The song's intro includes a "
hipster"-style spoken exchange:
"Well, whatcha say, baby? You look ready as Mr. Freddy this black. How 'bout you and me goin' spinnin' at the track?"
"What's that, homie? If you think I'm goin' dancin' on a dime, your clock is tickin' on the wrong time."
"Well, what's your pleasure, treasure? You call the plays, I'll dig the ways."
"Hey daddy-o, I'm not so crude as to drop my mood on a square from way back..."
A single review in Billboard magazine included similar hipster parlance:
For back-room boogie with a mellow eight-to-the-bar kick, la [sic] Moore teams her tobacco pipes to the Black rhythm wing, giving big-time treatment to a small-time tune. Riding a solid rail, chirp chants it out with a contagious lilt. Dialog patter between Miss Moore and the tune's cleffer, Don Raye, is clever but takes up too much surface. "Postman" is typical B-side stuff.[1]
The single reached number eight on the
Hot 100 singles chart.[2]
Other recordings
"The House of Blue Lights" has been recorded by a variety of musical artists.
The song's intro includes a "
hipster"-style spoken exchange:
"Well, whatcha say, baby? You look ready as Mr. Freddy this black. How 'bout you and me goin' spinnin' at the track?"
"What's that, homie? If you think I'm goin' dancin' on a dime, your clock is tickin' on the wrong time."
"Well, what's your pleasure, treasure? You call the plays, I'll dig the ways."
"Hey daddy-o, I'm not so crude as to drop my mood on a square from way back..."
A single review in Billboard magazine included similar hipster parlance:
For back-room boogie with a mellow eight-to-the-bar kick, la [sic] Moore teams her tobacco pipes to the Black rhythm wing, giving big-time treatment to a small-time tune. Riding a solid rail, chirp chants it out with a contagious lilt. Dialog patter between Miss Moore and the tune's cleffer, Don Raye, is clever but takes up too much surface. "Postman" is typical B-side stuff.[1]
The single reached number eight on the
Hot 100 singles chart.[2]
Other recordings
"The House of Blue Lights" has been recorded by a variety of musical artists.