Frankie Paradiso's be - Bop - A - Lula blues - Ode to gene vincent

Hi, it's Frankie Paradiso here, and it's time for a song about Gene Vincent, one of the greatest Roackabilly singers and songwriters. Just like Elvis, he came from a poor kind of country background, and he made it big because of his stage act, which was remarkable. He usually looked as if he was about to have a nervous breakdown or an epilectic seizure, his eyes staring at the ceiling. But he also had a lot of fun on stage; he had a great guitarist, Cliff Gallup, nicknamed Galloping Cliff, who played very innovative guitar runs and what-have-you. But he got into a lot of trouble: first, he smashed his leg in a motorcycle accident which left him with a limp for the rest of his life, and then he got into trouble with the local authorities because he had the funny habit of storing wine bottles, being partially of French descent, inside his amplifiers, and so the police suspected him of trying to sell liquor on stage, or something. The tax man was after him because he'd made a lot of money, and the CIA because he always went around saying things or telling stories like Big Brother is watching you or the President has no power at all, it's the CIA that's running the country and stuff like that. So he got together with one representative from the CIA, the tax man and his own manager, Sheriff Tex who claimed he'd written his greatest hit, Be-Bop-A-Lula. Gene thought, well, maybe I can bribe them with 3 incredibly expensive bottles of wine said to have belonged to 3 mistresses once entertained by the Emperor Napoleon. So the men got together and Gene put the 3 bottles on the table and he opened the first bottle, uncorked it, you know, and drank it straight off, saying THIS ONE'S FOR GENE! The men kind of smirked and thought, well! That's a funny kind of offer, and Gene went on to drink the second bottle straight off, saying THIS ONE'S FOR VINCENT! The men were counting, you know, 1,2 ... Gene Vincent's his full stage name, so the third bottle we'll share among the three of us! But then Gene drank the third bottle saying AND THIS ONE'S FOR MY LEG THAT'S BEEN GIVING ME SO MUCH PAIN FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS! That was the end of Gene Vincent's career in the US. He left the country for England mainly, played lots of gigs in France as well, where he was even more popular. Here's my ode to him, to cut a long story short, called Be-Bop-A-Lula Blues. BE-BOP-A-LULA BLUES (Ode to Gene Vincent) Music & Lyrics by Frankie Paradiso 2013 REMINISCING 'BOUT THAT HIGH SCHOOL HOP LONG BEFORE THE MIGHTY BUCK WOULD DROP TWISTING 'ROUND THE BEND WITH DARLENE-LOU I SAW ONE STAR DOOMED TO BID ADIEU GENE VINCENT, BLUE-CAPPED CUPID ETERNAL ADOLESCENT GROWN-UPS WERE SO STUPID TO CALL YOU A DELINQUENT BUT YOU REFUSED TO STOOP -- IT MADE YOU EFFERVESCENT SO LET'S DRINK A TOAST TO ROCKIN' GENE VINCENT! NOW THERE WAS A GUY WHO GOT THAT GREASY BEAT FATE LEFT HIM A CRIPPLE, NO FLASHING FEET HE WAS THE ONE WHO MADE THOSE LYRICS DANCE THE COOLEST DUDE TO REIGN O'ER TEEN ROMANCE BE-BOP-A-LULA LONG LIVE GENE VINCENT ROVING EYES SO DELIQUESCENT BE-BOP-A-LULA THOSE BLACK LEATHER PANTS KEPT US JIVING TO CLIFF LIGHTNING HANDS BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO SAY FAREWELL YOU'RE ONE OF A KIND, NOBODY AS SWELL HATS OFF TO YOU, VIRGINIAN GRANDMASTER YOU LEFT TOO SOON, DEVIL'S LANE'S SO MUCH FASTER OGLING THAT GAL IN THE RAINBOW JEANS YOU'RE THE LEADER OF THE LOVE-TORN TEENS GENE VINCENT, GREATEST ROCKABILLY GENIUS THIS WORLD HAS SEEN AND I DON'T MEAN MAYBE YOUR SONGS SURE DID LIGHT UP THE SKY MADE GREY CLOUDS ROLL, MY OH MY BYE-BYE GENE VINCENT, BLUE-CAPPED CUPID ETERNAL ADOLESCENT GROWN-UPS WERE SO STUPID TO CALL YOU A DELINQUENT BUT YOU REFUSED TO STOOP -- IT MADE YOU EFFERVESCENT SO LET'S DRINK A TOAST TO THE GREAT GENE VINCENT! (Brief guitar solo) .... God bless you, Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps, Wherever you may be... So Long!