On That Note: (I'm In With) The In Crowd

[MeanDean]

Welcome to another weekly posting from the On That Note guys, @cyclones500, @CycloneRulzzz and me.

This week we're looking for song titles or lyrics that reference popular catch phrases or fads. Fads can be anything with a time-limited popularity such as toys or clothing. For the clothing fads we are expanding to include fashion since fashion and fad would seem to overlap.

If it's not obvious from the title, please include the applicable lyrics and/or whether it's a fad or catch phrase.

For this OTN, we are not including dance craze fads, since we did a dance OTN a year ago or so.

Last week for OTN the subject was: "Sad" Songs (Say So Much)

It can be found here: https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/on-that-note-sad-songs-say-so-much.269649/

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My first 5

Short Shorts - Royal Teens (fad/fashion)


Chipmunks Song - Chipmunks (fad - hula hoop)


Keep On Trucking - Eddie Kendricks (catch phrase)


Taking Care of Business - BTO (catch phrase)


Uptight (Everything's Alright) - Stevie Wonder (catch phrases, Uptight, Out-a-sight)

 

[matclone]

 

[MeanDean]

Catch Phrase

 

[diaclone]

Ramsey Lewis - "The In Crowd"

 

[MeanDean]

Convoy - Fad (CB Radio)

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

fashion fads - gator shoes, Velour jumpsuit

 

[matclone]

 

[diaclone]

Gene Chandler - "Groovy Situation"
Also in the lyirics "can you dig it, can you dig it, can you dig it"

 

[cyclones500]

 

[diaclone]

Canned Heat - "Woodstock Boogie"

"boogie all night long"
"put on boogie shoes"

 

[matclone]

Can you dig it, baby?

 

[diaclone]

Jim Stafford - "Wildwod Weed"

 

[Cydar]

 

[matclone]

Not sure if the songs came from the phrase or the phrase came from the songs.







Hey good lookin'
Whatcha got cookin'

 

[MeanDean]

Mellow Yellow was rumored to be dried banana peel - that you could smoke like pot and supposedly get high. It didn't work (yes, we tried it.) So I guess it was a 'fad.'

 

[diaclone]

Ray Charles - "hit the road jack" catch phrase

 

[MeanDean]

Catch phrase (From Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In)

 

[MeanDean]

Skateboarding was a fad. It sort of died out then was reborn as it's own subculture a decade or so later. Sidewalk Surfing was about the fad. Always got a kick out of the lyric response "bust your buns."

 

[diaclone]

Argent - "Hold Your Head Up"

 

[diaclone]

Peter Gabriel and Yousssou N'Dour in this version - "Shakin The Tree"