83. Get on your bikes and ride!

83. "Fat-Bottomed Girls" by Queen

Bums.

Buns.

Butts.

Backsides.

Booties.

Behinds.

Bottoms.

Is there any topic more fun to sing about in all of rock 'n' roll?

Nope.

That's why the funnierest song in the movie "This is Spinal Tap" is "Big Bottoms." The lyrics are a masterwork of non-subtlety, and to get the point across musically, all the guitars are bass guitars, and the drums are mostly bass drums. It's all about the bass.




What song was Spinal Tap spoofing? It had to be "Fat-Bottomed Girls." As kids growing up in Arimo, this was one of those naughty songs that we weren't supposed to know the lyrics to. But somehow we did. And to this day, whenever this song starts up on the radio, I can't resist the guilty pleasure of singing along with the volume topped out.



Of course, there is a particular girl I have in mind when I sing this song. And I'm betting it's the same one you have too. It's because of the "Bicycle Race" song tie-in the band did with the line "Get on your bikes and ride!" Due to that line, the fat-bottomed girl I think of with this song is the push-bike girl on the Paul Hogan show.




Crickey! Those fat-bottomed sheilas make me want to spend some time exploring the beauty of the land down under. Fair dinkum!