The Fat Boys Feat. Chuby Checker - The Twist

90년대에 와서야 힙합에 빠져드신 분들에겐 80년대 올드 스쿨 힙합 뮤지션을 런 디엠씨(Run DMC)나 엘엘 쿨 제이(LL Cool J)밖에 모르실 경우가 다분하나, 80년대 중반 활약했던 올드 힙합 그룹들은 생각보다 많았고, 그리고 그 가운데 주류에서 성공했던 팀들도 몇 팀 있었다. 그 가운데 개인적으로 2 라이브 크루(2 Live Crew)와 함께 가장 인상에 남았던 팀이 바로 팻 보이스(The Fat Boys)인데, 정말 이름처럼 3인의 '살떨리는' 청년들로 구성된 이 그룹은 선배 런 디엠씨의 사례를 본받아 로큰롤의 고전들을 힙합으로 리메이크해 주류에서 짭짤한 재미를 거두었다. 그 가운데 이 곡은 팝 팬들이라면 다수가 알고 있을 1960년 처비 체커의 대표적 히트곡이자 전 세계 트위스트의 송가로서 지금도 애청되는 곡이자, 지난 9월 20일 빌보드지가 집계한 지난 50년 빌보드 Hot 100 싱글 차트 최고의 인기곡 베스트 100에서 당당히 1위 자리를 차지했던 곡을 이들이 처비 체커를 직접 초빙해 리메이크한 버전이다. (이번 핫트랙스에서 이 리스트로 특집 기사를 만들었는데, 정말 진땀나는 작업이었다... 분량이 상당해서..ㅋㅋ) 원작을 그대로 살리면서도 자신들이 새로운 절(Verse)를 랩으로 만들어 낸 재능은 정말 뛰어나다. 이 재미있는 뮤직비디오도 당시 히트작이었고....

The Fat Boys Feat. Chuby Checker - The Twist

1. Chubby Checker & The Fat Boys - The Twist.mp3

Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee, Twist
Aah, we're back

Come on baby, let's do The Twist
Come on baby, let's do The Twist
Take me by my little hand and go like this

The party was packed, I'm talkin' back to back
There was a rapper that was rappin' to a beat that was wack
They was going through the motions out on the dance floor
An' when the rapper was done they wasn't yellin' encore
The people were tired of the same old groove
They wanted something def, something new and improved
Something easy to do but hard to resist
I got something for y'all, what do you call it? The Twist!

Come on baby, let's do The Twist
Chubby Checker and the Fat Boys, we're doin' The Twist
Take us by our little hands and go like this

We, we, we broke into the booth and the record stacks
Came up with The Twist and we were scratchin' the track
People started jammin' hard to the funky sound
Did The Twist down and up, then up and down
Then I heard somebody yell: "Yo Chubby's here"
The people took a little pause just to stop and stare
He said: "I'll show you people how to Twist with style
'Cause I've been doin' The Twist for a long long while"

Oh you should see Prince Markie Dee
Check out that Kool Rock is rockin' like me
Here comes B-Beat Box, come on, do it Buffy

Com' com' com' come on baby
Com' com' com' com' come on baby
Ooh ooh do do do The Twist
Ooh ooh do do do The Twist

Come on baby, let's do The Twist
Chub and the Fat Boys, we're doin' The Twist
Take the world by the hand and do The Twist

Chubby took my sister down to the dance floor
Did The Twist so def, the crowd yelled for more
So I pulled it with my mussle, did my flow with my coil
And when Buff did the Limbo we was rockin' the world

Come on baby, let's do The Twist
Chubby Checker and the Fat Boys, we're doin' The Twist
Take the world by the hand and go like this

Hey hey, England, do The Twist, Twist
And France, do The Twist, Twist
Ha ha ha, Holland, do The Twist, Twist
And Germany, do The Twist, Twist
And all over Europe, do The Twist, Twist, do The Twist, Twist

(Ha ha ha ha) come on baby
(Twist to the left, Twist to the right) let's do The Twist
(Twist up and down, Twist all night)
Chubby Checker (come on, come on) and the Fat Boys
(Come on, come on, come on, come on) we're doin' The Twist
(Come on, come on, come on) take us by our little hands
And go like this

Oh yeah, and do The Twist
Yeah, just like me
Ooh yeah, and do The Twist
Oh yeah