31 May 2013: it's... a "classic" from... 1965

[Lightnin' Rod]

let's not be L-7!

I always heard that as "Let this be a sermon". Who knew what L-7 meant? Not me, dat's fo sho.

I always heard it as L-7, but never had a clue what it meant (back then anyway).

Being the clueless one around here, I'll bite: Are people serious that the lyric actually is 'L7?'  I always heard 'sermon.'

Completely serious:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wooly_Bully#Title_and_lyrics

Thanks, urth -- I can't believe it's even in dispute. "L-7" was a very common slang expression then.

I think I heard it first from Maynard G. Krebs.  (by the way, according to wiki, Maynard's middle name was Walter (the G was silent, he would explain)).  I always thought it was Gilligan.  And it turns out that Gilligan is Gilligan's last name -- his first name was Willy.  Who knew?

Ah.... the things you will interweb late on a Friday afternoon.... is it time to go home yet?

[ggould]

let's not be L-7!

I always heard that as "Let this be a sermon". Who knew what L-7 meant? Not me, dat's fo sho.

I always heard it as L-7, but never had a clue what it meant (back then anyway).

Being the clueless one around here, I'll bite: Are people serious that the lyric actually is 'L7?'  I always heard 'sermon.'

Completely serious:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wooly_Bully#Title_and_lyrics

Thanks, urth -- I can't believe it's even in dispute. "L-7" was a very common slang expression then.

I think I heard it first from Maynard G. Krebs.  (by the way, according to wiki, Maynard's middle name was Walter (the G was silent, he would explain)).  I always thought it was Gilligan.  And it turns out that Gilligan is Gilligan's last name -- his first name was Willy.  Who knew?

Ah.... the things you will interweb late on a Friday afternoon.... is it time to go home yet?

Just shows (again) how clueless I am.  I guess this is kind of a reverse Mondegreen?  So, next thing you'll be telling me the lyrics to "Louie Louie" are obscene!