Scopitones Pussycat A Go Go

Scopitone was a 1960 s type of jukebox featuring a 16 mm film component. Scopitone films were a forerunner of modern music videos. The first Scopitones were made in France. These videos came to me through my brotherinlaw Carl. He first showed them last September while we were busily preparing to travel to Lopez Island for Robyn s wedding. I don t know if Carl was nervous about traveling to this estrogen soaked destination, but I was. We watched the Scopitone music video DVD, as a sort of pregame warmup exercise. Pussy Cat A Go Go, performed by Stacy Adams and the Rockabily Boys, was the first video on this disk. Yes it is plainly misogynistic, but it is also a product of it s time, plus it s French. The second video, What I Say, by Sylvie Vartan is not sexist, but it is even more French, Ce que j en dis.