Shake It Up and Go
Ike Turner & Jackie Brenston Lyrics
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But you ain`t too old to shift them gears
You can shake it up and go (Shake it up and go)
Shake it up and go (Shake it up and go)
You good-looking people sure can shake it up and go
Mama killed a chicken, she thought it was a duck
She put it on the table with his legs sticking up
Shake it up and go (Shake it up and go)
You good-looking people sure got to shake it up and go
I told my baby the week before last
The gait she had was just a little too fast
She had to shake it up and go (Shake it up and go)
Shake it up and go (Shake it up and go)
You good-looking people sure got to shake it up and go
Look here baby, you ain`t treating me right
You go out everyday, stay out late at night
You got to shake it up and go, baby (Shake it up and go)
You got to shake it up and go (Shake it up and go)
You good-looking people sure got to shake it up and go
The song Shake It Up and Go by Ike Turner & Jackie Brenston is an upbeat, energetic tune that encourages listeners to get up and move. The lyrics are catchy and playful, with a nod to older generations who may be considered too old to dance but are encouraged to let loose and shift those gears. The song is a call to action that urges listeners to shake off their worries and dance with abandon.
The music is infused with elements of R&B, rock and roll, and blues, and features driving rhythms and a horn section that adds to the upbeat, lively feel of the song. The lyrics, while simple, are full of clever wordplay and humorous anecdotes. For example, the line "Mama killed a chicken, she thought it was a duck" is a playful twist on the traditional "chicken and duck" game, and serves to highlight the carefree, lighthearted nature of the song.
Line by Line Meaning
You might be old, about 90 years
It doesn't matter if you're elderly, you can still have energy
But you ain`t too old to shift them gears
You still have the ability to change your pace-even if you're old
You can shake it up and go (Shake it up and go)
Alter your routine to get some excitement
Shake it up and go (Shake it up and go)
Rearrange and reenergize yourself
You good-looking people sure can shake it up and go
Attractive people, you need to change up your routine
Mama killed a chicken, she thought it was a duck
Misidentification can occur when we don't pay attention
She put it on the table with his legs sticking up
She didn't realize the animal's true form
She had to shake it up and go (Shake it up and go)
Her mistake caused her to react and change her approach
Shake it up and go (Shake it up and go)
Don't stay stuck on your mistakes, change your process
I told my baby the week before last
I addressed my baby about a problem recently
The gait she had was just a little too fast
Her speed was causing concerns
She had to shake it up and go (Shake it up and go)
She had to change her pace to address the issue
You go out everyday, stay out late at night
You're not treating me well by ignoring our relationship
You got to shake it up and go, baby (Shake it up and go)
You need to change your behavior and prioritize our connection
You good-looking people sure got to shake it up and go
Attractive people, prioritize a healthy relationship by changing up your routine
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: JULES BIHARI, RILEY B. KING
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@thebrazilianatlantis165
@@VogonPoet67 "Move It On Over" and "Guitar Boogie" are "hillbilly boogie," which became popular in about 1945. Blues with some backbeat had been around in the '20s and '30s. Tampa Red had been playing guitar boogie in about 1940 -- and that wasn't rock and roll either. All the known rock and roll recordings made before mid-1949, such as "Rock The Joint" by Jimmy Preston and "Rock And Roll" by Wild Bill Moore, are by R&B artists. All. That sound was called "rockers" in Billboard in 1949 and Albennie "Rock And Roll" Harris was using that nickname in print that year, the year she recorded the rocker "Jump And Shout." Rockabilly was that rock and roll sound mixed with "hillbilly" (i.e. C&W), and the first known example of rockabilly is by Hardrock Gunter in 1950. Country music was mixed with rock and roll from 1950 onward, whenever it was that was rockabilly (that was the year Haley got interested in doing so too btw, and what he got interested in was e.g. "Rock The Joint" recreated as partly country), and rock and roll had been invented before 1950 by black artists, not country artists.
Elvis, in press conferences in the '50s, said rock and roll was invented by black artists. The nth myth that whenever something important happens white people must have been around too, as it were, was nurtured by the imagination of white writers in the '60s-'80s. But Elvis e.g. knew better.
"no one did" Bill Moore, Wynonie Harris, Roy Brown, Jimmy Preston -- people like that in about 1947-1949, e.g. "We're Gonna Rock" 1947 by Moore. They were professional jump blues musicians making up a new sound to sell to black kids, which is why e.g. the black poet Al Young recalled that some black parents didn't approve of the black-deejayed show "Rocking With Leroy," which was around in 1947 (and Moore recorded a tribute to it in _1947_), years before Freed decided to have a similar show that started in 1951. The initial audience for the rock and roll sound was young black people who wanted to hear something new, which it was.
"Gospel was also influential on early... rock and roll" The rock and roll sound originated as black jump blues performed by black professional jump blues musicians as if it were black gospel as a sacrilegious joke.
"she basically invented the guitar solo"' No, as we know it it was basically popularized in U.S. commercial music by Eddie Lang (Lonnie Johnson's favorite guitarist, he said) when she was about 13. That led by the early '30s to people like Scrapper Blackwell, and T-Bone Walker's favorite guitarist was Blackwell, and T-Bone was a huge direct and indirect influence on the rock-and-roll-era guitarists.
"that many of the godfathers of rock" Chuck began recording for Chess in 1955, which is e.g. 6 years after Chris Powell recorded "Rock The Joint" and Albennie Jones recorded "Hole In The Wall." Chuck was one of the best, not one of the first. (Richard, like Sam Phillips, lied regarding chronology.)
Tharpe's talent was widely admired, and as with e.g. Bill Monroe, what that has to do with whether she was one of the people inventing the rock and roll sound in the late '40s is nothing. Buddy Holly recorded in 1949. But he wasn't into rock and roll yet then, so we don't pretend he was. Tharpe recorded no rock and roll in the late '40s either -- and didn't even approve of sacrilegious jokes.
@billchew450
Whatever one might think of Ike Turner as a human being, you Can't overstate the influence he had on rock and blues.
@thebrazilianatlantis165
On the contrary, people routinely do.
@sidneycarroll1058
Tina lies a lot,and ought be ashamed of herself,about some of what she said.
@tomasjones3755
Yeah.... I grew up w Ike Jr, when they lived in Ladera Heights [West L.A.]
Ike was noooooo gem, as a human being
@Ap-nv1hk
night hawk how did they do that?
@conchobar
Ike was no worse than your typical rock star. People have a right to hate him, but they need to take their blinders off because they probably love listening to plenty of other wife abusers.
@Jakedasnake1066
Rocket 88 is considered by most to be the first rock n roll song because it's the first song that uses distortion to affect the sound of the guitar. When they were driving to the studio to record, the guitar amp fell off the roof of the car, and they had to prop it up with wadded up newspaper, creating that buzz that you hear in the song.
@AllBobsAllTheTime
Great tune but considered "the first rock'n'roll song" because of Sam Philips' relentless p/r work - check out the aforementioned Hucklebuck, The Fat Man, and a couple of great covers: Wynonie Harris Good Rockin' Tonight and Jimmy Preston Oh Babe.
@kennycab3374
Was it Ikes guitar amp that fell off the car?
@eldesgraciado6690
Maybe Ike beat the crap out of the amp. The amp had to perform all messed up.