We had several rehearsals with lots of wine, laughter, and female bonding.īaby, baby, try to find, a little time, and I’ll make you happy, Now it sounds like the members are getting old (I’ve been in it for 12 years). ![]() 50 years ago, it was a clever name for a ski club. It was our second performance, the year before our debut as the Rusty Sisters (the singles’ club is the Rusty Bindings). I’ll be over at ten, you tell me time and again, but you’re late. So build me up, buttercup, don’t break my heart.Īs we waited backstage to go on, one of the judges walked by and said, “I hate the color yellow.” We wore deep yellows, pale yellows, short dresses, long dresses, one woman in a yellow jacket and white capri pants, and a variety of scarves in warm colors. Our dresses didn’t match, but the color yellow tied it together. We had two women in white go-go boots, one on each end. I am always the tallest so that puts me in the middle. Since I performed it, I know all the lyrics.Īnd then worst of all, you never call, baby, when you say you will, but I love you still.Įight women, lined up from shortest to tallest and then back down the line in height. I sang it in the singles’ club Gong show with 7 girlfriends as we performed while dressed head to toe, in yellow. ![]() My youngest had a tiny solo on the song while in her 8 th grade chorus concert. ![]() I was in 8 th grade when I first heard it on the radio.This song is my fave for a couple of reasons: build me up, buttercup baby, just to let me down, and mess me around. There’s a Geico commercial for motorcycle insurance that starts out with the introduction to one of my favorite songs – Build Me Up, Buttercup.
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