Big Ten Inch Record Lyrics
Got me the strangest woman
Believe me this trick's no cinch
But I really get her going
When I whip out my big 10 inch
[Chorus]
Record of a band that plays the blues
Well a band that plays the blues
She just love my big 10 inch
Record of her favorite blues
[Verse 2]
Last night I tried to tease her
I gave my love a little pinch
She said now stop that jivin'
Now whip out your big 10 inch
[Chorus]
Record of a band that plays the blues
Well a band that plays the blues
She just love my big 10 inch
Record of her favorite blues
[Verse 3]
I, I, I cover her with kisses
And when we're in a lover's clinch
She gets all excited
When she begs for my big 10 inch
Record of a band that plays the blues
Well a band that plays the blues
She just love my big 10 inch
Record of her favorite blues
[Harmonica Solo]
[Verse 4]
My girl don't go for smoking
And liquor just make her flinch
Seems she don't go for nothing
'Cept for my big 10 inch
[Chorus]
Record of a band that plays the blues
Band that plays the blues
She just love my big 10 inch
Record of her favorite blues
About
“Big Ten-Inch Record” is a cover of ‘dirty blues’ sax man Bull Moose Jackson’s 1952 song. It was written as a double entendre about ten-inch vinyl records that were common in the early 1900s.
A friend of the band (actually, their drug dealer) introduced them to this song after hearing the original track on Dr Demento’s syndicated radio show.
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Guitarist Brad Whitford said in an interview with Songfacts:
We did that song called “Big Ten Inch Record” and we were basically just doing it as a two-guitar, rock and roll approach. We were up in the studio recording it, and we were listening very heavily to the original version of the song, which was very similar to what we ended up with when we ended up bringing the horn section in. We decided, “Let’s actually make it sound a little more period. Let’s have the horns on it and make it sound more like the original version that we heard.”
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