Me and my friends loved both of them, but by far the one we loved best was the fun loving Honeydrippers album, VOLUME ONE.
I remember during the first few weeks of its release, thinking what a bone head our local DJ was because he kept referring to the group as the honeyDIPpers. as if the members all had Chicken McNuggets needing some sweet topping sauce. but I shouldn't have spoke too soon because later I found MYSELF on the end of a misheard line:
When it came out that the HoneyDrippers was named after a line in the Led Zeppelin' song "Black Dog", I said, "I don't remember them saying Honey Drippers in Black Dog?" My friend said, "Sure they do, it goes 'Hey hey baby when you walk that way, watch your honey drip, can't keep away', remember?", to which I remarked, "Huh! I always thought he was saying 'Watch your heartache trip can't keep away'"! D'oh, I took a LOT of heat for that one!
Anyway, with songs like "I Got a Woman" and the much MTV played "Sea Of Love", it was a great addition to our Led Zeppelin collection, and the song we loved most was the Jazz Swinging "Rocking At Midnight", a song we'd blast every time it came on the air!
So a few years later and I'm cruising in the car with some friends from college, when I bring out a cassette with the Honeydrippers on it and tell them, "Hey guys, here's a kick ass album you'll all remember" and launch right into Rocking At Midnight, blasting it for all it was worth!
One of my friends jumps up and yells, "Holy CRAP, I LOOOOOOVVEE THIS SONG!!! This was my FAVORITE back then!!! HELL YEAH, blast it...." before tapering off to a quiet "Wait...what IS this?" I'm like, "Dude, It's Rocking At Midnight" by the Honeydrippers!", to which he replied, "WHO? I never heard of them OR this song before." He certainly was disappointed.
"Dude", I began again, "You were so excited, who did you THINK this was?" to which he sheepishly said " Aw Man, I thought you were playing 'The Curly Shuffle'!" Oh MAN, me and my friends all fell about the floor cracking up!!! From Led Zeppelin to the Three Stooges, it was priceless!!!
Years later and I'm ripping a bunch of compilations songs and arranging them on my harddrive, and come across the aforementioned Curly Shuffle by the hilarious Jump N The Saddle Band on it, and as I listened to it, I heartily laughed out loud... I have to cut my friend some slack, there IS sort of a resemblance, after all!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHA
