Jerry Lee Lewis, Still Rockin' On!
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You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain
Too much love drives a man insane
You broke my will but what a thrill
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire
Those lyrics still go round my head. When my wife and I were in our late twenties and into Latin and Ballroom dancing in a big way, one of our dance instructors showed us a brief film, (no videos back then,) of an American couple jiving and he was lifting her, spinning her and in general it was more gymnastic than dance. But we got into it.
The song that I quoted, Great Balls of Fire, was fast paced and perfect for the gymnastic style of lifting yet keeping in rhythm. It was also a very short song, less than two minutes, and the amount of energy that would spend, that was about all we could manage. Rattle my brain? That and everything else!
Too much love drives a man insane
You broke my will but what a thrill
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire
Those lyrics still go round my head. When my wife and I were in our late twenties and into Latin and Ballroom dancing in a big way, one of our dance instructors showed us a brief film, (no videos back then,) of an American couple jiving and he was lifting her, spinning her and in general it was more gymnastic than dance. But we got into it.
The song that I quoted, Great Balls of Fire, was fast paced and perfect for the gymnastic style of lifting yet keeping in rhythm. It was also a very short song, less than two minutes, and the amount of energy that would spend, that was about all we could manage. Rattle my brain? That and everything else!
ChiroDoc
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Ran across this great video of Jacob Tolliver playing "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On" at Jerry Lee's 85th birthday. The kid is good, and it was obvious Jerry Lee enjoyed it: