Pluggers by Rick McKee for February 21, 2015

We knew what it meant: We were Happy!

Sorry, but I’m unfamiliar with that tune… nor in which decade it was popular.

I’m kidding: This is probably a flashback. But those guys must be really getting up there by now. Even older in dog years!

It was written in the 1890s to early 1900s but became popluar in the latter 40s and early 50s. It was the theme song of a movie(with the same title with Doris Day and Gordon MacRae) plus ‘The Chordettes(from the Arthur Godfrey Show)made a ’45’ record of it. My Dad purchased it (because he liked the song)and it is still in my ‘45’ record collection ! ! !

In the mid 1950’s, it was an old standard that everyone knew. Our High School chorus used it as warm up music.

A Laurel and Hardy film featured this song… “Flying Deuces”… Ollie sang, and both were dancing. Feeling young and gay is timeless… it’s folks allowing their gutterbrain mentality to confound and ridicule good, wholesome joy…

I am so glad I’m Plugger enough to remember beautiful music with wonderful lyrics we could sing along to. Also fabulous singers whose voices made your heart soar. May they all RIP.

I love watching how language mutates through the years. In Robin Hood’s day the word “cute” meant what “gay” seems to now mean.Calling a man cute back then was fighting words.

Am I the only one who detects a twinge of homophobia in this?

Pluggers apparently are stuck in the 20’s-70’s and stubbornly refuse to accept modern society? Is this right?