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"My Boomerang Won't Come Back" was a novelty record by British comedian Charlie Drake which became a surprise hit on both sides of the Atlantic in 1961. The tune concerns a young Aboriginal lad (with Drake's signature Cockney accent) cast out by his tribe due to his inability to toss a boomerang. After months of isolation (and fighting off "nasty bushwackin' animals"), the local witch doctor takes pity on the lad and informs him ''"if you want you boomerang to come back/well, first you've got to throw it!"'' He does, and proceeds to bring down an airplane, which crashes with a loud boom. "Oh, my Gawd," the lad says in horror, "I've hit The Flying Doctor!" The lad and the witch doctor argue over payment ("you still owe me fourteen chickens!") as the record fades out. The record was produced by George Martin, who went on to even more enduring fame by producing the Beatles. Martin used studio tricks to approximate the sound of Aborigine instruments. ==Controversy== "My Boomerang" is not exactly a paragon of political correctness, even by 1961 standards. In the song, an Aboriginal meeting is described as a "pow-wow", something more appropriate for Native Americans, while their chanting sounds more African than Aboriginal. Oddly, many of the Aboriginal speakers in the song have either American or British accents. Most of all, Drake raised eyebrows with the chorus: ''"I've waved the thing all over the place/practiced till I was black in the face/I'm a big disgrace to the Aborigine race/My boomerang won't come back!"'' After the BBC refused to play the tune (despite its popularity in record shops), a new version was recorded, substituting "blue in the face"; this version (on Parlophone Records) entered the UK charts in October and eventually peaked at #14. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「My Boomerang Won't Come Back」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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