Excerpt:
Honaloochie Boogie is a Mott The Hoople hit from the Mott LP. It was the band's first single after All The Young Dudes and honaloochie is a meaningless word but it fit as presented to the band and matched the chord run down. Perhaps it is a minor flaw in songwriting but Hunter was thinking commercially at the time. It is pop oriented as Ian stretched his songwriting abilities geared for a larger market. It is a song with no apparent import but it sounded good. That's true, it does. The verses are about something but it is still unclear exactly what. It is not something to fret about since it provided Ian with a hit.
The song was not performed in Ian's solo career until the Dr. Pepper Music Festival in 1981 and there is an acoustic live version from 2008 as well.
The song is included in a medley on Rick Derringer & Friends.
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At 47:08 the song starts on the Derringer version:
https://youtu.be/NvQ79Bx26rs
Honaloochie Boogie
(Ian Hunter)
I was a city child with a dead-end smile
And a worm's-eye point of view
Oh I knew my way, I was a back-street stray
And I had my eyes on you
Now I got this friend and he's a screwdriver-jiver
You know, some kinda automobeat on the street
And he has converted me to rock'n'roll
I just wanna dance to
Honaloochie boogie yeah
Get in time, don't worry 'bout the shirt shine
Honaloochie boogie yeah
You sure started somethin'
Now my hair gets longer as the beat gets stronger
Wanna tell Chuck Berry my news
I get my kicks outta guitar licks
And I've sold my steel-toed shoes
Now I got this friend and he's a spider west-sider
You know, he's hung up on a protection rejection thing
But I have made him see the light
He just wanna dance to
Honaloochie boogie yeah
Get in time, don't worry 'bout the shirt shine
Honaloochie boogie yeah
You sure started somethin'
Honaloochie boogie yeah
Get in time, don't worry 'bout the shirt shine
Honaloochie boogie yeah
You sure started somethin'
Honaloochie Boogie (live 11th September 1981) | (9:20) | Originally a Mott The Hoople track. This live version (recorded Dr. Pepper Music Festival, Pier 84, New York NY) was originally issued on the Ian Hunter Rocks video (VHS/Laserdisc only). The video (DVD) can also be found on It Never Happened (box set only); the audio can be found on From The Knees Of My Heart (not on the box set). |
Honaloochie Boogie (live 2nd March 2008) | (6:11) | This live version (recorded at the Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford England) was issued on Acoustic Shadows (box set only). |