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I was going tonight,
to the Cafe de Paris. To see Snakehips, the King of Swing, the band leader
at the helm of it all. He has a twinkle in his eye, this
hypnotising movement at the loins that make a boy like me salivate. He was like that from day one,
Snakehips, before he plucked himself out
from among the riffraff to make it into the big halls. They all talk about him,
"Snakehips." Even the Thames seems to do a little
dancing dip like he does once the river hits
this side of town. But all that he do isn't real music
- it's all showmanship. And I'm not complaining. The one
entertains, the other sustains. And it's not like
I don't like the swing, the way it makes your body bend,
but that is the real difference between the bottle parties
and the Cafe de Paris. It's not just who gets past
the doors, but what's behind them
to the Cafe de Paris. To see Snakehips, the King of Swing, the band leader
at the helm of it all. He has a twinkle in his eye, this
hypnotising movement at the loins that make a boy like me salivate. He was like that from day one,
Snakehips, before he plucked himself out
from among the riffraff to make it into the big halls. They all talk about him,
"Snakehips." Even the Thames seems to do a little
dancing dip like he does once the river hits
this side of town. But all that he do isn't real music
- it's all showmanship. And I'm not complaining. The one
entertains, the other sustains. And it's not like
I don't like the swing, the way it makes your body bend,
but that is the real difference between the bottle parties
and the Cafe de Paris. It's not just who gets past
the doors, but what's behind them
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I was going tonight,
to the Cafe de Paris.
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To see Snakehips, the King of Swing,
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the band leader
at the helm of it all.
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He has a twinkle in his eye, this
hypnotising movement at the loins
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that make a boy like me salivate.
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He was like that from day one,
Snakehips,
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before he plucked himself out
from among the riffraff
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to make it into the big halls.
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They all talk about him,
"Snakehips."
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Even the Thames seems to do a little
dancing dip like he does
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once the river hits
this side of town.
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But all that he do isn't real music
- it's all showmanship.
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And I'm not complaining. The one
entertains, the other sustains.
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And it's not like
I don't like the swing,
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the way it makes your body bend,
but that is the real difference
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between the bottle parties
and the Cafe de Paris.
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It's not just who gets past
the doors, but what's behind them.
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Movie Summary
A series of eight monologues set in the same pub over many years of gay history in response to the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act.
