Legal Commentary

"Get your ya-yas out."

"That's an old 60s expression."

Yeah, it is:

ADDED: You can debate about what ya-yas are. (Everyone who's read the David Sedaris book "Naked" should know Greeks use it to refer to grandma.) But in rock and roll history, there's something that pre-dates the Rolling Stones album. It's Lee Dorsey's song "Ya Ya" ("Oh, well, I'm sitting here la la, waiting for my ya ya"). I think it's just pure serendipity that Lee Dorsey also has this ? a song called "Yes We Can," with surprisingly Obama-appropriate lyrics.

Full post as published by Althouse on June 08, 2008 (boomark / email).