jefleppard Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 you all play, whether it be at home, office, bar, rugby stadium.... Q: have you ever sung a lyric that just boggled your mind? good or bad, troubling, confusing, whatever. like the "panties" line in that prine song. i was playing along with the alanis morrisette song 'thank you, india', today before work. there's a line in there that says 'how about them transparent dangling carrots.' i thought ...what?!?!? where did that come from? artists are a funny bunch. how bout you folks - any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnt Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Juno just between you and me I was working on something today along the lines of "why did you have to leave on a Sunday, it mucks (OK so change a letter)up next week too" D'ya want a slice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnt Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 "The summer had inhaled and held it's breath too long the winter looked the same as if never had gone and through an open window where no curtain hung I saw you....coming back to me" Or in fact any line from that song Or in fact almost any line from any song on that album boggles my mind as did the substances around when I bought my original copy. Still has the rolling marks LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 I've been known to come up with some marginally sane comments or thoughts or theories in my day but I've never been one to write poetry or songs. I guess that side of my brain doesn't work well and is limited to aping others. I don't do well with songs that have to be explained to me anyway. Books either. I took a class in high school that "explained" a lot of Steinbeck's novels..... "what was the author trying to say?" Bullcrap! I have a hard enough time deciphering Jesus' parables without making books and songs that are more cryptic than them. Child of the sea netted and sacrificed to the shredding monster Squarely nestled 'twixt yeasted grain of wheat Adorned with a crown of whipped egg and embalmed cucumber, And don't forget... une tranche de fromage américain! That was Don McLean ordering a Filet 'o' Fish at McDonalds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWilson Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 " We had time and space and freedom, we had love and peace to spare, Tho' we ran out of things to smoke and say and eat and wear. The morning of the avalanche a Yeti kidnapped Blanche, and took her to his cave up in the Rockies." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWilson Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 " Baby didn't die until we burned up all our wood. Considering we ate her raw, she tasted pretty good. Then the facist health inspector dug us out and mailed us home. Except for Blanche who wouldn't leave her man." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnt Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 " We had time and space and freedom' date=' we had love and peace to spare,Tho' we ran out of things to smoke and say and eat and wear. The morning of the avalanche a Yeti kidnapped Blanche, and took her to his cave up in the Rockies."[/size'] Where you been Rabscuttle? Been lurking without portfolio? AS long as you are well bud! Welcome back and with such a pretty little girl on your arm too| Corrrrr! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnt Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 I know what about any Jim Morrison lyric, Ok except Hello I love you and Light my fire. if you want weird "When the still sea conspires an amour and her sullen and aborted currents breed tiny monsters True sailing is dead Awkard instance as the first animal is jettisoned legs furiously pumping their stiff green gallop" Horse Latitudes? Sugar ah honey honey you are my candy girl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acousticat Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 I wonder, if she wonder, if I wonder, what she wonders, about what I wonders about her? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarstrummer Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 TWilson, I didn't think anyone else in the world knew the "Colorado Fight Song". I've been singing it for years and it's a permanent part of my songbook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermionik Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Almost too obvious, but I got my beatles song-book out and: I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together. See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly. I'm crying. Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come. Corporation tee-shirt, stupid bloody tuesday. Man, you been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long. I am the eggman, they are the eggmen. I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob. Mister city policeman sitting Pretty little policemen in a row. See how they fly like lucy in the sky, see how they run. I'm crying, i'm crying. I'm crying, i'm crying. Yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye. Crabalocker fishwife, pornographic priestess, Boy, you been a naughty girl you let your knickers down. I am the eggman, they are the eggmen. I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob. Sitting in an english garden waiting for the sun. If the sun don't come, you get a tan From standing in the english rain. I am the eggman, they are the eggmen. I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob. Expert textpert choking smokers, Don't you thing the joker laughs at you? See how they smile like pigs in a sty, See how they snide. I'm crying. Semolina pilchard, climbing up the eiffel tower. Elementary penguin singing hari krishna. Man, you should have seen them kicking edgar allan poe. I am the eggman, they are the eggmen. I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob. Goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob g'goo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnt Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Almost too obvious' date=' but I got my beatles song-book out and: [/quote'] You didn't need no songbook for that! You have that scanned to your memory! You like me and all others who survived the 60s. Whatever they were! Betcha know "The wind cries mary" too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefleppard Posted July 26, 2008 Author Share Posted July 26, 2008 i had a feeling 'walrus' would show up here. thanks guys. good show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermionik Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 cunkhead - soon as I posted I thought 'WAAAAY too obvious'. But it sure does wierd you out if you actually read the lyrics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnt Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 i had a feeling 'walrus' would show up here. thanks guys. good show. Well if you expected "walrus" you possibly also saw this coming We skipped the light fandango turned cartwheels 'cross the floor I was feeling kinda seasick but the crowd called out for more The room was humming harder as the ceiling flew away When we called out for another drink the waiter brought a tray And so it was that later as the miller told his tale that her face, at first just ghostly, turned a whiter shade of pale She said, 'There is no reason and the truth is plain to see.' But I wandered through my playing cards and would not let her be one of sixteen vestal virgins who were leaving for the coast and although my eyes were open they might have just as well've been closed She said, 'I'm home on shore leave,' though in truth we were at sea so I took her by the looking glass and forced her to agree saying, 'You must be the mermaid who took Neptune for a ride.' But she smiled at me so sadly that my anger straightway died If music be the food of love then laughter is its queen and likewise if behind is in front then dirt in truth is clean My mouth by then like cardboard seemed to slip straight through my head So we crash-dived straightway quickly and attacked the ocean bed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearbasher Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Let's not forget Bruce. Madman drummers bummers and Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat With a boulder on my shoulder, feelin' kinda older, I tripped the merry-go-round With this very unpleasing sneezing and wheezing, the calliope crashed to the ground Some all-hot half-shot was headin' for the hot spot, snappin' his fingers, clappin' his hands And some fleshpot mascot was tied into a lover's knot with a whatnot in her hand And now young Scott with a slingshot finally found a tender spot and throws his lover in the sand And some bloodshot forget-me-not whispers, "Daddy's within earshot, save the buckshot, turn up the band" And she was blinded by the light Cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night Blinded by the light She got down but she never got tight, but she'll make it alright Some brimstone baritone anti-cyclone rolling stone preacher from the East He says, "Dethrone the dictaphone, hit it in its funny bone, that's where they expect it least" And some new-mown chaperone was standin' in the corner all alone, watchin' the young girls dance And some fresh-sown moonstone was messin' with his frozen zone to remind him of the feeling of romance Yeah, he was blinded by the light Cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night Blinded by the light He got down but he never got tight, but he's gonna make it tonight Some silicone sister with her manager's mister told me I got what it takes She said, "I'll turn you on, sonny, to something strong if you play that song with the funky break" And Go-Cart Mozart was checkin' out the weather chart to see if it was safe to go outside And little Early-Pearly came by in her curly-wurly and asked me if I needed a ride Oh, some hazard from Harvard was skunked on beer, playin' backyard bombardier Yes, and Scotland Yard was trying hard, they sent some dude with a calling card, he said, "Do what you like, but don't do it here" Well, I jumped up, turned around, spit in the air, fell on the ground and asked him which was the way back home He said, "Take a right at the light, keep goin' straight until night, and then, boy, you're on your own" And now in Zanzibar, a shootin' star was ridin' in a side car, hummin' a lunar tune Yes, and the avatar said, "Blow the bar but first remove the cookie jar, we're gonna teach those boys to laugh too soon" And some kidnapped handicap was complainin' that he caught the clap from some mousetrap he bought last night Well, I unsnapped his skull cap and between his ears I saw a gap but figured he'd be all right He was just blinded by the light Cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night Blinded by the light Mama always told me not to look into the sights of the sun Oh, but Mama, that's where the fun is I was blinded I was blinded I was blinded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermionik Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Is it just me or do the PH and Boss lyrics quoted respectively by Johnt and gearbasher actually make sense. They look like they seriously should NOT make sense..... but you read them and the picture builds in your head and there is nothing wrong with it, it is 'just so'. Somehow it is a place you've been or a situation you know. Maybe that is what true lyrical song writing is all about. Or maybe we are all crazy. Aaaah - who cares. GREAT lyrics guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefleppard Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 blinded has always baffled me. it was definitely bruce as dylan. speaking of which, here's dewey cox as dylan... Mailboxes drip like lampposts in the twisted birth canal of the coliseum Rim job fairy teapots mask the temper tantrum O' say can you see 'em Stuffed cabbage is the darling of the Laundromat 'N the sorority mascot sat with the lumberjack Pressing passing stinging half synthetic fabrication of his-- Time The mouse with the overbite explained how the rabbits were ensnared 'N the skinny scanty sylph trashed the apothecary diplomat Inside the three-eyed monkey within inches of his toaster oven life In my mind I'm half blind My inner ref Is mostly deaf I'm smell impaired If you cared My sense of taste is wasted on the phosphorescent orange peels of San Francisco axe-encrusted frenzy So let me touch you Let me touch you Let me touch you Let me touch you Where the Ro-yal Jelly gets made Coleratura singers bringing weeds and social clingers Hangers-on and fancy flingers To the dress ball Mushrooms and bowling pins Stove pipe hats and other things I can't recall From Juvenile hall We're so unlucky and stuff Woodrow Wilson never had it so tough Dairy Queen and Vaseline and Maybelline Paul Bunyan and James Dean Allegory agencies of pre-Raphaelite paganry And Shenandoah tapestries Compared with good mahogany Collapsing the undying postcard romance With feline perspicacity By the university That night I held a paucity Which you deemed common courtesy I wasn't what you thought I'd be I shouldn't have invited you to dance In my tree I'm halfway free And in my chair One quarter there In my dream One-sixteenth cream In the coffee of the Courtier Of the sycophant assistant to the king So let me touch you Let me touch you Let me touch you Let me touch you Where the Ro----yal Jelly gets made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermionik Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Man - THAT is Dylan Thomas and James Joyce mixed with early Kerouac, all on ACID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefleppard Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 Well if you expected "walrus" you possibly also saw this coming We skipped the light fandango turned cartwheels 'cross the floor I was feeling kinda seasick but the crowd called out for more great scene at the end of the movie 'the commitments'. jimmy, while looking in the mirror, holding a hair brush like a microphone, pretending to interview himself.... jerry (imaginary interviewer): tell, me, jimmy, you've had quite a ride. if you could somehow sum it all up - what would you say? jimmy: well, jerry. that's a good question. i think i'd sum it up this way We skipped the light fandango turned cartwheels 'cross the floor I was feeling kinda seasick but the crowd called out for more jerry: that's very profound, jimmy. but tell me, what does it mean? jimmy: i'm f***ed if i know, jerry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWilson Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 TWilson' date=' I didn't think anyone else in the world knew the "Colorado Fight Song". I've been singing it for years and it's a permanent part of my songbook. [/quote'] Hey, Mike, I was wondering if you'd know that one!! I have the LP that it's on. (National Lampoon's "Lemmings") " ...................................when blizzards snap the power lines and all the toilets freeze in December in the Colorado Rockies." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWilson Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Gearbasher- I think you have uncovered the only known photo of Winston Chrurchill where the cigar has slipped out from between his fingers! Johnt- Great new logo. I think it's symbolic of your and Albertjohns' visit to Denmark St. where you were over-served by evil bartenders. It could even be one of you two redcoats visiting the colonies drinking from the nipples of our american hospitality. A couple of limey teat babies as it were!! ( Hi, I'm Bob and I'm your uncle!) Har de har har maties!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarstrummer Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Hey' date=' Mike, I was wondering if you'd know that one!! I have the LP that it's on. (National Lampoon's "Lemmings") " ...................................when blizzards snap the power lines and all the toilets freeze in December in the Colorado Rockies." [/color'] Yep, you bet I know that one. I've been thinking about doing it for the Open Mic at one of the Homecomings, but something better seems to always come along. Maybe next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnt Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 great scene at the end of the movie 'the commitments'. Hi Cunkhead there' s tremendous hope for you mate! You have GREAT taste in films too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnt Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Johnt- Great new logo. I think it's symbolic of your and Albertjohns' visit to Denmark St. where you were over-served by evil bartenders. It could even be one of you two redcoats visiting the colonies drinking from the nipples of our american hospitality. A couple of limey teat babies as it were!! ( Hi' date=' I'm Bob and I'm your uncle!) Har de har har maties!!![/color'] Why oh why did you have to put that picture in my head TW? The only response I have is to reprise the song which AJ were chanting as the hand of a large man in a black shirt came down on our collars! Just thinking about it----------------------------------------------------> Immanuel Kant was a real pissant Who was very rarely stable. Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar Who could think you under the table. David Hume could out-consume Schopenhauer and Hegel, And Wittgenstein was a beery swine Who was just as schloshed as Schlegel. There's nothing Nietzche couldn't teach ya 'Bout the raising of the wrist. Socrates, himself, was permanently pissed. John Stuart Mill, of his own free will, On half a pint of shandy was particularly ill. Plato, they say, could stick it away-- Half a crate of whiskey every day. Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle. Hobbes was fond of his dram, And Ren Descartes was a drunken fart. 'I drink, therefore I am.' Yes, Socrates, himself, is particularly missed, A lovely little thinker, But a bugger when he's pissed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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