kill thing pappy

the above was very briefly used as a nickname for by the late mr. jac zinder, and it is the title of a particularly odd 50's calypso tune.

never really could figure out the lyrics...

"kill thing pappy-is the way they go
kill thing pappy-win or lose"

is the chorus, i believe...can't do a search on the web because i'm not even sure of the title nor the artist (archie thomas and his rhythm makers?) , and the beat up old label-less 78 is history now...

i find myself having incredibly vivid memory replays based on music, and when i heard this song in the cassette player of my daughter's mother's car the other day i was whisked away to an evening at the old 'dance club' that jac and i co-hosted (he did most of the work, i spun musics).

as i get older i seem to re-connect more and more to memories via my music collection.

and having access to the only cassette player in the family for a month has helped me to appreciate my old mix-tapes (that's another entry)...

this memory was a fun one, and when i played that song it was one of those weird nights where everyone at the venue was on the same wavelength and they all danced.

sometimes a song'll do that sort of thing.

and that's why jac thought that 'kill thing pappy' would make a good 'handle' for me.

i'd almost forgotten.

of course, mentioning the title/name disturbs my daughter, but someday she'll recall fondly her dad and his weird musical interludes.

maybe with a song...