# I'm listening to my '70s explosion CDs. . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 16, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-listening-to-my-70s-explosion-cds/340253 "2006-01-16T19:03:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-listening-to-my-70s-explosion-cds/340253/1 "2006-01-16T19:03:58Z")
and am enjoying the hell out of them. Some questions, though– How much does it cost? Would you buy it? Especially from the man who can’t even run his own life? Did anyone else realize what a little slut Jim Stafford’s girl in Spiders and Snakes was? There I was all cute and 7 years old singing about going to the swim hole and taking off all my clothes (although, if I remember correctly, Jim Stafford was kinda cute). Here’s a real question: From the opening line of the song called Give Me Just A Little More Time, I thought the lead singer sounded just like the guy who sings that version of Summertime with all the scatting. But my CD says it was sung by The Chairmen of the Board. Is the lead singer of CotB the same guy who sings Summertime? ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-listening-to-my-70s-explosion-cds/340253/2 "2006-01-16T19:28:04Z")
The guy who sang “Summertime” was Billy Stewart, and the lead singer of Chairmen Of The Board was General Norman Johnson. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-listening-to-my-70s-explosion-cds/340253/3 "2006-01-16T20:05:15Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Did anyone else realize what a little slut Jim Stafford’s girl in Spiders and Snakes was? There I was all cute and 7 years old singing about going to the swim hole and taking off all my clothes (although, if I remember correctly, Jim Stafford was kinda cute). I must have missed the line where it says they got all nekkid. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-listening-to-my-70s-explosion-cds/340253/4 "2006-01-16T21:13:30Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Would you buy it? Eh. I’ll try it. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-listening-to-my-70s-explosion-cds/340253/5 "2006-01-16T21:22:55Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > I must have missed the line where it says they got all nekkid. :dubious: \*I was nervous as you can guess Still looking for something, she slipped out her dress.[/] And then the little slut told Jim to “do whatcha wanna do.” ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-listening-to-my-70s-explosion-cds/340253/6 "2006-01-16T21:59:56Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > \*I was nervous as you can guess > Still looking for something, she slipped out her dress.[/] > And then the little slut told Jim to “do whatcha wanna do.” Actually the line is: > [@](#): > > I was nervous as you might guess > Still looking for somethin’ to slip down her dress But I do agree that they end up doing it. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-listening-to-my-70s-explosion-cds/340253/7 "2006-01-16T22:40:57Z")
A better 70s CD series is Rhino’s _Super Hits of the 70s: Have a Nice Day_. I have 18 of the 25 discs in the series. Lots of one-hit wonders and obscure stuff. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-listening-to-my-70s-explosion-cds/340253/8 "2006-01-16T22:45:34Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > But I do agree that they end up doing it. Naw, they don’t end up doing it, because the following lines are: \ And she said “come on over here.” I got silly and I found a frog in the water by a hollow log And I shook it at her, and I said ''This frog’s for you!", and she said… ''I don’t like spiders and snakes and that ain’t what it takes to love me, you fool…" So she wanted him, but he was a buffoon and couldn’t be serious, so he didn’t deserve to get any. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-listening-to-my-70s-explosion-cds/340253/9 "2006-01-16T22:56:57Z")
Daddy please don’t, it wasn’t his fault he means so much to me. Daddy please dont, we’re gonna get ma-reeeeeed ::Cue angels:: ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-listening-to-my-70s-explosion-cds/340253/10 "2006-01-16T23:20:13Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > Naw, they don’t end up doing it, because the following lines are: \ > > And she said “come on over here.” > I got silly and I found a frog in the water by a hollow log > And I shook it at her, and I said ''This frog’s for you!", and she said… > ''I don’t like spiders and snakes and that ain’t what it takes to love me, you fool…" > > So she wanted him, but he was a buffoon and couldn’t be serious, so he didn’t deserve to get any. Ah but later the line is: [QUOTEI was shy and so for a while Most of my love was touch and smile Til she said, “Come on over here” I was nervous as you might guess Still looking for somethin’ to slip down her dress And she said, “Let’s make it perfectly clear” She said, “I don’t like spiders and snakes And that ain’t what it takes to love me You fool, you fool I don’t like spiders and snakes And that ain’t what it takes to love me Like I want to be loved by you”[/QUOTE] Although it ends there, she was making it perfectly clear that he was gonna get him some. ---
**Author:** ![YellowTail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b5ac83/32.png) [@YellowTail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YellowTail)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-listening-to-my-70s-explosion-cds/340253/11 "2006-01-16T23:53:57Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > How much does it cost? Didn’t you have to buy them to listen to them? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-listening-to-my-70s-explosion-cds/340253/12 "2006-01-16T23:57:19Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > How much does it cost? Would you buy it? Especially from the man who can’t even run his own life? [Time Life page](http://www.timelife.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=2045&) ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-listening-to-my-70s-explosion-cds/340253/13 "2006-01-17T00:14:50Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > A better 70s CD series is Rhino’s _Super Hits of the 70s: Have a Nice Day_. I have 18 of the 25 discs in the series. > > Lots of one-hit wonders and obscure stuff. I have [this one](http://www.rhino.com/store/ProductDetail.lasso?Number=72919) from Rhino. It has more of the songs that I was looking for than the 70’s explosion. When you mentioned Summertime with all the scatting, I was thinking of Mungo Jerry? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-listening-to-my-70s-explosion-cds/340253/14 "2006-01-17T00:33:15Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > and am enjoying the hell out of them. We’re loving ours too! I’m going to have a lot of these songs played at my wedding reception (after making sure none of the real crap like Playground in my Mind gets through!) On the other hand, that would be a great song to play if we wanted to indicate that the party was over… ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Wawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@Captain\_Wawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Wawa)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-listening-to-my-70s-explosion-cds/340253/15 "2006-01-17T02:25:50Z")
\*Sha-la-la-la-la-la my lady In the sun with your hair undone Can you hear me now calling your name From across the bay A summer’s day laughing and a-hidin’ Chasing love out on Thunder Island Do-do-do-do-dut, do-do-dut, do-do-do-do-doooo Yeah, yeah, yeah\* Man, I love that song! 🙂