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swivel-hipped

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swiv·el-hipped (swvl-hpt)
adj.
Characterized by an exaggerated swinging movement of the hips.


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But it took some guts in a world where it was OK to be gay provided you had the political motivation of a stridently "out" Jimmy Somerville but not when you were being sold as a swivel-hipped Adonis looking for action with pheremonally challenged teenage girls.
From the opening notes of "Shake, Rattle, and Roll," Days demonstrated he had a lock on the vocal style of the early Elvis and a command of Presley's swivel-hipped stage moves, which so shocked some listeners in the staid 1950s that Presley's appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" was depicted from the waist up only.
The rest of the set comprises singles such as Dirrty, Lady Marmalade, Come On Over and Nobody Wants To Be Lonely, the latter a duet with swivel-hipped Ricky Martin.
 
 
 
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