In the summer of '91 (months before Kurt Cobain would change the guard) I introduced this song to my best friend in high school, Tom. This was the first time I had ever appreciated musical humor. An excellent modern example is a half-assed harmonica toot in the Demetri Martin track "Sames and Opposites" off his 2007 album These Are Jokes. But back then all we had was the BBD chant.
At 2:20 is the chant that kept us laughing in the pool throughout July and August.
The chant begins with a macho BBD chant followed immediately by a mousy, hurried BBD.
Typographically, this is how it goes:
B!
(pause)
B!
(pause)
D!
(pause)
bbd
So enjoy the greatest work of musical humor in R&B history.
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I had that flat-top haircut back in the 90's.
Who didn't?
The city of Portland, circa 1991
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