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September 6, 2005 at 12:23 am #22293MichaelParticipant
1bl’s Men At Work comment got me thinking of lyrics that make me laugh – whether intentionally funny or not…
“I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine”
One Night in Bangkok – Murray Head
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April 10, 2006 at 5:01 am #733241bassleftParticipant
Funnelly nuff, they really did think they’d win it. When Scotland beat England in the 1967 Home Nations footie, that deed apparently made them the “real” world champs. Well, yes… 🙄
On another note (or back on topic), I think Dandy Warhol’s “Bohemian Like You” is a lyrical masterpiece. Especially the second verse:
[quote]Wait,
Who’s that guy,
Just hanging at your pad.
He’s looking kinda bummed,
Yeah, you broke up that’s too bad.
I guess its fair if he always pays the rent,
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April 7, 2006 at 10:26 pm #73319lee_UKParticipant
Top of the pops, 1978, 22 men on stage, dressed in funny wigs, long floppy shoes, short trousers with braces, and red noses that go ‘Onk Onk’ when you squeeze them (at least thats what we pictured them in 3 months later) heres the full explicit tune.
Ally’s Tartan Army
We’re on the march wi’ Ally’s Army,
We’re going tae the Argentine,
And we’ll really shake them up,
When we win the World Cup,
‘Cos Scotland is the greatest football team,
We’re representing Britain,
And we’re gaunny do or die,
England cannae dae it,
‘Cos they didnae qualify!We’re on the march wi’ Ally’s Army,
We’re going tae the Argentine,
And we’ll really shake them up,
When we win the World Cup,
‘Cos Scotland is the greatest football team’.The funniest song ever to come out of Scotland.
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April 7, 2006 at 8:26 pm #73313glwParticipant
Most of the lyrics on “Forever Changes” by Love are pretty… strange.
For example:
Live And Let Live
Oh, the snot has caked against my pants
It has turned into crystal
There’s a bluebird sitting on a branch
I guess I’ll take my pistol
I’ve got it in my hand
Because he’s on my landChorus:
And so the story ended
Do you know it oh so well
Well should you need I’ll tell you
The end-end-end-end-end-end-end-end
And…Verse 2:
Yes I’ve seen you sitting on the couch
I recognize your artillery
I have seen you many times before
Once when I was an indian
And I was on my land
Why can’t you understandBridge 1:
Served my time
Served it well
You made my soulBridge 2:
Write the rules
In the sky
But ask your leaders
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April 7, 2006 at 8:15 pm #73320USGoldParticipant
“Bertha Butt-one of the Butt sisters”
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April 5, 2006 at 8:06 pm #73321USGoldParticipant
so you leaving-“put away the shopping bags I’ll even let you take my brand new samsonite”
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April 5, 2006 at 12:08 pm #73316MichaelParticipant
You know I could be wrong, but I’m sure I just heard the lyrics “We are sisters and brothers, and I want to hide from the world we’re lovers” on the radio.
Kids these days 😕
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September 7, 2005 at 6:13 am #733221bassleftParticipant
Tim’s post on another thread just reminded me. There’s that Carolina dance craze “The Shag”. Here in Blighty, a shag is two people mutually expressing their enjoyment of each other. Without clothes or, at least, particular items pushed out of the way.
How British radio could cope with ‘Shut up and Shag’, ‘My Baby Sure Can Shag’, and (best of all) ‘Shaggin’ the Night Away’ can only be imagined.
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September 7, 2005 at 5:50 am #732921bassleftParticipant
😆 😆 😆 . C+W writers, bless ’em. On a similar note (this was in the newspapers, so it must be true 😯 ):
A manufacturer of a haemorr…, hemorh…, pile ointment approached the estate of the late Johnny Cash for permission to use “Ring of Fire” in an advertizing campaign. They were particularly keen on the line, “and it burns, burns, burns…”
They refused permission, of course.
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September 6, 2005 at 12:12 pm #73317JasonParticipant
There is an old Country and Western song called
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September 6, 2005 at 7:48 am #73291MichaelParticipant
“Lucky that my breasts are small and humble,
So you don’t confuse them with mountains”Whenever, Wherever – Shakira
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September 6, 2005 at 7:46 am #73339MichaelParticipant
😆
… can’t help but laugh at “touches our soul”. I’m sure it was like being told your fly has been down all day for em.
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September 6, 2005 at 7:44 am #732951bassleftParticipant
Given that a great line hits you first time round, must give credit to Robbie Williams. I was paying little attention to “Life Thru a Lens” when I suddenly heard the gem of a line:
“I got on well with the gentry/ ’til I crashed Tarquin’s Bentley”
Now, that has to be applauded.
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September 6, 2005 at 7:40 am #733111bassleftParticipant
At risk of sounding like Paul Gambuccini…
From the musical “Chess” (I nearly typed “Chees” – Freudian or what? 😆 ). IIRC, music from the hairy, buttock-birching Swedes ex Abba and Lyrics by Sir Tim Rice (ex Lloyd Webber collaborator). I always thought “Murray Head” was one of those great nom de plumes you’d invent if you ended up in the porn industry.
Anyhoo, I still stand by “Sound Chaser” from the Yes album “Relayer” as having the best unintentional. “And what touches our soul…” C’mon Jon Anderson. Our soul = our sole = R sole etc, etc. Hope he washed his hands
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