. Geils sited this song as his inspiration to pick up a guitar...
deweypug 1 year ago
Very nice tune! I have same Beltone 78rpm. Gaillard's voice is funny,but his another face is crooner^^!
navitimer54 1 year ago
& with Bird & Diz! Bourbon-ooo-roonie!
radicalgnostic9 1 year ago
I love this song, I play it here in the outback of Isaan in Thailand and all of my neighbors' kids come and dance. I've shown them some swing dance steps and they have a natchul ball!
pretorious700 2 years ago 2
turns out this was kind of a racy song in its time. we all know what a "floozie" is. and the "floy floy" is apparently VD. ouch. And we play this song on kids shows?
numberThree0703 2 years ago
I remember this song from the kids show "ZOOM" on PBS back in the 70's. I still breakout in this song with the clapping of hands when I'm in a silly mood.
kevseb66 2 years ago
Slim Gaillard... MacVoutie O-reeney!
Thanks, cdbpdx-O-roonie.
fillra 2 years ago
vootie mo.
saxophoney 2 years ago
Luv Slim Gaillard but the less heard of Slam the better
motekhall 2 years ago
funny song my bro learned in music
daisynicole656 2 years ago
I wish this recording had more of Slam Stewart's "humming bass." That sound was fabulous, but is not even among the solos toward the end of this tune. Slam is audible, barely, earlier in the song.
brienkinkel 2 years ago
Ha! This was a LOT of fun to listen to! I've always like this song....quite delightful...a real toe-tapper, as they say! And it's been YEARS since I've had the chance to hear it. THANKS so much for sharing it with us....may ALL your dreams & wishes come true in the New Year!!! :)
JubalCalif 2 years ago
I could swear I first heard the Jackson 5 perform it.
jessemy 2 years ago
My grandfather played the "Steel Guitar Rag" with Slim once back in California at a club in the late 40's.
TheSpecial1WV 2 years ago
part of it is in the movie, ' the engligh patient'... i thought they were saying 'flat footed floosie with a floy, floy, all terms which made perfect sense to me at thew time....
judecollinsjac6 2 years ago
I first heard of this song through Andy Rooney, in his commentary on the term "flat".
GlennMagusHarvey 2 years ago
I had the "other" Bel-Tone label 78 of this notable session - "Dizzy Boogie"/"Poppity Pop".
"C. Parker" is indeed Bird and John Birks' full name was John Birks Gillespie - otherwise known as "Dizzy" Gillespie.
Mine was just a couple of sleeve marks away from mint and I went & traded it for a Decca 78 of "Hootie Blues" by Jay McShann (Parker's 1st recording, 1941), 3 of Bird's early Dial 78's and 2 of Bird's original red Savoy label 78's ("Koko" and "Red Cross").
SwingMan1937 2 years ago 2
@SwingMan1937
And Jack Mack would be Jack McVea.
spakwee 1 year ago
first heard this on the movie swing kids. swing makes me smile!
zxcvmook 3 years ago 2
same with me for both
derekjtg 2 years ago
my dad used to sing this to me when i was a little girl. good memories.
corpsechorus 3 years ago 12
@corpsechorus my dad did too...
badmuddy 1 year ago
@corpsechorus He did? Well, then. XD I suppose he didn't tell you that the song is about a prostitute with an STD?
wkunzelman1 9 months ago
@wkunzelman1 He didn't know....lol. I think he thought is was a fun silly song, and when I told him what it meant (as an adult) the color drained from his face.....Poor 'ol Pops.
corpsechorus 9 months ago
@wkunzelman1 He didn't know...hehehe. When I told him what it meant (as an adult) the color drained from his face.....Poor 'ol Pop.
corpsechorus 9 months ago
@corpsechorus - My *mom* used to sing this to me when I was little girl! Hahaha! Cool!
TheAgentdanascully 3 months ago