GREAT TUNE!!   I always loved the lyrics.  ...a whole lotta double entendre goin' on!

 TheKing2 wrote:

However, you understand the PSD button so that's good.

 Cueburned wrote:

What a great memory! Thanks!

EXCELLENT!! ICONIC!!  Thanx RP!   

 bimmerfan739 wrote:

Yup! :)

 Cueburned wrote:

Great story!

 oldsaxon wrote:

Well said!

Why is this not 8 or above, this is great by the killer

Went to Memphis.  Visited Sun Records. 
I stood in the room Sam Philips built for recording Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis, BB King, Johnny Cash,  Roy Orbison, Howlin' Wolf and many others.  I listened to "Whole Lot of Shakin"  playback from the original control room in the studio where it was recorded .   Amazing.   

 oldsaxon wrote:

Maybe they don't like Jerry L Lewis and until now have not discovered the PSD button. For me it is a 5.

 
ScottFromWyoming wrote:
I'm always a little amused that
Jerry Lee Lewis,
Mickey Gilley
Jimmy (Lee) Swaggart are cousins!

Especially Jimmy Swaggart!

 oldsaxon wrote:
 
Said ratings might have something to do with the fact that he married an embryo.
Cool song though.

Whose barn?  What barn?  My barn.

Jerry Lee was quite the showman....and in the 50s no doubt....bad ass MF in my book (cousins aside) and I'm so close to going to a 10 on this early RnR masterpiece......ok to hell with it...it's a 10....Long Live RP!!

I'd also highly recommend the Live album recorded in Germany back in 64, Live at the Star Club in Hamburg; t's freaking awesome!

Always reminds me of the Year Of Living Dangerously, terrifying scene and debut of Mel Gibson.

 TampaPurple wrote:
Yegads, sometimes I forget there are R&R songs older than me!  ; )

 On_The_Beach wrote:
 
Pretty sure AbileneTexas was referring to the age of the song, not the artist.  

 AbileneTexas wrote: 
JLL is 82.

Sixty-one years old and holding up just fine!

Just try to not shake listening to this ;-)

Thank's Bill

ROCK AND ROLL!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh Jerry Lee!

Chair dancing!  ShouderShaking! Butt swinging!  

 govna wrote: 
Uncle Daddy

 rdo wrote: 
sacrilege!  (shake it to cure it : )

There is no one who rocks quite like Jerry Lee.  Solid, understated, in control, powerful.

Thank goodness the Beatles came along.
Took these roots and gave them cosmic branches.

that's rock as we unfortunately don't do it anymore ! Always good to dance to :))

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 

 WonderLizard wrote: 

 DanFHiggins wrote: 
Say it again. 

I saw him in teh early 90s and he was still able to make you jump, amazing!!

1st time used HD slideshow. Glad I did on this song.

Jazz Fest in New Orleans, maybe 25 years ago. Jerry Lee stands up, kicks over his piano stool, and snarls at us: "ANY OF MAH WIVES OUT THERE?"

 

 Athyrius wrote: 
I dont kare if its rootz or whatnot...tiz not good muzic...2

Who is this old guy and I think he's ripping off Arcade Fire...that's a major RnR band for the 21st century, you know.  

One of the most talented cousin-f***ers to ever walk the earth.

 lee_sf wrote: 
uummm.... you ever heard of that new  " rock & roll "  music?  I believe this would be just exactly " IT "

lets keep them old farts happy...

If at least one limb isn't moving to this, you must be dead. I love the controlled energy of the drums and JLL's voice.
Dated - yes. Likely to appeal to the yoof of today - no. But, what the hell! 

This song always reminds me of the 1985 movie "The Heavenly Kid."  Remember that one?  Didn't think so...

A whole lot of stealin' the music and 'putting a white face on it' going on ...

get dem bimbos back ina barn afore depity dawg shows......jeezz,.... ( I remember this as a new thing, beat hell outa how much is that doggy in the window ) rock on KILLER

Who lotta rock 'n' roll. Love it.

Good call!! 

the 'killer'

Whole lotta SCOTS going on!  #nannerdance

Pound it, kick it roll on the floor.  We be rocking, now!  

 tonypf wrote: 
Indeed. Growing up in Memphis as I did, watching and listening to Lewis and Elvis in those seminal days was about as incendiary in that stultified atmosphere as anything could be. White guys singing and moving like Black folk? Pass the smellin' salts! Of course I didn't realize that at 8, but I knew something was 'not right', which is to say, Exactly Right!! And the DJ Dewey Phillips (the object of the musical "Memphis")  on WHBQ putting out "race music" on white radio (yes, even radio was segregated then) was outrageous, but we all loved the music, the edginess that was in the air, but unheard by the kids. Marrying your cousin? Maybe in East Tennessee hill country, but not in respectable Memphis! Lawdy mercy!
 

Hard to imagine, 'cause I wasn't there, but this must have really shaken the dust off some folks and made 'em wanna dance in new ways — and prolly scared the bejeezus outta some others!

 Businessgypsy wrote: 
"commercial affection connoisseur"??  Is that the same as an industrial debutante?

One of the best songs from the 50s.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
At least he didn't marry them.

 ottojama wrote: 
Back in the day, who'd a thunk?

So 10 people (and I'm being SOOOO polite) give this a 1...why do you listen to this station? Why? why? What is point?

Jumped over to a lyrics search, and on the left side of the metrolyrics page, LMFAO...now I've got "wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, yeah!" stuck in my head

Definitely a T&A man. At least the kids were well developed... Nah, not really.

Surely you are going to hell for this one Jerry Lee.  

This song is a great metric for the darkness of an epileptic's sense of humor.

Thanks Bill, for the homage to the 5.9-er here in DC.  I have a lot of broken glass and two very confused dogs.  I thought they were supposed to be able to anticipate these things?  You know, "woof woof, Timmy's down the well again?!"

Yeah! It doesn't get more classic R and R than this!

EARTHQUAKE!!  Here in VA today.  Great song to shake along with.

some of the young asses on this forum don't believe in early
rock.  i pity them.  Killer gets a 10 because he was
crazy, innovative, a jerk, banned, and knew how to play a piano.
i had to ask if we were even allowed to listen to this
song.  doin' the chicken in the barn, and up yours younger
set.

 
All Star Jam, Live Italy (1989)
"This amazing concert brings together some of the true pioneers of rock 'n' roll music including Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, James Brown, Fats Domino, Ray Charles and B.B.King. Recorded in Italy in 1989 it features these legendary artists in performance of their best loved tracks such as Papa's Got A Brand New Bag, Bo Diddley, Great Balls Of Fire, Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On and Blueberry Hill. At the end of the concert all the performers come together for all-star jam that leaves the audience hollering for more. It's a rare event indeed that brings so many great live performers together on one bill and this DVD captures the real excitement of the evening. "

Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]

I am SO done with this tune. I know it has historical roots, and was a big deal for its time… yeah, yeah. Just never liked the style.

Rock & Roll.... in 1957. This is OUTSTANDING!
banal my ass.

 x3n0b07 wrote: 
If nothing else, it's one of the fundamental works in the history of rock and roll, but that doesn't mean everyone has to like it.  Read a little about the history of popular music if you really want to know "why people like this song".

Unfortunately I fail to see why people like this song.  It's not particularly catchy.  The lyrics are as banal as modern pop.  There's nothing notable in the performance.

I guess this was the pop music of the 50's, but I don't feel it holds up in any way today, or is otherwise worth remembering.

When did I start dancing like Bill Cosby? 

Shake n' Bake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43FfwAsSV4k

Love this song and the vibe but cannot get past some of what I have learned about "The Killer" 's personal life...

It's the Killaaah -  c'mon:  LET'S ROCK THIS JOINT!! 

 ottojama wrote: 
Yep, and he's the original "rock star". God bless his crazy ass!

Last man standing.

Chicken and toe tapping ;-)  Good Stuff

damn thought we was rating a song not having a anthropological and moral debate , its the "killer" his body of music is stands by itself, great tune

A friggin' mess here, Fixit.  Those averages are B.S. and your portrait of "the tropical regions" is the worst kind of uninformed anthropology.  Stick to what you know and stop sounding like a fool.
 Misterfixit wrote:

chasech5 wrote: BULLSHIT, BULLSHIT, BULLSHIT ............. YOU NEED TO GET A WINCH AND PULL YOUR HEAD OUT OF ......! According to the United Nations, not exactly a conservation right wing organization, Egypt, a 99% Islamic country with few non-Muslims still living there has a female mutilation rate of over 95%. That is, over 95% of all females over the age of 12 have been circumcised/mutilated. (DON'T BELIEVE ME MORON ......... GO TO GOOGLE AND LOOK IT UP!) And this in a country that in North Africa is widely considered to be the most modern and pro-western. You sir are either completely ignorant or, you are Muslim and are attempted to defend the indefensible.

Best segue ever, or you just put me in the "mood". Excellent radio!

Misterfixit wrote: The most informative and non-confrontational response I've ever had to a "controversial" post. If only everyone were as civilized! Cheers to you, Dave. - On The Beach

Classic tune for Rock and Roll. Great rendition and production.

Misterfixit wrote: Racists rants nothwithstanding, you have it completely backwards. Female circumcision is specifically prohibited ("haram") in Islam. Males are also rarely circumcised in most traditional cultures. In the cultures where this occurs, practices of this sort are found almost exclusively among the non-Muslims, rather than Muslims. And in areas where Shar'ia becomes dominant, these abhorrent practices cease. And yes, Muslims do consider women to be humans--they often elect them to be senators, parliamentarians, and heads of state, as well as regional governors and federal judges. So take your ignorance elsewhere, it doesn't belong among the great music and community of Radio Paradise.

and now....back to the music....
(ref. to thread)
this is a 10 btw

On_The_Beach wrote: Well, OK, then .. BTW my Grandmother married at age 13, birthed 16 children, 9 surviving. She and my grandfather celebrated their 75th Wedding Anniversary in 1948 and received a telegram from President Truman. She was the traveling mid-wife and health nurse in the Hollars of middle Tennessee for many years prior to World War Two. But of course that was an earlier day in the South. It seems to me that only in countries with Caucasian Anglo Saxons do folks become concerned about sex, marriage and/or pregnancy of children, or rather teenage females. It is statistically correct that among African-American families, the average generational span is 13 years ... that means 13 year old mothers, 26 year old grandmothers, 39 year old great grand mothers, and so on. All on welfare, of course. It is also pretty accurate that among the lowest classes of White people in the USA, the same lowered age of first birthing is seen. Your average white trash girl of 14 is most likely already a mother or mother to be. There is very little -- if any -- comment about the males who impregnate these females. Matter of fact, "Baby Daddies" in the black ghetto are held in high esteem for the number of different girls they impregnate. One expression frequently heard in the Black community is "Old Enough to Bleed, Old Enough to Breed" Other countries, particularly India and the Middle East, but also Latin America and some areas of Africa, consider a female to be marriageable as soon as the first menses begin -- which in the tropical regions can be as young as 10 years old. What of the men, usually aged over 30, who marry these girls? What of the many Latino immigrant families right here in the Nashville area which have mothers who are 14 or 15 and whose husbands are in their 30's. There have been several cases in the local courts where NeoCon prosecutors have attempted to persecute husbands whose wives were under the age of 18, even though they appeared to be happily married, with children attending school, and with all the trappings of a new immigrant family making their homes in the land of golden sidewalks. Same thing with some Somalia families here with child-bride wives of 13 or 14 who were arrested by the Truant Officer .... Of course, some of those countries, specifically the Moslems, carve away the labia majoria and the clitoris, usually using unsterilized knives or pieces of "holy glass". Interesting that those so-called religious folks don't worry about the emotional effect on the victims. But, wait, they don't consider females to be humans, now do they. Religious zealotry aside, I am infinitely more outraged over the treatment of children as sex-slaves and as targets of religious mutilation than the latest ululations over Dakota Fanning's imaginary rape scene. The point of this whole exercise is that everyone has their own perception. I agree with you that sexual activities between a child and an adult are indefensible. There is no debate about that. Likewise, the fact that Jerry Lee Lewis most likely took advantage of a naive and silly girl who was at that time emotionally immature but physically mature was also indefensible. However, at the end of the day, everything worked out between them, presumably. One can't speak to the amount of screwed up baggage Myrna must still carry, however. Only she can say one way or the other. So you see, we are both on the same sheet of music here, I just choose to look at all shades of gray instead of only black and white. Cheers, Dave

One of Jimmy Swaggart's most talented cousins!

pretty definitive rock and roll. It doesn't really get any better I think. 10 ed: then followed by Wilco--Casino Queen. Rock and Roll :-))

kcar wrote: Charlie Chaplin? Such a great artist . . . Alas. As for R. Kelly . . . e-yewww.

On_The_Beach wrote: So I guess we can't count on your guest appearance in R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet." Charlie Chaplin had a thing for young girls as well...

Never did like The Killer,havent change my mind.#5

Misterfixit wrote: If you think sex with 13-year-olds is OK (cousin or not), then that's your opinion, and you're entitled to it. I happen to think it's indefensible, so call me a prude.

On_The_Beach wrote: She was his third cousin so far removed from the blood line as to be non-existent. Why are folks hung up on that marrying your cousin "thing". The European "Nobility" has been doing it for hundreds of years. Of course it hasn't done them any good -- not a one of them have sense enough to pour blue blood out of a silver spoon -- but at least none of them have two heads yet. Besides if you look at Myra's picture when they were married she could have passed for at least sixteen .... legal in any state of the USA back then ... And last but not least ... "who cares"? It is like Clinton and Lewinsky. I couldn't care less if that toad Monica was doing him while he was doing the State of the Union ... that's his and her business. (The perjury and parsing part I do have a really big problem with, however.) Besides Myra and Jerry Lee got a divorce and still lived happily ever after. She's one of the biggest real estate developers in the south right now. And he is, well, he is Jerry Lee Lewis.

aflanigan wrote: Well, I agree, in principal, but every time I hear his name I can't help thinking he married his 13-year-old cousin. I'm sorry, but that is just repellant. That aside, the music speaks for itself.

This song is about Myra, you know ... the little lady who was 13, etc ...

Pure Americana Rock N Roll............shake it!

The real way to play...

dmax wrote: I could not agree more. The new versions are vile.

The greatest rock n roll song of all time.

...hubba hubba...now, where's my cousin....?

This always makes me think of "The Year of Living Dangerously". I agree with the person who said the artist is disturbing, but the song is great.

The incredible and his rockimg piano. Enjoyed him live maybe 10(!!!) years ago. Great action!

Roots.

I'm always a little amused that Jerry Lee Lewis, Mickey Gilley Jimmy (Lee) Swaggart are cousins!

John Lennon once said it actually couldn't get more rock 'n' roll than Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On. I guess he was right.

The Killer is a pivotal figure in Rock & Roll history, illustrating the evolution of Rock from Country music via Rockabilly. A vital transitional artist who truly deserves to be in the Hall of Fame.

Yeah!!

While I don't care much for the personality of this artist...you can't help but want to jump around when you hear this song.

Godlike with a capital G

go baby go