Pulling Mussels (From the Shell) Squeeze

Pulling Mussels (From the Shell) with footage from 1960 Seaside Heights, New jersey. link to full 16 min. video footage was taken from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WkEznmYlCk
Song Lyrics:

They do it down on camber sands,
They do at Waikiki
Lazing about the beach all day,
At night the crickets creepy
Squinting faces at the sky
A Harold Robbins paperback
Surfers drop their boards and dry
and everybody wants a hat
But behind the chalet
My holiday`s complete
and I feel like William Tell
Maid Marian on her tiptoed feet
Pulling mussels from a shell

Shrinking in the sea so cold
topless ladies look away
a He-man in a sudden shower
Shelters from the rain
You wish you had a motor boat
To pose around the harbor bar
And when the sun goes off to bed
You hook it up behind the car
But behind the chalet
My holiday`s complete
and I feel like William Tell
Maid Marian on her tiptoed feet
Pulling mussels from a shell.

Two fat ladies window shop
Something for the mantelpiece
In for bingo all the nines
A panda for sweet little niece
The coach drivers stand about
looking at a local map
About the boy`s he`s gone away
Down to next door caravan.
But behind the chalet
My holiday`s complete
and I feel like William Tell
Maid Marian on her tiptoed feet
Pulling mussels from a shell.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• New jersey

[doorswhofan]

@MisterBouncyBounce: Wow, that's pretty neat how that footage was presumably used to promote tourism, yet unintentionally gives us a relatively detailed glimpse into Seaside Heights, NJ during that era. Priceless, IMHO. Thanks so much for the info man, and most of all for posting everything in the first place! :-) Happy Holidays to you and yours!

[MisterBouncyBounce]

@doorswhofan glad you enjoyed it, it's my pleasure and the same to you and yours bud.

i added a link to the full film in the info section for easy access for anyone interested.

[doorswhofan]

Where did all this film footage come from BTW? It's pretty darned good, especially for 1960! :-)

[MisterBouncyBounce]

@doorswhofan this footage is from a municipal promo film for seaside. its much longer than this. i got it off youtube a few years back and cut it to fit the song. it might still be floating around here if you dig deep enough.

[steve19745]

@ firefliocs at least thats what your parents wanted you to think. ; )

[MisterBouncyBounce]

@steve19745 hahaha you are probably right!

[dumapies]

jersey shore when it wasn't full of guido sluts

[HoneydewHuey]

@raderator Oh I see, you think it's only non-whites who are involved with organized crime, vandalism and drive-by shootings? You must be pretty sheltered then, and I'm sorry you were raised to be not only ignorant but irrationally bigoted as well. There are bad people in the world, period - a person's race does not determine whether they are good or evil.

[SomethingReal1119]

wow,great vid! memories of all my days at the jersey shore... before it became...well, what dumapies said above! ;0)

[church74steve]

Grew up in Jersey, footage is great. Can barely remember. Thanks

[biggiedickson]

I heard this song in a walgreens, and I had to come here to say it is the worst song I've ever heard.

[Dylanian777]

smodcast

[Dsenuik]

anybody reminded of the strokes by this?

[doorswhofan]

@MisterBouncyBounce: You're the most man...rock on! :-)