| 词条 | The Young Caucasians |
| 释义 |
The Young Caucasians were a pop band from the Washington DC area, who had a measure of success in the 1980s after an appearance on the comedy television show Saturday Night Live. The band released a seven-song album, Pop Quiz (Wasp Records, 1983),[1] and six-song EP, The White Stuff (1986).[2] While the Washington Post described their music as "good-humored", it noted that they were not a "joke band".[3] Their most notable performance was in a 1977 skit on Saturday Night Live with Ray Charles during which they played the Charles classic "What'd I Say", a song whose erotic content had been causing some controversy because of "the dialogue between himself [Charles] and his backing singers that started in church and ended up in the bedroom".[4] The skit was a spoof of the double racial standard of the time; Charles hosted an episode and had the original band he toured with in the 1950s to join him. In the skit, he tells a producer that he wants to record the song, but the producer tells him that a white band named the "Young Caucasians", composed of beaming white teenagers, are to record it first, which they do on the show, in a chaste, sanitized, and unexciting performance. When Charles and his band counter with their original version, Garrett Morris tells them, "Sorry. That'll never make it".[5] References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1983/06/26/recent-releases-from-dc-rockers/6301b7f8-75bb-4440-a132-46cf610b24ac/|title=Recent Releases From D.C. Rockers|first=Richard|last=Harrington|date=26 June 1983|publisher=|via=washingtonpost.com}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Young Caucasians}}2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1986/12/19/the-caucasions-show-some-soul/4020c16f-756b-4109-b6a7-da5a5d880e1a/|title=The Caucasions Show Some Soul|first=Joe|last=Sasfy|date=19 December 1986|publisher=|via=washingtonpost.com}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/12/25/the-70s-are-back/0edb3077-78e5-46af-ae0f-6ca1455c8a5a/|title=THE '70S ARE BACK|first=Mark|last=Jenkins|date=25 December 1987|publisher=|via=washingtonpost.com}} 4. ^{{cite book|last=Evans|first=Mike|year=2007|title=Ray Charles: The Birth of Soul|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-1-84449-764-5|page=111}} 5. ^{{cite book|last=Lydon|first=Michael|year=1998|title=Ray Charles: Man and Music|publisher=Riverhead Books|isbn=1-57322-132-5|page=330}} 2 : Musical groups from Washington, D.C.|Comedy musical groups |
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