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Ten Percenter
- FB Enquirer -
United Kingdom
1733 Posts |
 Posted - 12/29/2002 : 14:47:12
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You have probably seen these lists before, e.g.:
ABC: Things are good - mustn't grumble
Have another piece of apple crumble...
??Adrian Gurvitz: Gonna write a classic,
Gonna write it in my attic,
'Cos' baby I'm an addict now
An addict for your love
Pink Floyd: We don't need no education (apart from additional English lessons - illiterate arses)...
Any other suggestions?
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zanni67
= Bio Elf =
643 Posts |
Posted - 12/29/2002 : 15:13:31
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Wow, that is something to think about. But the Pink Floyd stuff is one hell of a memory... they played that song at this big 8th grade bash I was at back in '81, and one of my teachers was in this cool cover band and did that song, to the horror of the superintendant!!... Hello Mr. Damiter, wherever you are!! The band was named "December".
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ObfuscateByWill
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1887 Posts |
Posted - 12/29/2002 : 15:29:18
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Yeah, I know it's a little immature, but I'll go with "Handsome Devil" by the Smiths.
Let me get my hands
on your mammary glands
and let me get your head
on the conjugal bed
I say, I say, I say
*Take a bite of the chocolate coffin. |
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St. Francis
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
548 Posts |
Posted - 12/29/2002 : 15:32:02
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Think putting Mammary glads into a song in any context should be applauded... how about:
I met a man, he was a good man? Come on... actually, I am kidding... love that song.
I have to go look through my Joe Perry records and bring back some stench.
Yeah! Me! |
Edited by - St. Francis on 12/29/2002 16:04:29 |
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mereubu
= FB QuizMistress =
USA
2677 Posts |
Posted - 12/29/2002 : 20:44:46
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Fun topic!
John Mellencamp and his awkward sense of syntax always perplexes me:
"Though I cannot forget from where it is that I come from" -Small Town
I wouldn't harsh on him for using a preposition at the end of a sentence if he hadn't already used the same one earlier in the same sentence . . . poor dumb fucker!
And much as I like both the Zep and Tolkien:
"But in the darkest steps of Mordor
I met a girl so fair
But Gollum and the Evil One
Crept up and slipped away with her"
(Least I think that's how it goes in Ramble On. ) Rock on, Frodo! Dude, like you'd be pulling birds in Mordor anyway. Yeah, I'm sure the Dark Lord attracts chicks in truckloads.
Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto! |
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Ten Percenter
- FB Enquirer -
United Kingdom
1733 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2002 : 13:20:25
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Sarah, that is a classic from John Mellencamp! And how about Billy Bragg's New England (this will be almost right, I don't have the lyric sheet in front of me):
I saw two shooting stars last night
I wished on them, that they were only satellites
I'm prone to wish on space hardware
I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care
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ramona
"FB Quote Mistress"
USA
3988 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2002 : 13:26:51
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I thought it was
"I saw two shooting stars last night
I wished on them BUT they were only satellites
Is it WRONG to wish on space hardware?
I wish I wish I wish you'd care"
Either way, I love that song, but the line that REALLY bothers me is "I was 21 years when I wrote this song, I'm 22 now but I won't be for long". Huh?? Aren't you writing the song "now" unless you change it each time you sing. ??
Also, when he plays live everyone yells the "but they were only satellites" line. Fun! |
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Ten Percenter
- FB Enquirer -
United Kingdom
1733 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2002 : 13:33:02
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You are probably right re the lyrics, but the hardware and care bit grates to these ears. Indeed, so does the couplet you mention.
How about Sting's 'Russians'?
Kruschev said we'd bury you
I don't subscribe to this point of view
If the Russians love their children too.
Does Sting not know that Russians boil their children down for glue? |
Edited by - Ten Percenter on 12/30/2002 13:33:32 |
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mereubu
= FB QuizMistress =
USA
2677 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2002 : 14:15:03
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Ahahahaha! I once ate the Soviet equivalent of SPAM--I think they may have put some of their children in there as well.
As long as we're on the topic of Billy Bragg, I always thought the concept of there being a "Milkman of Human Kindness" kind of suspicious. An extra pint of what? Particularly the line where he says:
If you're sleeping, I will wait
If your bed is wet, I will dry your tears
It sounds like it would be more considerate of him to wash the sheets. I guess Laundryman of Human Kindness just doesn't have the same ring to it. Anyway, it's always bothered me. |
Edited by - mereubu on 12/30/2002 14:16:52 |
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Ten Percenter
- FB Enquirer -
United Kingdom
1733 Posts |
Posted - 12/31/2002 : 00:53:04
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Agreed - although I would prefer the Laundryman of Human Kindness. However, for nonsensical sexist tosh, how about the Stranglers? They were one of my favourite bands when I was a teenager, but I tried to ignore certain lyrics, e.g. from Peaches:
Is that a girl trying to get out of that clitoris?
The radio version here was the slightly more understandable:
Is that a girl trying to get out of that bikini? |
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ramona
"FB Quote Mistress"
USA
3988 Posts |
Posted - 12/31/2002 : 07:13:03
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I like that song! Poor Billy! I always thought it was the Milkman because he was bringing kindness like the milkman delivers milk. No??
The sheet thing cracked me up though. Sarah, you are a funny one! |
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Jose Jones
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1758 Posts |
Posted - 12/31/2002 : 08:05:56
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get your hair did!
actually, i think that every word of "work it" is pure genius.
-dan |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 12/31/2002 : 12:00:29
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Sabbath:
Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Nice subtle rhyme there, Ozzy. |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 12/31/2002 : 12:04:58
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quote:
Originally posted by Ten Percenter
Pink Floyd: We don't need no education (apart from additional English lessons - illiterate arses)...
It's supposed to be the students talking. You know, irony... |
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Ten Percenter
- FB Enquirer -
United Kingdom
1733 Posts |
Posted - 12/31/2002 : 12:58:38
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But BLT, the couplet you mention from Sabbath is a conscious attempt to evoke the Fire Sermon from TS Elliot's the Wasteland. Youknow, the bit with the cat metaphor.
But back to the Stranglers:
London Lady
Little lady
With Dingwall's bullshit
You're so stupid
Foetid brainwaves
Little lady
What really happens
When you see mirrors
You get the shivers
Aaaah!
Making love to
The Mersey Tunnel
With a sausage, have you ever been to Liverpool?
Please don't talk much
It burns my ears
Tonight you've talked for a thousand years
Plastic's real when you're real sick
Plastic's real when you're real sick
Plastic's real when you're real sick
Plastic's real when you're real sick
Plastic's real when you're real sick
Plastic's real when you're real sick
Plastic's real when you're real sick
Plastic's real when you're real sick
Tell me what you've got to look so pleased about
Tell me what you've got to look so pleased about
The Mersey Tunnel sausage sequence is truly memorable. |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 12/31/2002 : 13:40:37
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Originally posted by Ten Percenter
The Mersey Tunnel sausage sequence is truly memorable.
JJ Burnel was quite the ladies' man. |
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Ten Percenter
- FB Enquirer -
United Kingdom
1733 Posts |
Posted - 12/31/2002 : 14:40:36
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| JJ no longer talks to Hugh - very sad. |
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Atheist4Catholics
= Cult of Ray =
USA
925 Posts |
Posted - 01/02/2003 : 15:11:34
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"For there ain't no one for to give you no pain" - Horse With No Name by America
www.mp3.com/clootie |
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mdisanto
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1140 Posts |
Posted - 01/02/2003 : 15:14:39
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haha yah, i never understood that america line
-miked |
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mdisanto
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1140 Posts |
Posted - 01/02/2003 : 15:15:31
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oh did you ever notice that blinded by the light song, how it sounds like he says "strapped up like a douche", makes me laugh every time... i mean i know its deuce, but still funny i say!
-miked |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 01/02/2003 : 19:29:59
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Said Springsteen:
Woke up, grabbed a douche because of the odor in the night...
Then there's "L.A. Woman" by The Doors:
If they say I never loved you
You know they are a liar |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 01/03/2003 : 00:57:47
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quote:
Originally posted by BLT
Sabbath:
Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Nice subtle rhyme there, Ozzy.
or how about this classic from Paranoid:
make a joke
and i will sigh
and you will laugh
and i will cry
at least he didn't rhyme "cry" and "die" though.. that has to be the absolute lowest common denominator for rhyming.
it's funny you guys mention Black Sabbath because i've actually been listening to A LOT of Sabbath lately. don't ask me why.. i'm kind of obsessive that way with certain CD's..
i never really gave "Iron Man" much thought in the past, but there's actually a lot going on in that song.. have you ever really listened to the lyrics? it's like this complicated existential revenge tale about a fallen superhero figure who travels through time.. on par with other modern greats like Vonnegut and Phillip K. Dick.
see for yourself:
Has he lost his mind?
Can he see or is he blind?
Can he walk at all,
Or if he moves will he fall?
Is he alive or dead?
Has he thoughts within his head?
We'll just pass him there
why should we even care?
He was turned to steel
in the great magnetic field
Where he traveled time
for the future of mankind
Nobody wants him
He just stares at the world
Planning his vengeance
that he will soon unfold
Now the time is here
for Iron Man to spread fear
Vengeance from the grave
Kills the people he once saved
Nobody wants him
They just turn their heads
Nobody helps him
Now he has his revenge
Heavy boots of lead
fills his victims full of dread
Running as fast as they can
Iron Man lives again!
palabra a tu madre. |
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ivandivel
= Cult of Ray =
394 Posts |
Posted - 01/03/2003 : 03:00:36
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What about ;
"Do you have afraid?" or
"I only believe in bad"
Don't remember exactly what band, but may be Sarcofago - strange south american black metal band. |
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mdisanto
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1140 Posts |
Posted - 01/03/2003 : 04:03:52
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hahah floop i forgot abou paranoid! that is the worst, hands down
-miked |
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mdisanto
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1140 Posts |
Posted - 01/03/2003 : 04:10:34
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i wonder how much of a difference it would make if these bad lyrics were sung by frank.. i mean like modern age has some corny lines, but for some reason it seems like hes doing it on purpose and its kinda quirky cool or something lame. I said that i am fine and how are you, he said that i am fine and, thank you. i mean if that was in an ozzy song itd probably be rediculous, but frank gives it some sort of charm, or maybe im dillusional
-miked |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 01/03/2003 : 08:49:34
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Is Paranoid really as bad as The Wizard?
Misty morning, clouds in the sky
Without warning, the wizard walks by
Casting his shadow, weaving his spell
Funny clothes, tinkling bell
Never talking
Just keeps walking
Spreading his magic
I'd like to hear Charlton Heston do a reading of this. |
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
7443 Posts |
Posted - 01/03/2003 : 09:15:19
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Yeah, Frank has a couple of bad lyrics, but hey, he wrote like 300 songs so you can't really blame him. But I must say I find the lyrics of I Need Peace really ridiculous...
Close your eyes
Or you'll have a lot of tears to cry
So hey now if you're wise
You won't open up your eyes
Denis |
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bazza
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1439 Posts |
Posted - 01/03/2003 : 09:27:08
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it is a cracking tune though i am sure you will agree
fear the mullet. |
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Ten Percenter
- FB Enquirer -
United Kingdom
1733 Posts |
Posted - 01/04/2003 : 12:34:14
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I have seen the Pogues about five times, and Shane has written some cracking songs/lyrics BUT do you think even he was a bit pissed when it came to verse two of Down All the Days (a song about Christy Brown, played by Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot)?:
Christy Brown a clown around town
Now he's a man of renown from Dingle to Down
I type with me toes
Suck stout through me nose
And where it's gonna end
God only knows
Down all the days
The tap-tap-tapping
Of the typewriter pays
The gentle rattling
Of the drays
Down all the days
I have often had to depend upon
The kindness of strangers
But I've never been asked
And I never replied
If I supported Glasgow Rangers
Down all the days
The tap-tap-tapping
Of the typewriter pays
The gentle rattling
Of the drays
Down all the days
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
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Posted - 01/04/2003 : 13:49:19
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quote:
Originally posted by Ten Percenter
I have seen the Pogues about five times, and Shane has written some cracking songs/lyrics BUT do you think even he was a bit pissed...
The question is: Was he ever NOT pissed??? |
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Ten Percenter
- FB Enquirer -
United Kingdom
1733 Posts |
Posted - 01/05/2003 : 01:49:32
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| He was always pissed, I missed out a 'too'. But even when he was pissed he could still write - at the time of Peace and Love it was his consumption of other substances that worried the other Pogues. Maybe he got blitzed between verse 1 and 2? |
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bazza
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1439 Posts |
Posted - 01/05/2003 : 10:04:40
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shane is great - but got sick on the first 2 rows of a crowd at a recent gig. awful!! his lyrics are great though and his music brings a smile to me face too. 
There may be no 'I' in team, but there's a 'ME' if you look hard enough. |
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Chip Away Boy
= Cult of Ray =
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Posted - 01/05/2003 : 22:52:31
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quote:
Originally posted by floop
never really gave "Iron Man" much thought in the past, but there's actually a lot going on in that song.. have you ever really listened to the lyrics? it's like this complicated existential revenge tale about a fallen superhero figure who travels through time.. on par with other modern greats like Vonnegut and Phillip K. Dick.
been smoking alot of pot lately? |
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J Mascis
- FB Fan -
USA
205 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2003 : 01:30:39
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I got stopped by a lady cop
In my automobile
She said get out and spead your legs
And then she tried to cop a feel
That cop she was all dressed in blue
Was she pretty? Boy I'm tellin' you
She stuck my butt with her big black stick
I said "what's up?" now suck my dick
Like a ram getting ready to jam the lamb
She whimpered just a little when she felt my hand
On her crotch so very warm
I could feel her getting wet through her uniform
Proppin' her up on the black and white
Unzipped and slipped "ooo that's tight"
I swatted her like no swat team can
Turned a cherry pie right into jam
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Ten Percenter
- FB Enquirer -
United Kingdom
1733 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2003 : 02:06:40
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quote:
Originally posted by bazza
shane is great - but got sick on the first 2 rows of a crowd at a recent gig. awful!! his lyrics are great though and his music brings a smile to me face too.
There may be no 'I' in team, but there's a 'ME' if you look hard enough.
So what went wrong with Down All the Days, Barry? Is it ever forgivable to quote 'Glasgow Rangers' without preceding it with a dozen expletives? |
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bazza
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1439 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2003 : 03:59:18
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god NO!!! ha ha ha
There may be no 'I' in team, but there's a 'ME' if you look hard enough. |
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