Post #356533 by JenTiki on Tue, Jan 22, 2008 11:26 AM

On 2008-01-22 10:00, ikitnrev wrote:
Here's the perfect song to play, while seated in your tiki room, sipping your drink, and looking at the above painting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDJpfxgNvDE

Its a version of Slim Gaillard's 'Atomic Cocktail' which was originally recorded just 5 months after Hiroshima and Nagaski.

*It's the drink that you don't pour
Now when you take one sip you won't need anymore
You're small as a beetle or big as a whale - BOOM - Atomic Cocktail.

Splashes ice all around the place
When you see it coming, grab your suitcase
It'll send you through the sky like airmail - BOOM - Atomic Cocktail.*

If you want a great, great (but pricey) box-set full of atomic bomb themed music, I highly recommend the box set called :'Atomic Platters - Cold War Music from the Golden Age of Homeland Security' http://www.conelrad.com/media/atomicmusic/sh_boom.html

ka-Boom!
Vern

Way too funny! That's my bass player's band in that video! I just saw him perform that song in Berkeley last Thursday! In fact, I was at the show where that video was recorded at Kelly's Jazz Club in Alameda.

There's also a great little book called Atomic Cocktails with some fun recipes.