From Wild T(h)yme by Jefferson Airplane:
It's a wild t(h)yme
I'm doing things that haven't got a name yet
What's your coolest song lyric of all time?
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- KVRist
- 289 posts since 6 Jan, 2003 from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"I lost my lucky ball and chain, and now she's four years gone
Just five feet tall and sick of me and all my rattling on
She threw away her baby doll, I held on to my pride
But I was young and foolish then, I feel old and foolish now.
Confidentially, she never called me baby doll,
Confidentially, I never had much pride
But now I rock a barstool and I drink for two
Just pondering this time-bomb in my mind
I lost my lucky ball and chain, and now she's four years gone
Just five feet tall and sick of me and all my rattling on
She walked away from a happy man, I thought I was so cool
I just stood there whistling 'There Goes The Bride' as she walked out the door..."
They Might Be Giants, "Lucky Ball & Chain"
"The chairman of this boredom is a compliment collector,
I'd like to be his funeral director...."
Elvis Costello, "Opportunity"
"Does anybody need another crooked politician,
Caught with his pants down, and money stuffed inside his hole?"
Lou Reed
"Dear Mr. Murdoch, you're so hard to see,
But with your bare-assed cheek you should be on page three
And dear Mr. Murdoch, you're really the pits
Bad news is good business, you're king of the tits"
Roger Taylor, "Dear Mr. Murdoch"
"Howard Johnson's got his HoJo workin' , HoJo workin' on me!" NRBQ
"All around town my name is Mud, but I can't help it, it's in my blood" NRBQ, "It Comes To Me Naturally"
"They say he's got the whole world in his hand, but the button can be pushed by just one man" NRBQ, "When Things Was Cheap"
"Although your world wonders me,
with your majestic superior cackling hen,
your people I do not understand,
so to you I wish to put an end
and you'll never hear surf music again...."
Jimi Hendrix, "Third Stone From The Sun"
"Shake that woody for me, Saint Pinnochio!" Jellyfish, "Joining A Fan Club"
Just five feet tall and sick of me and all my rattling on
She threw away her baby doll, I held on to my pride
But I was young and foolish then, I feel old and foolish now.
Confidentially, she never called me baby doll,
Confidentially, I never had much pride
But now I rock a barstool and I drink for two
Just pondering this time-bomb in my mind
I lost my lucky ball and chain, and now she's four years gone
Just five feet tall and sick of me and all my rattling on
She walked away from a happy man, I thought I was so cool
I just stood there whistling 'There Goes The Bride' as she walked out the door..."
They Might Be Giants, "Lucky Ball & Chain"
"The chairman of this boredom is a compliment collector,
I'd like to be his funeral director...."
Elvis Costello, "Opportunity"
"Does anybody need another crooked politician,
Caught with his pants down, and money stuffed inside his hole?"
Lou Reed
"Dear Mr. Murdoch, you're so hard to see,
But with your bare-assed cheek you should be on page three
And dear Mr. Murdoch, you're really the pits
Bad news is good business, you're king of the tits"
Roger Taylor, "Dear Mr. Murdoch"
"Howard Johnson's got his HoJo workin' , HoJo workin' on me!" NRBQ
"All around town my name is Mud, but I can't help it, it's in my blood" NRBQ, "It Comes To Me Naturally"
"They say he's got the whole world in his hand, but the button can be pushed by just one man" NRBQ, "When Things Was Cheap"
"Although your world wonders me,
with your majestic superior cackling hen,
your people I do not understand,
so to you I wish to put an end
and you'll never hear surf music again...."
Jimi Hendrix, "Third Stone From The Sun"
"Shake that woody for me, Saint Pinnochio!" Jellyfish, "Joining A Fan Club"
"Ooo, look at me, I'm making people HAPPY! I'm the Magical Man from Happyland! In a gumdrop house on Lollypop Laaaaaaane!" - Homer Simpson
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- KVRAF
- 3723 posts since 17 Apr, 2002 from Scotland
but the point, dear Rob, is that he's far from a tortured artist, so we can see it for what it is. A manipulative attempt to appear cool that seriously backfired, in my eyes (but not in yourspHz wrote:hmmmnnn ...
... TBH i actually think that some of robbies lyrics are relatively intelligent and honest and clever for throwaway pop music
come undone - robbie williams
so unimpressed ... but so in awe
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i am scum
if kurt had written that wed be claiming it as a classic lyric from a tortured artist
slainterob
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- KVRist
- 315 posts since 13 Sep, 2001 from Surrey, England
It would have to be '1000 Umbrellas by XTC...
"1000 Umbrellas upturned
Couldn't hold all the rain
That drained out of my head
When you said
We were over, and over
I cried
'til I floated downstream
To a town they call Misery
Oh Misery.
And 1 million teacups I bet
Couldn't hold all the wet
That fell out of my eyes
When you fell out with me
So I'm crawling the wallpaper
Thats looking more
Like a roadmap to Misery
Oh Misery
[Chorus]
How can you smile and forecast
Weather's getting better
And you'll soon forget her
If you let the sunshine come through
How can you smile and forecast
Weather's getting better
If you never let a Girl
Rain all over you
And just when I thought
That my Vista was Golden in Hue
One Thousand Umbrellas Opened
To spoil the view."
"1000 Umbrellas upturned
Couldn't hold all the rain
That drained out of my head
When you said
We were over, and over
I cried
'til I floated downstream
To a town they call Misery
Oh Misery.
And 1 million teacups I bet
Couldn't hold all the wet
That fell out of my eyes
When you fell out with me
So I'm crawling the wallpaper
Thats looking more
Like a roadmap to Misery
Oh Misery
[Chorus]
How can you smile and forecast
Weather's getting better
And you'll soon forget her
If you let the sunshine come through
How can you smile and forecast
Weather's getting better
If you never let a Girl
Rain all over you
And just when I thought
That my Vista was Golden in Hue
One Thousand Umbrellas Opened
To spoil the view."
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- KVRian
- 1408 posts since 9 May, 2003 from Manchester, UK
Pick any of Morrisseys lyrics. Abnsolutely NO concession in them to 'fitting around a melody' ... and no concessions to standard themes. I mean .... "If A double Decker bush crashes into us, to die by your side is such a heavenly way to die" is just the finest declaration of love ever.
*** Spent last week working with a Manchester uni student who is doing a dissertation on Mozzers lyrics ***
Also muchos admire the musings of one Mikey Georgeson from the underrated uk band David Devant & His Spirit Wife. He has a quirk of using 'mis-ryhmes' in his songs, examples ....
"And my uncle thinks I'm barmy, coz I won't grow up and join the navy"
and ..
"There's a hole in my bucket,
sometimes I think,
oh well, forget it".
*** Spent last week working with a Manchester uni student who is doing a dissertation on Mozzers lyrics ***
Also muchos admire the musings of one Mikey Georgeson from the underrated uk band David Devant & His Spirit Wife. He has a quirk of using 'mis-ryhmes' in his songs, examples ....
"And my uncle thinks I'm barmy, coz I won't grow up and join the navy"
and ..
"There's a hole in my bucket,
sometimes I think,
oh well, forget it".
http://chrisamusic.bandcamp.com/
"It's square to be hip"
"It's square to be hip"
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- The Teach
- 8273 posts since 23 Jul, 2002 from flatness
i dont see it like that - i am WELL aware hes being manipulative but i get the impression that hes clever enough to know that thats EXACTLY what hes doing - thats why i like his lyrics ...scuzzphut wrote:but the point, dear Rob, is that he's far from a tortured artist, so we can see it for what it is. A manipulative attempt to appear cool that seriously backfired, in my eyes (but not in yours
... besides - you dont think that kurt was playing the EXACT same game to some extent ???
slainte
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- KVRAF
- 2107 posts since 12 May, 2003 from gone
ok there's just too many great lyrics to tell my favorite, so I'll tell you the one that always makes me laugh the most:
From 'Battle of Who Could Care Less' by Ben Folds Five:
"This should cheer your up for sure...
you see I've got your old I.D...
you're all dressed up like The Cure"
or another gem from the same song:
"I've got this great idea....
Why don't we pitch it to the Franklin f**king Mint..
Fine pewter portraits of
General Apathy
and
Major Boredom
singing...
whatever and ever, amen"
From 'Battle of Who Could Care Less' by Ben Folds Five:
"This should cheer your up for sure...
you see I've got your old I.D...
you're all dressed up like The Cure"
or another gem from the same song:
"I've got this great idea....
Why don't we pitch it to the Franklin f**king Mint..
Fine pewter portraits of
General Apathy
and
Major Boredom
singing...
whatever and ever, amen"
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- KVRian
- 1352 posts since 3 May, 2003 from California USA
some of my favorite lyrics, entertaining to me mostly, not others however:
"you start yer jaws a waggin and it never stops
you never shut yer mouth until I blow my top
I'm leaving now...
-I'm leaving now...
....I'm a long gone daddy I don't need you anyhow."
- Hank Williams Sr.
"you start yer jaws a waggin and it never stops
you never shut yer mouth until I blow my top
I'm leaving now...
-I'm leaving now...
....I'm a long gone daddy I don't need you anyhow."
- Hank Williams Sr.
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- KVRist
- 55 posts since 13 Jun, 2004 from UK
Oooh Get her!Cabinfever wrote:it should have been made clear at the start to have no lame-ass love song lyrics. can anyone be bothered to read through bad poetry by some spotty musician ?
Was that a dig?
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- KVRAF
- 2495 posts since 18 May, 2004 from ATL-USA
The one that comes to mind right now is "Fat Gal" by Merle Travis:
She keeps me warm in the Winter,
Chilly in the Summertime;
That's what I like about that fat gal of mine!
This hard-time talk don't trouble me;
I keep as happy as a honeybee;
If things get rough and times get hard,
I'll render my gal and sell the lard.
Now she's my shelter in the time of storm;
I helter-skelter right under her arm.
She's a beauty if you look at her face,
And you shouldn't be a-lookin' any other place!
Warm in the Winter,
Shady in the Summertime;
That's what I like about that fat gal of mine!
She keeps me warm in the Winter,
Chilly in the Summertime;
That's what I like about that fat gal of mine!
This hard-time talk don't trouble me;
I keep as happy as a honeybee;
If things get rough and times get hard,
I'll render my gal and sell the lard.
Now she's my shelter in the time of storm;
I helter-skelter right under her arm.
She's a beauty if you look at her face,
And you shouldn't be a-lookin' any other place!
Warm in the Winter,
Shady in the Summertime;
That's what I like about that fat gal of mine!
Anti-aliasing is for "synthmonk%ys".
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- KVRian
- 1352 posts since 3 May, 2003 from California USA
funny one Freeztar!
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- KVRian
- 522 posts since 10 Jan, 2004 from England
Turning Japanese - The Vapours
I asked a doctor, to take a picture, so I can look at from inside as well....
A song about tugging (not you Donkey!), it doesn't get any cooler than that.
I asked a doctor, to take a picture, so I can look at from inside as well....
A song about tugging (not you Donkey!), it doesn't get any cooler than that.
There are 2 rules to being a success in life: 1. Never give out all the information.
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- KVRist
- 315 posts since 8 Jun, 2002
A classic -- amongst many others by Hank, of course!some of my favorite lyrics, entertaining to me mostly, not others however:
"you start yer jaws a waggin and it never stops
you never shut yer mouth until I blow my top
I'm leaving now...
-I'm leaving now...
....I'm a long gone daddy I don't need you anyhow."
- Hank Williams Sr.