Yes, that was very, very bad. Each song is offensive in it's own specific way. Denigrating an entire culture is never good. But then, neither is wringing laughs from domestic abuse.
I'd really like to find the NY Times review of Let it Ride and see if there was any comment made about that song at the time by the reviewer.
In the early '90s, I hosted a show called Standing Room Only on WERS 88.9 FM in Boston. At there time, there were dozens and dozens of old Broadway record albums, and I would put on random tracks. Well, I put that one on, and didn't pay attention to the lyrics, as I was picking my next record. The phone suddenly lit up like a Christmas tree!
I put a note inside the record sleeve warning future hosts!
Updated On: 2/20/18 at 10:12 PM
