THE SWALLOWS ~ IT AIN`T THE MEAT ~ 1951 .

[ketefollen1984]

UUUUUU with Sonny thompson....where's Lula???

[milascave2]

Should a band that sing songs like that realy call themselves "the swallows"?

[doowopman49]

JUST TERRIFIC! THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES AND THE FUN,TOM D. BRICK,NJ. {AT THE SHORE}.

[AprylZA]

ooh that's so naughty!!!

[slmeucalesa1]

love that the bass voice is singing lead.......absolutely awesome......check out the Overtones and their acapella of "F*ck You"

[deanslist101]

This is where Maria Muldaur got her version of the song from. Of course it got more airplay for her. Things had gotten a lot more permissive in the 20 years or so that passed between these two versions. The Swallows' version is definitely "The Real Thing," speaking of which, check out The Spiders' song, "The Real Thing." It's in that same early '50s risque vein as this song, "Sixty Minute Man" and Hank Ballard's "Annie" series.

[academysounds]

Good one

[vinyl45s4ever]

'Tain't the size o' the boat, but the motion of the ocean!

[darlene1029]

used to listen to this on the radio in San Francisco when I was a kid staying with my mom Gave me an appreciation for R&B

Thanks for sharing Joans20thCentury

Love all the Risque Rhythm songs from then 

[kitfam7]

one of the best by one of the best.  i love the swallows

[cffnmkr13]

Sad how us whites treated the blacks this way.

[LyricLover4ever]

One of those GREAT BIRD GROUPS! Music history here for sure! Thanks for posting, great pics, too..

[thecountofbasie]

Know and dig the side...but seeing that label alone makes it worth another few spins...5*****

[DoowopJohnnyBoy]

This and 60 Minute Man by the Dominoes goes hand in hand!!! Filth!!! I ' I say Filth!!!

[susannreno]

These "dirty" songs never age, and they are better than any latter-day imitations because they have a sense of humor.

[bassbob42]

Oh, this is so freaking nice :-)

[Melanatedone]

LOL! - EPIC!

[johnnybgood862003]

Didn't the Swallows become the Flamingos?

[tankageftw]

@johnnybgood862003 nah they became The Spits. nah I'm joking i have no idea lol

[yardlet6]

@johnnybgood862003 Nope. The Flamingos were a different group.

[jazzmanzoot]

Why won`t Youtube allow me to press "Thumbs Up" a Million times ! ?

DAMN YOU YOUTUBE ! ! !

[KlekaBarraqe]

Hard to believe something so dirty came so early...totally against the 50's stereotypes

[steveknows62]

@KlekaBarraqe

All the songs with "suggestive" lyrics were banned from the radio.

[jasonpp1973]

@KlekaBarraqe You need to listen to some Robert Johnson!

[anonUK]

@KlekaBarraqe

When they said "Daddy" and "little girl", this sounds very wrong somehow.

Two names: Chuck Berry and Gary Glitter. Actually, add Bill Wyman and Jerry Lee Lewis to that list, at least.

[vaironxxrd]

Im sorry to mess this up but there is some Irony here,

It aint the "Meat" it's the motion and theyr name "THE swallows"

I mean combine it.

Swallow The meat.

IF you dont get what i mean Go search meat in urban dictionary

[steveknows62]

@vaironxxrd

Ohh, NOW I get it. Thanks for clearing that up.

[ebisu2001]

eeeehh...did I hear an electric guitar here?..the Solo

[ebisu2001]

eeeehh....did I hear an Electric Guitar ...the solo.

[sotabob]

The Swallows,a great group!!! A great record.

[mirokumasta]

hear this 1000 times a day on animal planet(tv station)

[cribpointcritter]

Well, what's not to love 'bout this track...10 outta 10.

[thatiamdisco]

Wow! This is a great recording for 1951!

[altstic]

this was the song for my bridal waltz!

[steveknows62]

@altstic

Hey you rock

[djflyingv]

C'mon Now, Just the title alone is great, the song is great, the performance is great.

This record is cooler than the South Pole!

Man this is undoubtedly, absolutely, indubitably the SHIT!!!!

[MrSteamhammer100]

Wow, sooo great !!! Now it`s my favorite !! for that stuff i would give you 20* !!

[corkeyguitarplayer1]

Thanks so much.

I love it.

Corkey

[yaks2905]

me comeis to lo gordo!

[waylo4526]

this is cool and fun music

[MRDOOWOP1]

Just one of the coolest doo-wop song ever!!.....Go daddy-o

[blindpig69]

This song is so cool. Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes do a great version of this on their 1st album "I Don't Want to Go Home".I always wanted to hear the original. Thanks for posting !

[nogler2]

Hey Blindpig69, thanks for mentioning or version. I thought I was the only one who like the song. It is also the only song on our first album that I got to sing lead on. Check out youtube or google my name "Mr. Popeye'

[jgromoll]

I agree... loved Southeside J's version.

[UKViking66]

I had this on vinyl - an album called Risky Blues, sadly the ex got custody and I've wanted to be re-united with this song ever since!! Tonight I'm hugely happy!!! Thank you Joan!!

[marvy1118]

Sounds like something Frank Booth would listen to...

[Benn1988]

Damn, this song is fine... and that picture right there is of a very rare record indeed!! *Drools*

[limpnoodledagain]

If you do a search for the band name and the song name it sometimes pulls it up on youtube

if its there

Example

Butchie Saunders peppermint stick will eat my dick

If you just search for Butchie Saunders it won't come up...

Lazy search engine ?

[vince065us]

Blue light party music at it's best.

[JRussoBuffaloNY]

I love the dirty R&B from early years, I gotta find "peppermint stick will eat my dick" by Butchie Saunders and the Elchords 1957 I was born in "81" and I thought suggestive lyrics existed in modern music but then I discovered whinin boy blues by jelly roll morton and these fine R&B GEMS.

[nogler2]

outstanding recording. thank you for posting it.

[Joans20thCentury]

My pleasure