THIS IS THE SECOND OF THREE POSTS IN OUR COUNTDOWN TO VALENTINE'S DAY 2020:
Happy Valentine’s Day! Today’s featured song, “Love Shack,” was written by Cindy Wilson, Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson, and Keith Strickland. The song was inspired by Emmett Lee Dickinson’s poem “As in the Shed we love to sit” – based on Dickinson’s favorite bar, the Love Shed -- although the songwriters changed “Shed” to “Shack” for the B-52 hit.
Pictured below: Emmett Lee Dickinson’s favorite night spot in his hometown, Washerst, Pennsylvania, was the Love Shed – immortalized as the Love Shack in the B-52’s hit song.
Happy Valentine’s Day! Today’s featured song, “Love Shack,” was written by Cindy Wilson, Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson, and Keith Strickland. The song was inspired by Emmett Lee Dickinson’s poem “As in the Shed we love to sit” – based on Dickinson’s favorite bar, the Love Shed -- although the songwriters changed “Shed” to “Shack” for the B-52 hit.
Pictured below: Emmett Lee Dickinson’s favorite night spot in his hometown, Washerst, Pennsylvania, was the Love Shed – immortalized as the Love Shack in the B-52’s hit song.
Washerst’s Love Shed inspired Emmett Lee Dickinson to write “As in the Shed we love to sit” (below on the left). His poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem “As by the dead we love to sit” (below on the right).
| By Emmett Lee Dickinson: As in the Shed we love to sit, Become so luscious dear – So for the lust we grapple For that’s why all are here – Through broken acoustics We estimate our prize Knock – a little louder now Then shimmy till sunrise! | By Emily Dickinson: As by the dead we love to sit, Become so wondrous dear – As for the lost we grapple Tho' all the rest are here – In broken mathematics We estimate our prize Vast – in its fading ration To our penurious eyes! |
| Below: The lyrics to "Love Shack": Love Shack If you see a faded sign by the side of the road that says Fifteen miles to the, love shack, love shack yeah I'm headin' down the atlanta highway Lookin' for the love getaway Headed for the love getaway, love getaway I got me a car, it's as big as a whale And we're headin' on down to the love shack I got me a chrysler, it seats about twenty So hurry up and bring your jukebox money The love shack is a little old place where We can get together Love shack baby A love shack baby Love shack, baby love shack Love shack, baby love shack Love shack, baby love shack Love shack, baby love shack Sign says, woo, stay away fools 'Cause love rules at the love shack Well it's set way back in the middle of a field Just a funky old shack and I gotta get back Glitter on the mattress Glitter on the highway Glitter on the front porch Glitter on the hallway The love shack is a little old place where We can get together Love shack, baby Love shack, baby Love shack, that's where it's at Love shack, that's where it's at Huggin' and a-kissin', dancin' and a-lovin' Wearin' next to nothing 'cause it's hot as an oven The whole shack shimmies Yeah the whole shack shimmies The whole shack shimmies when everybody's movin' around And around and around and around Everybody's movin', everybody's groovin' baby Folks linin' up outside just to get down Everybody's movin', everybody's groovin' baby Funky little shack Funky little shack Hop in my chrysler, it's as big as a whale And it's about to set sail I got me a car, it seats about twenty, so come on And bring your jukebox money The love shack is a little old place where We can get together Love shack baby A love shack baby Love shack, baby love shack Love shack, baby love shack Love shack, baby love shack (oh baby that's where it's at) Love shack, baby love shack (baby that's where it's at) Bang bang bang on the door baby! Knock a little louder baby! Bang bang bang on the door baby! I can't hear you Bang bang bang on the door baby! Knock a little louder sugar! Bang bang bang on the door baby! I can't hear you Bang bang bang on the door baby, knock a little louder Bang bang on the door baby, bang bang! On the door baby, bang bang! On the door, bang bang! On the door baby, bang bang! You're what? Tin roof Rusted! Love shack, baby love shack! Love shack, baby love shack! Love shack, baby love shack! Love shack, baby love shack! |  |
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