What George Thorogood could have taught Paris Hilton---On " Bad to the Bone"

Thursday, May 10, 2007
What George Thorogood could have taught Paris Hilton---On "Bad to the Bone"

Recently I had the occasion to overhear two teens talking and one gal said to another: "I'm getting sick and tired of hearing some girls market their judgment errors as product advantages."

I was still and said nothing. Here was someone who understood what Paris Hilton did not. I speculated that this teen had listened to George Thorogood---ALL of the songs and not just "Bad to the Bone."

Even when one reads the lyrics to Bad to the Bone :

On the day I was born, the nurses all gathered 'round
And they gazed in wide wonder, at the joy they had found
The head nurse spoke up, said leave this one alone
She could tell right away, that I was bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone

I broke a thousand hearts, before I met you
I'll break a thousand more baby, before I am through
I wanna be yours pretty baby, yours and yours alone
I'm here to tell ya honey, that I'm bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone

I'll make a rich woman beg, and I'll make a good woman steal
I'll make an old woman blush, and make a young girl squeal
I wanna be yours pretty baby, yours and yours alone
I'm here to tell ya honey, that I'm bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone

When I walk the streets, kings and queens step aside
Every woman I meet, they all stay satisfied,
I wanna tell ya pretty baby, what I see I make my own
And I'm here to tell ya honey, that I'm bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone


One does have to ask the deeper question: Where is the rest of the story? Where are the other lyrics?

The answer to that question is in the song, "Move it on Over"---which I have posted on the upper right side of the blog. Yes, the big old dog came in late after an evening of error, and found the door locked...and ended up sleeping in the doghouse. That is the rest of the story.

Looking back at "Bad to the bone", one sees the humorous and satiric side in George Thorogood---yes the deeper side to those bold lyrics.

Click on the post to read the story about the sculpture that is being unveiled in Brooklyn of Paris Hilton. Just before Prom Weekend.

I do think a thorough lesson plan on the lyrics and music of George Thorogood---Bad to the Bone as well as the "rest of the story" in Move it on Over should be included in the education of every young adult. One does need more than judgment errors to make a good marketing plan.

And yes.

Turn it up real loud. It's better loud.