True stories about the kids I grew up with in Astoria, NY (truth IS stranger than fiction!).
Jimmy and the Barbarellos began singing and playing in 1954, and is going strong to this day.
Story behind the song
Kathy remembers a lot more about our youth than me. When she told me these stories, I knew they had to be put to music!
Lyrics
Crazy, crazy people we grew up together in Astoria.
We were crazy, crazy people and I'll tell you some of our stories, yeah.
There was Billy and Tina making nasty in her house 'till her daddy came home and Billy escaped through the Bedroom window.
And there was Gloria, angry at her guy Tommy. She made him Veal Parmigiana but instead of cheese, she used white glue and it made him heave!
Crazy, crazy people. Crazy, crazy people, yeah.
Just like Jimmy B carrying his guitar like a rifle on his shoulder everywhere he went.
And all the gang crowded in the Park bathroom, listening to the Chants singing "Ohh Wha".
Now there was John the Greek, he burned himself up pretty bad trying to make crazy fireworks, but he healed up eventually.
Watch out for little Jean, with a purse as big as a shopping bag.
Beating up on her boyfriend, Gary, 'Cause he was always doing this or that, like us
Crazy, crazy people. You know we were crazy, crazy people, yeah, crazy people!
And there was also Kathleen, Dotty, Choch, Mousie, Froggy, The Italian Stallion, Al V., Frankie T., Tommy H., ...
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