Saturday Night at the Oldies: Women, Devils, and Angels

The tormenting question Devil or Angel? was posed by the Clovers in 1956.  But perhaps you are more familiar with the Bobby Vee cover. 

Elvis Presley learned the hard way  that appearances can deceive. 

Marty Robbins succumbs to the temptations of a Devil Woman  and begs his Mary for forgiveness.  Angel that she is, she forgives him. But his grip on custodia cordis is weak and so he succumbs once again in El Paso where the charms of the wicked Felina prove irresistible.  This time the upshot is rather less favorable. 

Jay the American risks an encounter with a fickle she-devil but has the good sense to high-tail it in the nick of time.

An aging Mitch Ryder gets it up one more time in this rousing version of Devil with the Blue Dress.

But not all women are devils.  The Peguins, 1955, sing about an earth angel.  Is this a case of angelic possession?

When I first saw the woman I married, I fell in love with her on the spot, no lie. It was her angel eyes that did it.

 

The tormenting question Devil or Angel? was posed by the Clovers in 1956.  But perhaps you are more familiar with the Bobby Vee cover. 

Elvis Presley learned the hard way  that appearances can deceive. 

Marty Robbins succumbs to the temptations of a Devil Woman  and begs his Mary for forgiveness.  Angel that she is, she forgives him. But his grip on custodia cordis is weak and so he succumbs once again in El Paso where the charms of the wicked Felina prove irresistible.  This time the upshot is rather less favorable. 

Jay the American risks an encounter with a fickle she-devil but has the good sense to high-tail it in the nick of time.

An aging Mitch Ryder gets it up one more time in this rousing version of Devil with the Blue Dress.

But not all women are devils.  The Peguins, 1955, sing about an earth angel.  Is this a case of angelic possession?

When I first saw the woman I married, I fell in love with her on the spot, no lie. It was her angel eyes that did it.

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[Joe Odegaard]

Four Russian angels singing. They are (hopefully) beyond the reach of all the world's politics. Enjoy. Good night from California.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANKjat2bj94