

Oh no, it’s going to change the morals of our nation, we can’t have that playing on the radio! When you think of ‘Louie, Louie’ (by the Kingsmen) now, you think of John Belushi and toga parties - it’s crazy.” “The FBI did an investigation because maybe there’s some suggestive lyrics about a girl on a boat song. ‘Dirty Dancing’ was a perfect example of how that song was so raunchy that people were grinding together on the dance floor, still in a safe way, but it inspired those feelings.” Songs like ‘Do You Love Me’ (by the Contours). Why’s he coming? Because he loves you and he wants to be with you. “When you think about records like ‘Get Ready’ by the Temptations, get ready because here he comes. “This was hormonal rage that you finally were expressing and maybe never realized,” Lubinsky said.

Over time, the party songs stayed happily subversive - if that’s what you were looking for. I said to Chubby - I’m not sure if you’re going to see this as part of the interview - you were the original safe sex.” they’re leaning in, they’re leaning out and they come as close to copping a feel as you could get. When you look at this footage, and a lot of it is included in the show, you start to see the kids being kids as they’re coming to maturity. The song called ‘Madison Time’ was maybe the biggest thing at that point but again that was more of a line dance more than anything. “People were dancing closer together and kind of checking each other out,” said Lubinsky of “The Twist.” “(For) the cha-cha, most often people were apart from each other and the hokey pokey was more of a circle dance.
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While “The Twist” and the party songs of the era might seem tame to modern ears, a closer look shows that the early rock ’n’ rollers knew how to “Talk Dirty” long before Jason Derulo ever came on the scene. Music revivalist TJ Lubinsky, a native of Bradley Beach, is set to present his latest PBS fundraiser, “My Music: ’50s & ’60s Party Songs,” co-hosted by Chubby Checker. Let’s “Twist” again – but kids, watch how close you dance to each other.
