Stray Cats - Sweet Gene Vincent

Paris, 75 France, 2008-09-04.


Blue Gene baby

Skinny white sailor, the chances were slender
The beauties were brief
Shall I mourn you decline with some thunderbird wine
and a black handkerchief?
I miss your sad Virginia whisper
I miss the voice that called my heart

Sweet Gene Vincent
Young and old and gone
Sweet Gene Vincent

Who, who, who slapped John?

White face, black shirt
White socks, black shoes
Black hair, white strat
Bled white, died black

Sweet gene Vincent
Let the blue cats roll tonight
At the sock hop ball in the union hall
Where the bop is their delight

Here come duck-tailed Danny dragging Uncanny Annie
She's the one with the flying feet
You can break the peace daddy sickle grease
The beat is reet complete
And you jump back honey in the dungarees
Tight sweater and a pony tail
Will you guess her age when she comes back stage?
The hoodlums bite their nails

Black gloves, white frost
Black crepe, white lead
White sheet, black knight
Jet black, dead white

Sweet Gene Vincent
There's one in every town
And the devil drives 'till the hearse arrives
And you lay that pistol down

Sweet Gene Vincent
There's nowhere left to hide
With lazy skin and ash-tray eyes
a perforated pride

So farewell mademoiselle, Knickerbocker Hotel
Farewell to money owed
But when your leg still hurts and you need more shirts
You got to get back on the road

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[mondoporno]

vous avez plus de videos de ce concert??? vous pouvez m´envoyer??? jai plein des photos super bonnes

[OldCreedence]

Non, pas d'autre vidéo de ce concert ...

[mikeystrafford]

cor blimey guv... luv a duck waheey it's cockerney Brian Setzer - lol

this is a mega version....

Mikey xx

[mikeystrafford]

Wow

Miky xx

[ZLUGGO]

Lame. The original version is a lot better. Especially with Mick Jones as guest guitarist.

[GaryNull]

What year was this recorded?

[GaryNull]

This is just very surprising to see though.

I remember playing this bands cover songs in a band at the time, but seeing this band do this song is a big wtf.

And it was pretty fucking good.

[zinnemers69]

SID was the best! RIP!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!

[rockabillygaz]

the scene is still strong people ,check it out,,forever rockabilly,,

[TheWhitehall]

Are The Cats still prowling the scene?

[MrJohnKrauthaker]

i cought em in brixton that tour, couldn't believe they pulled that one out of the hat.. great song!!

[buttonboxes2711]

I'm a huge Ian Dury fan, but I liked this version a lot.