Ten Bubblegum Songs: Chewy Chewy (#9)

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It's time for some more rot-your-musical-teeth bubblegum music. I'm looking at ten bubblegum songs that I like. There are two on this list that I'll gladly say are good songs, but that's for later. Right now, here's the next song on the list I can tolerate. #9: Chewy Chewy - Ohio Express If you need to hear a definition of "bubblegum music," this is about as accurate as it gets (and tomorrow's song). I should qualify that: if you listen to the Ohio Express' original, not the pretty good cover by (the punk band that has a slur as their name that rhymes with "deers"). As I said in my introductory discussion, some bubblegum bands simply did not exist. This is one of them. The "Ohio Express" was just a group of studio musicians (including at one point, according to Picky Wedia, members of 10cc on the song "Sausalito [Is the Place to Go]"!). As touring wasn't a "requirement" in the days of AM radio, the Ohio Express could make like Steely Dan and crank out studio song after studio song. (Okay, bad comparison: Steely Dan was good.) After the late 60s bubblegum era faded Joey Levine, the "brains" behind this song and other Ohio Express hits (like "Yummy, Yummy, Yummy"....sheesh, glad they didn't try to write a song called "Onomatopoeia, Onomatopoeia, Onomatopoeia"!), had another band-in-name-only hit, "Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)" under the name "Reunion." Chewy Chewy Written by Joey Levine and Kris Resnick Recorded by the Ohio Express From Chewy Chewy, 1968 Ah......