Does anyone else find it sort of odd that in the song "Jailhouse Rock" Elvis sings the line "Number forty-seven said to number three, 'You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see'"?
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LOL! Now that you mention it... Now I'll stick to a previous response of mine about respecting preferences : )
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Odd, no. Why would I? That it's possibly/probably a homosexual reference, or that many men in jail find "love" with other men in "the clink"? :)
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no thats the norm for 85% of the population in jails ...men or women
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back in the '50s yes, but certainly not today.
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It's odd for the times in which the song was sung. I can imagine that in the context of the movie, where the inmates do a dance (on TV in a multi-story jail set, I think), that this line could justify the guys dancing with each other because they had no women to dance with. I really doubt that the song is talking about gay prison activities because of the era in which it was written. (Not that there's anything wrong with being gay.)
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Is that what he said? Wow, Elvis, early gay activist...
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"Number forty seven said to Number Three: You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see. I sure would be delighted with your company Come on and do the jailhouse rock with me." Source and further information: http://www.guitar-music-tabs.com/elvis-presley-tabs/jailhouse-rock_tab23506.html "The line, "Number 47 said to number 3, You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see," is a sly reference to prison sex but was not offensive enough to create any controversy over the song." Source and further information: http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=574 Further information: http://blogs.theage.com.au/thedailytruth/archives/2007/08/tutti_frutti.html http://www.metafilter.com/60817/Fifty-years-in-the-jailhouse
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