California Shimmies and Shakes

Here are some earth-shaking songs to serenade the golden state as it slides into the Pacific (all songs link to real audio from the WFMU archives):

Margo Guryan "California Shake"  from an archive of Tony Coulter's show
13th Floor Elevators  "Earthquake" from Brian’s show
Mama Cass "California Earthquake" as heard on Charlie’s show
Little Girls  "The Earthquake Song" from an archive of Hova’s show
100 Flowers "California's Falling into the Ocean" from The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
Die Kreuzen "Earthquakes" from Mike's show
Terry Dunavan  "Earthquake Boogie" as heard on Music To Spazz By with Dave the Spazz
Johnny Thursday and the Friday Knights  "Earthquaker" from The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
Chris Cacavas "California (Into The Ocean)" from an archive of Dan Mackta's show
Bomboras "Earthquake"  from Airborn Event with Dan Bodah
Prince Buster  "Earthquake" as heard on Hova’s show
Skunks  "Earthquakeshake" from The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
Speedealer "California Tumbles Into The Sea" from an archive of Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
 

Comments

[mike]

Not a single play of Youth Brigade's "Sink With Kalifornia"??

[impboy]

ugh. dood, I saw my desk shake for a few seconds here in LA and thought for a second that i better kiss my ass goodbye. just goes to show, you never, ever know...

[Rory Murray]

You forgot "Day After Day" by a band called SHANGO. It came out in 1969 and went..."Day after day, more people come to L.A." "Shhh, don't you tell anybody the whole place shakin' away"

[Frenchy]

Anyone know more of the lyrics to the song mentioned above (California Shakin Away) by Shango?

[Les Barker]

Thanks for jogging my memory re Shango. The lyrics I recall are:
(chorus)
Day after day, more people come to LA
Don't you tell anybody the whole place shakin' away
Where can we go when there's no San Fransisco
Better get ready to tie up de boat in Idaho

(verse) Do you know de swim? You better learn quick, Jim
Those who don't know the swim better sing the hymn
(repeat chorus)

I'm sure there are other verses, I just can't recall.

[geo]

the shango song is not "California Shakin Away". (wikipedia is wrong about it in the san andreas fault entry)

the Shango song is a calypso song called "Day after Day"

The catchy one by the girl group is called "california shakin' away" and is much funnier and better. They sound like the bangles.

some selected lyrics are:
Classic lyrics including:

"There's gonna be an earthquake in this town.
the houses will be falling down..."
...

"It's gonna kill my mom and dad
...
but they better not blame me
cause it's not my fault."
....
"the dogs are chasing their tails around."
....
"my surfboards ready for the tidal wave
I only hope i don't end up back in east la."

Day after Day lyrics are here:
DAY AFTER DAY
(Tommy Reynolds / Stuart Margolin / Jerry Riopelle)

Shango

Day after day, more people come to L.A.
Ssh! Don't you tell anybody the whole place is slipping away.
Where can we go when there's no San Francisco?
Ssh! Better get ready to tie up the boat in Idaho.

Do you know the swim? You better learn quick, Jim.
Those who don't know how to swim, better sing the hymn.
Tuna at the bowl. Fine fillet o' much soul.
Whoo! Whoo! What can we do with a bushel of wet gold?

Day after day, more people come to L.A.
Ssh! Don't you tell anybody the whole place is slipping away.
Where can we go when there's no San Francisco?
Ssh! Better get ready to tie up the boat in Idaho.

Where can we go when there's no San Diego?
Ssh! Better get ready to tie up the boat in Idaho.

Do you know the swim? You better learn quick, Jim.
Those who don't know how to swim, better sing the hymn.
Tuna at the bowl. Fine fillet o' much soul.
Whoo! Whoo! What can we do with a bushel of wet gold?

Day after day, more people come to L.A.
Ssh! Don't you tell anybody the whole place is slipping away.
Where can we go when there's no San Francisco?
Ssh! Better get ready to tie up the boat in Idaho.
Better get ready to tie up the boat in Idaho
(repeat to fade)
http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/d/dayafterdayshango.shtml