Post by Common on Oct 11, 2004 13:58:40 GMT -5
BeesNVMe said:
Hey EmergingRuffian...I was just getting ready to light a cigarette after reading your description of Ruff! ;D It seems The Greazy One just don't get no love on this board! ;D ;DCheck out Greazy's book...page 87...
It was one thing for Cholly to dream up these things, but it was something else for US to learn. Of course, Paul had started US, and he'd even made a dancer out of me, the kid whose dance-hall name was "Wallflower." But as good as WE were with that, Cholly took us into a whole other dimension. On average, learning a new routine took about two or three weeks of dance rehearsals for five or six hours a day. And while Cholly was a gentleman in all respects, he could be tough. His goal was to turn out acts with routines so ingrained in their minds that once the opening chords of any song hit your ears, your body went on automatic pilot. I could remember going home after a long rehearsal, sitting down to watch television, and in my head hearing a little voice saying, "Kick, step, two, three, turn, one tow, three." In the studio Cholly didn't allow one iota of deviation, and if you messed up, he'd let you know it. We'd be sweating and concentrating, then one guy would miss something, and Cholly would yell, "YOU GREASY SNOTSUCKER! CAN YOU COUNT?"
"Pops, why do you have to call ME that?" I asked once. "I don't know. Because YOU are! Now come on," he'd reply as he marched over and grabbed one of us by the wrist and start walking him thru the steps.
Great minds think alike! ;D ;D ;D I never even read the book when I started calling O Greazy. I'm hafta copyright Greazy. Who would've thought this would've a nickname for the GREAZ-IEST member of the group?? ;D ;D ;D