Post by Werebeaver on Apr 26, 2016 18:36:52 GMT -8
Some songs have indelible lifelong associations. This song was playing at a Jr High dance back in the spring 1973 when the gal I had the hots for incredibly let me kiss her. Mind, blown.
In retrospect, the amazing thing was that they allowed this very adult themed song to be played at a Jr High Dance.
"Kenny Gamble explained to National Public Radio in 2008 that he and co-writer Leon Huff got the idea for the song from trips to a little bar downstairs in the Schubert Building (in Philadelphia), which was where their record company was located. Said Gamble:
"This guy used to come into the bar every day - little guy that looked like a judge. We're songwriters, so we're always thinking about a song. The next day he came in again, and every day after he'd come in, this girl would come in 10-15 minutes after he'd get there, and they'd sit in the same booth, then go to the jukebox and play the same songs. We said, 'That's me and Mrs. Jones.' Then, when they'd get ready to leave, he would go his way and she would go hers. It could have been his daughter, his niece, anybody, but we created a story that there was some kind of romantic connection between these people, so we went upstairs to our office and wrote the song."