Lyric trivia...of sorts.
I caught this running on another board, it seemed something interesting. The idea is one throws out a lyric and others have to guess song/artist, then post their own. This oft degenerates into just random posting of lyrics, but hey, I'm bored. Humor me.
Alright, here goes.
"Every morning, rise out of bed
Echoing the words that your parents once said
Plan ahead, but you've got other plans instead
If all you think about's the future, you're already dead"
~mike
My magic crystal ball tells me that it is darwin's waiting room - live for the moment.
Take a crack at this, and NO USING GOOGLE! thats cheating :)
And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass of what was everything.
All the pictures have all been washed in black. Tattooed everything.
All the love gone bad turned my world to black.
Originally posted by verbatim
Take a crack at this, and NO USING GOOGLE! thats cheating :)
And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass of what was everything.
All the pictures have all been washed in black. Tattooed everything.
All the love gone bad turned my world to black.
Easy...Pearl Jam's "Black".
I'll post lyrics for a new song momentarily.
And now...lyrics:
"Now don't you worry.
I won't put you down.
I'm in no hurry babe...
to see you go to the ground.
Because it's true what they say.
You know, it's true what they say.
You're only king for a day.
I guess you're happy that way."
Jamiroquai..dunno the song.
random off the top of my head..
"High times, hard times
Down town, Julie Brown.."
Originally posted by TheDollyLlama
Jamiroquai..dunno the song.
Well now, that's only half-right. :)
"High times, hard times
Down town, Julie Brown.."
Helmet--"Turned Out"
New lyric: "If you ever need anything, please don't hesitate to ask someone else first."
Nirvana - Territorial Pissings
Now I've got one for your love: "What if I was not your only friend in this world? Would you take me where you're going if you're never coming back."
Originally posted by alphageek31337
"What if I was not your only friend in this world? Would you take me where you're going if you're never coming back."
Eels. "Last Stop This Town"
"You slap our backs and pretend you knew
About all the things that we were gonna do
Whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do when it's over?"
Originally posted by alphageek31337
Nirvana - Territorial Pissings
Right band. Wrong song. Wrong album. :)
Originally posted by mmesker
Eels. "Last Stop This Town"
"You slap our backs and pretend you knew
About all the things that we were gonna do
Whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do when it's over?"
Joy Divison - "Novelty" And Syc's was "Very Ape" by Nirvana, if I'm not mistaken.
New one now...
"But you're one in a million
You've got that shotgun shine.
Born under a bad sign,
With a blue moon in your eyes."
Woke Up This Morning by Alabama 3
The Sopranos Theme!
Lil' older...
"Saw you in a mag, kissin a man
Saw you in a mag, kissin a man
Saw you in a mag, kissing a man..(ad infinitum)"
I really have no idea about that last one, but I've got a question that's been bothering the entire staff at work ever since I brought it up; In the song Mrs. Robinson by Simon and/or Garfunkel, what is the line that follows "Sitting on a sofa on a sunday afternoon". If you can get that one <i>sin</i> google, you're my hero.
Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon
Going to the candidates debate
"My momma don't understand me
Daddy never really cared
Fuck the rest, I've failed their test
I guess life just ain't fair"
~mike
kottonmouth kings - misunderstood
cause i remember when we used to sit
in the government yard in trenchtown
oba, ob-serving the hypocrites
as they would mingle with the good people we meet
good friends we have had, oh good friends we've lost along the way
in this bright future you can't forget your past
so dry your tears i say....
No Woman No Cry, Bob Marley
my previous lyric was from 12xu by wire, covered by minor threat and garbage i think too.
"Set the groove
Then stick and move like I was Cassius
Rep the stutter step
Then bomb a left upon the fascists"
Too easy.
Rage Against The Machine - Wake Up
Man, I still like RATM, but I got real disappointed when I figured out the Rage Against The Machine Songwriting Scheme. It goes kinda like this:
[something about black man being oppressed]
[something about the corruption of government]
FREE MUMIA!
[something else about black man being oppressed]
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:) See: Know Your Enemy, Killing In The Name Of, and every other RATM song.
Here's my lyrics:
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with you i'm happy
without you i'm strong
and i cannot choose between the two
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No Google you fucking cheaters. :)
I wanna say Holla Back, by Ghetto Fabolous. I could be wrong. AlphaGeek mixed DayQuil and NyQuil this morning, came to school, and can't sleep now. Worse, his pores are giving off fumes, so I'm floatin' right now.
~mike
Okay, no one's getting that. Let's try another one...
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now i get up around whenever
i used to get up on time
but that old man, he's a real mother fucker
gonna kick him on down the line
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:)
you sang it on the phone with me the other day. by the use of the words "mother" and "fucker', i'd guess guns n roses. but i'm probably terribly wrong. anyway who was that other one by? i looked on google just to see and nothing came up, which makes me want to say jenny youngs. ha. it would be so DAVE to do that, too. :p tell me!
At best you're only half right on each of them. Let's try that again. :P
I have one more for you fools today.
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smoke 'em if you got 'em!
aaaalllllllllllllllllright! that sucked!
///
:)
Originally posted by dhamsaic
now i get up around whenever
i used to get up on time
but that old man, he's a real mother fucker
gonna kick him on down the line
"Mr. Brownstone"--Guns n' Roses
"Well it's cool that you live in a shack. And it's cool that you're hooked on smack."
and the Round Mound of Sound gets it.
Here's another one:
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come sit right down
lay your head on my shoulder
it's not the point
that i'm forty years older
you can trust me, i'm no criminal
but i'd kill my mother to be with you
be with you
be with you
be with you
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OOH I KNOW THAT ONE!! edge of the world, faith no more. oh yes, i do listen to my mp3s. especially my faith no more mp3s :)
anyway. okay, jenny own youngs...um, i don't know the song. and i got the guns n roses one.
and i'd guess the other quote is ice cube. har har. but i could be wrong too. this is fun!
okay. new one.
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you're my brown-eyed girl
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i know that's hard 'cause it's only one line, but no cheating!
And yes, Jen, you are correct. It's Jenny.
For those completely ignorant of Jenny Owen Youngs (everyone else here except my sister), I'll share a little. Jen will probably learn something here too.
Jenny was the first person I ever loved. We met online just about six years ago. We kicked it off as friends pretty quickly, but it moved into a "relationship". A "you're four hours away from me" relationship. A "I'm a stupid 15 year old boy" relationship. It ended after several months, mostly because I was stupid and she was obsessed with someone she knew in real life. I couldn't compete.
Then, a few months later, I got with Erinn. And things were looking good. Then Jenny tells me "I still love you." It kinda started eating me up inside.
I did a lot of stupid things after that. I hurt her in a lot of ways. She hurt me. I'm to blame for most of them. We fell apart, then reconciled, then fell apart... she had a fit when she found out that yes, I was sleeping with the person I was in a relationship with. By fit, I mean I got an expletive-filled email and she didn't talk to me for months. I was... sorta pissed, sorta regretful. I still loved her. But I was with Erinn, and I wasn't going to change that. Jenny's the one that gave me the boot in the first place. I wasn't going to do the same to Erinn for her.
Erinn and I fell apart after about 9 months. Jenny and I sorta talked. We never really kept up good communication. In and out. By now, two years has passed since we've met. She's doing other things. I'm obsessed with Andrea but I still have a very deep longing for Jenny. I still love her.
In September of '98, she asks me if I'll make the copies of her CD. I've always known she was a talented musician, but this is where I really get to feel it. I listen to her CD. Over. And over. And over.
I hate to acknowledge it, but some of the best songs on the album are about, pretty basically, a stupid boy. A stupid 15 year old boy. A stupid 15 year old boy that threw everything I had with her away. I don't <b>know</b> that they're about me. I don't want to know. I am not proud. It is the only thing I <b>regret</b> to this day. She has forgiven me. I have not.
We met in February of 1999. It was somewhat awkward for me. On a number of occasions, she tried to hug me. I backed away. I kept my arms down. She was obviously saddened. I didn't know what to do. I didn't know how to react.
On her last day there, as she was getting into her car to drive back to New Jersey... we just stared at each other. I stood there on my lawn, a stupid 17 year old boy. She left her car door open, walked around to me, and we shared the most meaningful embrace I've ever known. It must have lasted a full two minutes. Her head on my shoulder, mine on hers, our arms around each other... she hugged me so hard then. I'll never forget how it felt. After those few minutes, we kind of loosened up and broke it. She walked back to her car... we looked at each other... and she came back around and hugged me even harder. At that instant, it was the best moment of my life. Three years and a month later, I can't come up with anything to beat it.
I still love her. I always will. She'll always love me. She's the one that I will never get over.
The lines above are from one of her songs. I wish I could say that it's not about me. I wish I could say that. I'll never ask. I don't want to know.
You can download the song <a href="http://www.metastudios.com/dave/Jenny_Owen_Youngs-The_Hardest_Thing.mp3">here</a>.
If you're interested in more... I'm going to be hosting her site in the not-too-distant future and it'll have MP3's and linkage to ordering information.
Enjoy.
van morrison! or however that's spelled. okay, that one was too easy. :p how about...
(i'll use dave's method here)
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i'm between the poles and the equator
don't send no private investigator to find me please
'less he speaks Chinese
and can dance like astaire overseas
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that one might be really easy but i love that song, so up it goes. no cheating. doing this online is too easy. sheesh.
I only know it from the "'less he speaks Chinese". Then I sing it in my head and everything fits.
Michael Penn - No Myth (commonly called "Romeo In Black Jeans"). Pop Up Video!
Here's one a bit more recent for ya...
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what did i find?
i never thought i could want someone so much
'cause now you're not here and i'm knee deep in my own fear
forgive my indecision
i am only a maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan...
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Originally posted by dhamsaic
I have one more for you fools today.
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smoke 'em if you got 'em!
aaaalllllllllllllllllright! that sucked!
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:)
The Fun Lovin' Criminals - Smoke 'em
Originally posted by alphageek31337
The Fun Lovin' Criminals - Smoke 'em
Actually, No. :) "Smoke 'em" doesn't have the "alright! that sucked!" bit. :)
Too damn bad if at the end of the day,
The only thoughts in your brain are all the things that they say.
What a waste.
Too damn bad if at the end of the line,
You got no idea what's on your own mind.
You got no one to blame but yourself.
11 am? incubus. is that what that song is called, though? track 5, morning view.
Very good. How about this (no cheating!)
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some time later
getting the words wrong
wasting the meaning and
losing the rhyme
nauseous adrenaline
like breakin' up a dog fight
like a deer in the headlights
frozen in real time
i'm losing my mind
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Originally posted by juju2112
Too damn bad if at the end of the day,
The only thoughts in your brain are all the things that they say.
What a waste.
Too damn bad if at the end of the line,
You got no idea what's on your own mind.
You got no one to blame but yourself.
Rollins Band, "Disconnect". This songs rules, I'm going to download it.
since nobody posted after that, and I'm still transitioning from "sleep" to "awake", I'm putting this up. Easy, but I thought it should stand in the record.
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I use public toilets
and I piss on the seat
I walk around in the summertime
sayin' "How about this heat?"
//
~mike
Finally I score. "Asshole", Denis Leary.
OK: I don't know if this is an easy one.
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Lemme tell y'all what it's like
Being male, middle-class and white
It's a bitch, if you don't believe
Listen up to my new CD
//
Originally posted by Undertoad
Lemme tell y'all what it's like
Being male, middle-class and white
It's a bitch, if you don't believe
Listen up to my new CD
Ben Folds "Rockin' The Suburbs"
"I can lose myself in Chinese art and American girls
All the time, Lose me in the dark
Please do it right, Run into the night
I will lose myself tomorrow, Crimson pain
My heart explodes, My memory in a fire
And someone will listen, At least for a short while..."
Oh yeah, The Cure - "The Figurehead"
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Step up to the bar - put the girl down
She takes a big gulp and slaps it around
Take a sip - you can do it - you get right to it
We had a case in the place and we went right through it
//
~mike
Originally posted by Chewbaccus
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Step up to the bar - put the girl down
She takes a big gulp and slaps it around
Take a sip - you can do it - you get right to it
We had a case in the place and we went right through it
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Beastie Boys "Brass Monkey".
"Laugh at the wonder of it all
Laugh so loud you break the fall
And you see the gathering clouds
Cry at the sadness of the world
Cry so long you break its cold
And you hear the gathering sounds..."
"sound" by james. Nice tune.
//
If a woman tells you she's 20 and looks 16.. she's 12
If she tells you she's 26, and LOOKS 26.. she's damn near 40
//
~mike
Chris Rock - No Sex in the Champagne Room
Here's another..
Well i spoke to the mountain
I listened to the sea
Both told me that the fountain
Was the best that you could be
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the air is warm
i hear the wind in the trees
i know i'm there but i'll never be
the wind is soft tonight, the tide is low
and now i know the way
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one of the best beginnings to a song EVER. the music, combined with the way it's spoken/sung, makes it great.
so who was it and what song? :)
Cool, someone actually knew Rollins Band! :)
Okay, here's another:
<blockquote>
I am made from the dust of stars
And the oceans flow in my veins
Here I hide in the heart of the city
Like a stranger coming out of the rain
</blockquote>
<i>(this band will have a new album out on May 14th!! Yes!!!)</i>
From the May 14th, I'm gonna take a stab at it...
"Planets" by Korn
~mike
alright, then what?
~mike
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radicals and racists
don't point your finger at me
i'm a small town white boy
just tryin' to make ends meet
don't need your religion
don't watch that much tv
just makin' my livin', baby
well that's enough for me
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G n' R--"One in a Million"
"Something's odd. Feel like I'm God, you stupid dumbshit goddamned motherfucker!"
Incidentally, no one guessed my last lyrical post, which was Reverend Horton Heat's "Livin' on the Edge (of Houston)."
The Offspring - "Bad Habit"
Lyrics when I get to work :)
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now i'm in control
now i'm in the fall out
once asleep but now i stand
and i still remember
your sweet everything
light a roman candle
and hold it in your hand
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goddamn i love this band.
Soundgarden, baby! "4th Of July"
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I said it's alright. You know it's alright
I guess it's all in my heart
You'll be my only, my one and only.
Is that the way it should start?
//
~mike
Led Zeppelin--"Dancing Days"
"Beyond the Staples Center, you can see America, with its tired, poor, avenging disgrace."
system of a down, deer dance. YAY.
I don't think you actually meant this as a lyric, but...
Originally posted by jeni
YAY.
Nirvana--"Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Heh.
"Inside a room full of shit, you're still an asshole to me."
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i wanna shimmy shimmy shimmy through the break of dawn YEEEEAAAAHHH
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:)
Originally posted by dhamsaic
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i wanna shimmy shimmy shimmy through the break of dawn YEEEEAAAAHHH
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"Shimmy"--System of a Down
No one got my last one, which was "Reload" by Ministry.
New lyrics shortly.
"All your stupid ideas
Got your head in the clouds
You should see how it feels
With your feet on the ground"
Depeche Mode - "Useless"
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Sifting to the bottom
Every day for two
All energy funnels
All becomes you
//
~mike
Faith No-Mothafucking-More "The Real Thing".
"The dancefloor's a desert
And the dancers are parched
Do a rain dance
And you brace through a marsh
My heavy my brother get lighter than helium
Float above the world to break the tedium
Living in my headphones
Soul is what I say to 'em
The surreal boom of the budokan stadium"
I don't know that one, but here's another to revive the thread:
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overwhelmed and possessed by your beauty
hypnotized to follow you blind
your dark side was revealed to me before
the possibility of betrayal i did ignore
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Admittedly, that's not an easy one. At all. :)
hypnotized by the pilfers. am i right or am i right? woot.
what is it about that song that makes it so fucking good? i don't think i'd listen to music like that otherwise.
I think part of it is the "CLEAR CLEAR! you betta broke outta here" and how he says "outta". :)
I think the other part is that the Pilfers were simply a very good band. It's unfortunate that they didn't get major-label backing, because I find their music to be of a much higher caliber (and much more listenable) than the main-stream ska, but it's also pop-y. All in all, I like it. The rest of that album is very good too. I should send you the MP3's.
And yes, you're right, as I guessed you probably would be. I don't figure anyone else around here has ever heard of the Pilfers :)
<b>Hypnotized</b> really is just an awesome song though.
The "The dance floor's a desert..." one I posted was Massive Attack "Daydreaming".
I guess I win?
BTW, did anyone pick up the Massive Attack "Eleven Promos" DVD that just came out? Its fucking awesome.
I just feel like throwing one out...
"Dear God, how have you been, then?
I'm not fine, fuck pretending."
in memory of the departed...
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i'd like to fly.....
but my wings have been so denied
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"Down in a Hole" by AIC of course.
Incidentally, my lyric is an AIC song too.
Yes, and I didn't answer it because I figured you would know that it would be pretty easy for me, kinda wanting me to leave it for someone else... kinda like I figured for the "Down In A Hole" lyric. You turd. :)
I'll still leave it for someone else though.
Originally posted by dhamsaic
Yes, and I didn't answer it because I figured you would know that it would be pretty easy for me, kinda wanting me to leave it for someone else... kinda like I figured for the "Down In A Hole" lyric. You turd. :)
Fucking sue me. :)
Seriously though, I didn't know if anyone would guess mine. It's not what I would call easily decipherable. Yours wasn't either for that matter. The way he sings it makes it sound open to interpretation if you don't actually know the lines.
Well, while we're on the subject of not-easily-decipherable lyrics, let's go with..
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cool and stressing
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pronounced "cool ranch dressing" :)
this oughta be a sorta tough one. I'd only expect you and Jenni to get it, really. :)
G n' R--"Pretty Tied Up"
Hmmm...you might get this one:
"I'm in love with this malicious intent
You've been taken but you don't know it yet
What you will know must never live to be found
'Cause it's the subject of the eyes of the clown"
hehe. of course i'll get that. favorite ministry album.
new world order. ministry. track 1 psalm 69. well, technically, it's called "n.w.o." but we all know what that means.
TELL ME SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW SHOW ME SOMETHING I CAN'T USE PUSH THE BUTTON CONNECT THE GODDAMN DOTS!
:)
"the way to succeed and the way to suck eggs"
hehe. i love that cd.
Ah..."TV II."
I like the first TV Song, although I've only seen it on a live bootleg. It's not even in my import singles box set. "TV III" is alright, but not as good as the first two.
How funny...Psalm 69 made me open my Bible for the first time in years. :)
Well, since no one else is doing it... God Am.
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sowin' all your wild oats
in another's luxuries
yesterday was tuesday
maybe thursday you can sleep
but school starts much too early
and this hotel wasn't free
so party 'till your connection calls
honey i'll return the key
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Guns 'n Roses - "My Michelle"
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Now that you got it right
Bring love and I'll make it alright
Bring love and we'll take it tonite
Now that you got it right
//
~mike
Tricky "Evolution Revolution Love".
Oddly appropriate, but still an incredible song:
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At the record company party
On their hands - a dead star
The sycophantic slags all say :
"I knew him first, and I knew him well"
Re-issue! Re-package! Re-package!
Re-evaluate the songs
Double-pack with a photograph
Extra Track (and a tacky badge)
But you could've said no
If you'd wanted to
You could've said no
If you'd wanted to
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The Smiths--"Paint a Vulgar Picture"
"I could travel to New York City
Dress in black and slump around the Village
Pierce my flesh with jewels and needles
Turn my black hair white or whatever"
Iodine Radio - "For You"
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Back stabbing and name calling
The trade marks of your act
You talk and talk of unity
But divide with your attacks
//
~mike
Originally posted by Chewbaccus
Iodine Radio - "For You"
Close enough...Radio Iodine. :)
You've actually heard of them? They released two major label albums, but didn't really have much of a following outside St. Louis.
Sproadic dyslexia...it's a bitch.
My brother has a friend who lives in St. Louis, and he gets the odd report of what's big by the Ol' Miss.
~mike
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It's tricky to rock a rhyme
to rock a rhyme that's right on time
it's TRICKY!
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:) OLD SCHOOL
Good ol' Run-DMC...
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I am taking no prisoners, taking no shorts
Breakin' with the metal of a couple of forts
//
~mike
Public Enemy, of course. Yo! Bum rush the show!
Chuck D is my hero.
Here's another good one.
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fuckin' with me 'cause i'm a teenager
with a little bit of gold an' a pager
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N.W.A--"Fuck tha Police"
"Now let me tell you something
You fucking piece of shit
You'll never have no money
Now tell me was it worth it?"
I know Mike's lyrics, but won't post b/c I looked them up. I've heard of the band and their label before...good stuff.
311 - "Silver". Wow...I haven't listened to 311 in quite some time...
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When she's saying that I'm like a disease
Then I wonder how much more I can spend
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~mike
Offspring - Self Esteem
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dance! bum rush tha speaker that booms!
i'm killin' your brain like a poisonous mushroom
deadly! when i play a dope melody
anything less than the best is a felony
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:P
dun dun dun dadadundun
dun dun dun dadadundun
Here's a new one.
"Never trust a big butt and a smile.."
Unless I'm mistaken, that's "Poison" by Bell Biv Devoe..
Gotta roll, class time now.
~mike
since jen and i both have it in our signatures and i'm listening to it now, i'll do some lyrics from this fantastical song.
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the ruiner's a collector, he's an infector, serving his shit to his flies
maybe there will come a day when those that you keep blind will suddenly realize
maybe it's a part of me, you took it to a place i hoped it would never go
and maybe that fucked me up much more than you'll ever know
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i LOVE that song. LOVE. with a capital love.
NIN - "Ruiner"
Ok, double shot since I couldn't post yesterday.
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Well, I got a little woman
'bout my height and size,
Now she's a married woman
sees me once in a while.
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And lyric dos
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Come on you boy child
you winner and loser
come on you miner
for truth and delusion
//
~mike
"... and shine!" #2 is "Shine on you Crazy Diamond", one of the later parts, from Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here. Thanks for posting an oldie and letting us oldy people in.
Ahh, Pink Floyd, bridging all gaps. But if you're old-timey Tony, then you should also get the first one.
(Ooh...a hint...)
~mike
here's another grown-up tune. take it away, The Tone!
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now the sun's gone to hell and
the moon's riding high
let me bid you farewell
every man has to die
but it's written in the starlight
and every line in your palm
we're fools to make war on our...
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"...Brothers In Arms." Dire Straits. In fact I saw them on that tour, back in the day in 1985. Outstanding...
Lucky lucky man. Here's another one for you:
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i rolled on
the sky grew dark
i put the petal down to make some time
there's something good
waitin' down this road
i'm pickin' up whatever is mine
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Lucky me that I <b>have</b> seen that one performed live and it <b>ruled</b>. Easily one of the most timeless artists ever.
FINE!
It's Tom Petty - Runnin' Down A Dream
Here's another one:
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well some say life
will beat you down
break your heart
steal your crown
so i've started out
for god knows where
i guess i'll know
when i get there
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My favorite Tom Petty song. So you can probably figure this one out. By reading my weblog. And then posting the answer. :)
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well some say life
will beat you down
break your heart
steal your crown
so i've started out
for god knows where
i guess i'll know
when i get there
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Learning To Fly
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You can make a big impression or
Go through life unseen
You might wind up restricted and over seventeen
It's so hard to be careful, so easy to be lead
Somewhere beyond the pavement
You'll find the living dead
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my favourite tom petty song. :)
~james
I won't ruin it for anyone else, but that's a good one. It's not on Playback, unfortunately, but that's okay - I've got it anyway :)
Here's a good one. You'll either need to be a dork or my sister to get it. But that's alright.
///
we sleep near the sound of the slow running river
and wake up most mornings to a drizzlin' rain
and we live every day like the first or the last one
with nothing to lose and heaven to gain
here's to alaska
here's to the people
here's to the wild and here's to the free
here's to my life in a chosen country
here's to alaska and me
oh, for a fire on a cold winter's night
once more to gaze at the great northern lights
for all of the beauty my children will see
here's to alaska and me
///
and for a double shot
///
if i was to change this life i lead
you could call me johnny tomato seed
'cause i know what this country needs
is a home grown tomato'n every yard you see
when i die don't bury me
in a box in a cold dark cemetary
out in the garden would-a be much better
'cause i could be-a pushin' up-a home grown tomatoes
///
:) If there are any errors, I recalled these from memory so... my bad. :)
Okay, well... I'll let Jen get those. Here's another
///
let's crucify the ego
before it's far too late
and leave behind this place so
negative and blind and cynical
and you will come to find
that we are all one mind
and capable of all that's
imagined and all conceivable
///
Ima Dork/ honorary sista reporting for duty sir! John Denver wants to live in Alaska and hey, dont you too?! Nice sky.
I know I've heard the tomato tune, but here's another dork's challenge:
" Yeah the cops have been lookin for the son of a gun
That's been rippin the tar off the 401.
They know the name of the truck shines up in the sun......Green Gables."
Right you are.
I know yours, but I had to Google it. I don't think anyone's going to get it, so... maybe it's just me that's never heard it before.
Its Canadiana! Nic oughtta know.
oh, sorry. john denver, home grown tomatoes. um...i didn't see this thread's new posts before. weird.
and tool. reflection. okay, i don't know any good ones except those that would probably have to be googled...um...because they're all semi-obscure bands that paul listens to :)
Here's a hint: I caught these guys out at X-Fest at the Star Lake Amphitheater in Pittsburgh.
//
Mussolini comin' through with no remorse
From the dark you won't see me
Rise up from the sea like a godzilla
Straight up through your mind with my armour plated drilla.
//
~mike
Quarashi--"Stick 'Em Up"
Iceland's first ever hip-hop group...heh.
Lyrics will be forthcoming.
"We both thought it was cool to cross the line
And I was convinced it would be alright
Now things are strange, nothing's the same
And really I just want my friend back"
One of Philadelphia's own
Musiq Soulchild - Half Crazy
//
A million dollars in it
Cold hundreds of G's
Enough to buy a boat
And matching car with ease
//
Run-DMC--"Christmas in Hollis"
And actually, Musiq has dropped the "Soulchild"...and you know the guy doesn't use capital letters...or proper spelling fuhdatmatta. ;)
"Spreading vocal leprosy, using discrepancy
Lyric weaponry lessens your chances of testing me
Stop and freeze MC's, I block atrocities
True philosophies from the lips of black Socrates"
I dunno who that is, but that sounds on fire just reading it.
Sounds a whole lot like Ozomatli's "Cut Chemist Suite".
Tony Hawk got me turned on to that song. Yeah!
d got it...ozo. :)
Chali 2na (who did the rhymes on the first Ozo CD) is part of Jurassic 5, who quite frankly whoop serious ass. Check out their CD Quality Control. Also, the self-titled Ozo CD is quite phat too, if you dig Latin with some funk thrown in.
Of course, the new Ozo CD is good...the new rapper (Kanetic) is cool...Common also makes an appearance. But it's not quite the same w/o Chali.
"i'll 'lectrify ya like some nocturnal sunshine..."
/*
And every time you get this close
It makes me want to scream
*/
~mike
Dave hasn't posted new lyrics yet, so I'll throw out another set.
The song is so sick and demented that it's actually funny.
"And I put it into my car and I said, 'Momma, we're goin' on
a vacation, a permanent vacation, bitch.'"
Here's some new lyrics for you fools:
///
And now I hear you found somebody new
And that I never meant that much to you
To hear that tears me up inside and to
See you cuts me like a knife
///
:P
[ Edit - somehow "you found" founds its way out of my post. ]
Poison--"Every Rose Has Its Thorn"
The lyrics I posted yesterday will stand.
Nobody guessed the last set I posted, which was "Momma's Gotta Die Tonight" by Body Count.
And now...new ones:
"I'm everlasting, never will my head expand
this publisher is clearing house like I was Ed McMahon
I'll getcha open like a bullet wound come test the repertoire
and I'll connect a right cross to your upper jaw"
No one guessed my last set...Ozomatli's "O Le Le"
"I don't want to live with that
And you don't want to take it back
And I don't want to be a rat
And you don't want a kitty cat"
Local H--"'Cha!' Said the Kitty"
"Now what would you do
If you could fuck with me or my crew
But you can't, so don't even think about
Steppin' in the muthafuckin' house"
It's Snoop...DAMNED if I can't remember the song.
Curse you, Syc. Curse you in multiple languages.
~mike
Originally posted by Chewbaccus
It's Snoop...DAMNED if I can't remember the song.
It HAS Snoop in it, but it's not quite Snoop. :)
Okay, so it was Tha Dogg Pound--"What Would You Do"
"I have faith in these desolate times
A roar down the road of a rumbling war
I have faith in these desolate times
A chill from the eyes of
a man of political skill
I have faith but for how much longer?"
Terence Trent D'Arby--"I Have Faith in these Desolate Times"
Here's something a little more old school
"You start a conversation you can't even finish it.
You're talkin' a lot, but you're not sayin' anything.
When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed.
Say something once, why say it again?"
Originally posted by dhamsaic
PSYCHO KILLER
Very good...now how about sharing with us the group that performed the song? ;)
FA FA FA FA FA FA FA FA FA FA BETTA
RUN RUN RUN RUN, RUN RUN RUN AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY...
mother fuckin' TALKING HEADS.
damn that song is pimp.
...Qu'est-ce que c'est? FA FA FA FA FA FA FA FA FA FA BETTA.........
(and my favorite)AAIIIIYYEIIIYEIIIYEIIIYEIIIOOO.
Heh. I don't pretend to know French and I was going all from memory, so I left that out so as to not punish you with my retardified mis-spelling of it. Thanks for tossing it in :)
Warch pretty much had it...it's "Qu'est Que C'est," which translates to "That is that it is." I have their 2CD best of, which I was going to jam to the other day...then I forgot. I'll have them ready for the Discman tomorrow.
So, are you gonna toss out some new lyrics or what? ;)
Alright, easy one.
///
And this I know, his teeth as white as snow
What a gas it was to see him
Walk her every day into a shady place
With her lips she said, she said...
///
the pixies, gigantic. i lurve it.
Beauty can be sad. You're proof of that.
When the damage is done, you're damaged goods.
That's not to say it's not okay.
I wouldn't have it any other way.
~james
"I wanna devise a virus
To bring dire straits to your environment
Crush your corporations with a mild touch
Trash your whole computer system and revert you to papyrus
I want to make a super virus
Strong enough to cause blackouts in every single metropolis
Cuz they dont wanna unify us
So fuck it total anarchy
Can't nobody stop us"
If you know this, you kick ass. If not, you should, especially those who like Ozomatli.
Deltron-mothafuckin-3030 "Virus".
That CD rules.
"If Jesus is the straight path that saves
Then I'm condemned to live my whole life on the curve
On the crossroads with the Devil
I'll dwell and I'll count my years..."
///
blue blue is the sun
brown brown is the sky
green green of her eyes
a million miles, a million miles
///
One of my favorite songs ever.
Cracker--"Low"
Lyrics to come momentarily...
And now, lyrics:
"I'm gonna walk on up to heaven
I'm sure you'll see me there
Might be the last dead man to make it
Hell yes, I know that I'll get there."
Bonus points if you can name the singer. The "group" uses various singers.
Recoil, "Strange Hours" off the "Liquid" album. The exact singer issssss *looks in cd booklet* Diamanda Galas?
:D :D :D :D
*lyrics inna few*
New lyrics:
"Look at me, I always get the blame
But I can't even learn to spell my name
I like to read, I like to write
But where I live I learn to fight
So don't you ever say that we're the same."
What could it be?! :confused:
That's Electronic, from their second album. (I don't know song titles since I started playing CDs in the car.)
"I wanted everything for a little while,
why shouldn't I?
I wanted to know what it was like
But I pushed you too far,
and you started laying down the law
till I didn't love you anymore
Now you can pull a little bit
There's a little give and take
And love will stretch a little bit
But finally its gonna break"
Originally posted by Undertoad
That's Electronic, from their second album.
"Caaaaaaaaar!"
BZZZT! WRONG!
That's Electronic alright, but its "Gangster" from their FIRST, self-titled album.
"Game on!"OK, then mine was "Wrong", Everything But the Girl.
What am I supposed to do now?
Due to the irony of your "Wrong" selection, I think its a "do over".
Originally posted by mmesker
That's Electronic alright, but its "Gangster" from their FIRST, self-titled album.
You dumbass...what did you give it away for? :)
///Well all the things I've said
To try to make it work
Have all been bent or misunderstood
Everything was taken the wrong way
Now you're making things so hard///
go ahead and google if you wanna!
Jolly Green Dumbass...*rofl*
//
When illusion spins her net
I'm never where I want to be
And Liberty, she pirouettes
When I think that I am free.
Watched by empty silhouettes
Who close their eyes, but still can see
No-one taught them etiquette
I will show another me
//
and how about a bonus one?
//
One of these days, I'm going to cut you into little pieces
//
Don't know the first one, but the second one is something by Pink Floyd, song title some combination of the words Eugene and Ax? Careful with that ax Eugene?
//
Be it a song or casual conversation
To hold my tongue speaks
Of quiet reservations
Your words once heard
They can place you in a faction
My words may disturb
But at least there's a reaction
//
The first one is Peter Gabriel "Solsbury Hill".
(excellent)
Second one is actually just called 'One of These Days'.
Originally posted by Undertoad
The first one is Peter Gabriel "Solsbury Hill".
(excellent)
speaking of which, sarah mclachlan does a great cover of this song.
~james
mw's is "Don't Damn Me" by Guns n' Roses.
New lyrics shortly...
"Children play with rusted cars
Sores cover their hands
Politicians laugh and drink
Drunk to all demands"
Stevie Wonder--"Village Ghetto Land"
I can't believe I'm about to post the following lyrics...it's a running gag between Rho and I.
"If a picture paints a thousand words,
Then why can't I paint you?
The words will never show the you I've come to know."
If by Bread
///
They set up an assault team. They asked for volunteers.
They had to go and get him, that much was clear.
And the word spread about him on the radios and TV's.
In appropriately sober tone they asked "Who can it be ?"
///
OK, too tough I guess.
If somone wants to play on ... google it. ;)
Here's a toughy.
///
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
///
Originally posted by dave
Here's a toughy.
///
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
///
Umm ok I'll give it a shot...
Let it be - Beatles
Ok heres the next one:
Auschwitz, the meaning of pain
The way that I want you to die
Slow death, immense decay
Showers that cleanse you of your life
Forced in like cattle you are
Stripped of your lifes worth
Human mice...
There will be no more Marylin Manson CD's from now on, in my collection anyway. How about this one? (I had to try at least one, so here goes.)
yellow matter custard
dripping from a dead dog's eye
cororation t-shirt
stupid bloody tuesday
man you've been a rotten BOY
you let your face grow long
Ooh, I just can't give it away by taking this further!
Originally posted by Nic Name
If by Bread
///
They set up an assault team. They asked for volunteers.
They had to go and get him, that much was clear.
And the word spread about him on the radios and TV's.
In appropriately sober tone they asked "Who can it be ?"
///
Makes me think of "Beach Blanket Assault Party", if that is even the song.
"i am the walrus" -beatles
but i dont think thats quite the right order.
~james
We had one million bags of the best Sligo rags
We had two million barrels of stone
We had three million sides of old blind horses hides
We had four million barrels of bones
We had five million hogs
And six million dogs
Seven million barrels of porter
We had eight million bails of old nanny-goats' tails
:)
~james
The Irish Rover- youwonbefoolinmewithdrunkinirshmsic
Lyrics to come.
When I'm a walkin' I strut my stuff and I'm so strung out. I'm high as a kite I just might stop to check you out.
Violent Femmes--"Blister in the Sun"
Lyrics to follow...
Originally posted by Griff
The Irish Rover- youwonbefoolinmewithdrunkinirshmsic
Lyrics to come.
:)
Nic, if I remember my googling, your song was "Sniper" by Harry Chapin.
"The way you touch me babe you know it makes me whole
When you're fucking me it powers up my soul
I know it's ok I know I feel like a
I want to break you down and make you cum"
Originally posted by perth
"i am the walrus" -beatles
but i dont think thats quite the right order.
~james
I barely remember being drunk at the time. I am not apologizing for drinking though. I think the Dead Milkmen song I was thinking of is "Beach Blanket Vietnam", even if it never was the song those mysterious lyrics came from. I give up, what is it please? I am dying to know!
My last set was "Heavy Flow" by Moby.
"I am too connected to you to
Slip away, to fade away.
Days away I still feel you
Touching me, changing me,
And considerately killing me."
Not much of a Moby fan but highly suprised. Trance/techno music just doesn't make me want to dance, and I was also very disgusted with the "tomb raider" soundtrack which made me want to park my car on the side of the road and just hurl the cd somewhere into something really hard. I gave it away as a gift to a friend and she said it almost made her and her husband want to groan, and not in a good way.
Originally posted by dave
Tool's "H."
I just saw them in SA on Tuesday. Great show! Maynard was wearing a leather(-looking) suit, and standing back on a separate raised stage next to the drummer. The entire time he sang, he moved in a laguid manner, quite similar to the claymation figures in the videos. Freaky.
she goes up and he goes down
(anything more would give it away)
Blowmee, lucky bastard. I haven't seen them in almost 10 years. Next thing you'll tell me is that you're going to see one of the Rev's 4 shows this week in Austin...I hate you.
Damnit, why isn't that son-of-a-bitch coming to the East Coast? He's playing the west solid until March.
The father son
and holy ghost
to the trinity
I raise a toast-
three lock box by sammy hagar-
Did you know that no one has ever seen a picture of alan parsons, and that inside info suggests he is syd barrett? she goes up and he goes down- pink floyd, piper at the gates of dawn. the song is called see saw, which was every other vocal so i couldn't say more. i give up, goodnight one and all and to all a pleasent ball- preferably mine: )
Little ol' me starting a twelve-page thread. Damn.
//
Let the vibes blow like the ocean breeze
Mamma always told me there’d be days like these
Keep your head right, just do as you please
Never interfere with an evil man’s schemes
//
Caught these guys a few days ago in Pittsburgh...such a great show.
~mike
Originally posted by sycamore
Blowmee, lucky bastard. I haven't seen them in almost 10 years. Next thing you'll tell me is that you're going to see one of the Rev's 4 shows this week in Austin...I hate you.
Damnit, why isn't that son-of-a-bitch coming to the East Coast? He's playing the west solid until March.
Actually, if I head to any them, it will be to the one at Stubb's on Friday. I doubt it though. Last week was Tool; this Thursday is Tom Petty. I think I might have to go see some local music before I spend any more money on premium shows.
I probably won't be heading to another show until the spring. Hopefully the Reverend will be swinging through town, and Ministry should be touring to support Animositisomina.
I've only been to a handful of shows since I moved here...and that's a shame. Our local scene is spitting out some great hip-hop and R&B, but we could use some more rock music.
Originally posted by sycamore
great hip-hop and R&B
OxymoronI try to appreciate all musical genres...pooh on you. ;)
Originally posted by Chewbaccus
Caught these guys a few days ago in Pittsburgh...such a great show.
~mike
As much input as I have delivered for the sake of modern day mainstream, the stuff that really sticks to what little is left of my short and long term memory, are the classics. But I would probably remember if I heard it. You know what would be really cool? What about a thread simply for mainstream? classic rock, etc..
Hmmm, less confusion and more consistency in relevant topic matter. (pass)
Originally posted by j03L10T
As much input as I have delivered for the sake of modern day mainstream, the stuff that really sticks to what little is left of my short and long term memory, are the classics.
Too many drugs, Joe? ;)
Just the facts. Even Tom Petty is a lip syncer, and the "waiting" was only the beginning. Not that I don't wonder what would make you say or suggest such a notion.
: )
Originally posted by j03L10T
There will be no more Marylin Manson CD's from now on, in my collection anyway. How about this one? (I had to try at least one, so here goes.)
yellow matter custard
dripping from a dead dog's eye
cororation t-shirt
stupid bloody tuesday
man you've been a rotten BOY
you let your face grow long
Ooh, I just can't give it away by taking this further!
Actually mine was Angel of Death by Slayer ;)
Originally posted by 43% Burnt
Actually mine was Angel of Death by Slayer ;)
Inever have listened to Slayer, but I am sure from the lyrics I read it's a heavy hitter of a metal group.
I reveal a deceiver
in the highest seat of the land
if I don't act
the devil's workshop
generates
more smoke than heat
this one's a gimme-
: )
Originally posted by j03L10T
I reveal a deceiver
in the highest seat of the land
if I don't act
the devil's workshop
generates
more smoke than heat
"KIll the king", by Megadeth.
=PASS=.
I hear you're working in a saloon. They say you're working midnight to noon. Now I might be from the woods but those hours don't sound so good.
Originally posted by Griff
[B]I hear you're working in a saloon. They say you're working midnight to noon. Now I might be from the woods but those hours don't sound so good. [/B]
What is the name of the song I probably sang. You're kiling me, please tell me.:)
You've got a Methodist coloring book
and you color very well
just be sure not to draw outside of the lines
or you're going straight to hell
Little Feat was the front for that bit of genius.
I'm firing synapses on your amusing line but I don't think I'm gonna get there.
Not to embarass anyone, but yep. They just aren't really my favorite. The thing is that I haven't re-reviewed it since it was conceived and recorded. Matter of fact, that was just after doing the work for wet willie. Neville brothers as well. You would expect me to remember on the spot but it's an awful lot to remember some twenty-five years later, raped, bruised and broken.
And famous.;)
Red rain is falling down all over me
falling down-(that was with a retainer in my mouth, ugh! "The barry williams show" was recorded back in 1984). Did you see that thing on tv where he went into the snake pit and then later he allowed danny bonnaduce to knock him out? Interesting how it coincided with the release of the single from the new cd. I'm in stitches after watching and listening, ew!
Jo3's is more Dead Milkmen.
Here's one that nobody, absolutely nobody, will get because it's completely unfair.
Peep hole, Peach blow, Pandora, Pompadour
Pale leaf, Pink sweet, Persephone
Originally posted by Undertoad
Jo3's is more Dead Milkmen.
The most recent one was peter gabriel. Your's seems to read like 'pop music. Ya' know- new york, paris, london, munich, everybody talk about- which I really really dread. But I'm sure it isn't so I give up. What is it?:)
I thought j03's was Peter Gabriel? i'm not actually playing here, so no lyric from me ...
(Of course I admit off the bat that I'm absolutely no good at this, and am especially not current on any music. I've been listening to talk radio for years, with occasional forays to check out one of the new fm stations my friends talk about -- lemme tell you. I have a lot of empty space on the 12 fm presets on the car stereo.)
What the hell, I've given everyone an hour and a half on mine, and it's unfair anyway.
It's Cocteau Twins' "Ivo", except that it isn't. The actual lyrics are just nonsense that sounds like language but isn't. Then people tried to work out what was actually being sung, and this is what someone came up with.
Or something like that. For the next one I'll go an entirely different direction:
Does it feel that you life's become a catastrophe?
Oh, it has to be for you to grow, boy.
When you look through the years and see what you could have been,
Oh, what you might have been, if you'd had more time.
The closing message at the bottom of your posts and the type of content within your posts, you know like I write sometimes that people mistake for some sort of attack. You don't have 'violent' dreams with pre-puescent little boys who actually are fully grown men who helped to save the world, by chance?:)
Originally posted by Undertoad
Does it feel that you life's become a catastrophe?
Oh, it has to be for you to grow, boy.
When you look through the years and see what you could have been,
Oh, what you might have been, if you'd had more time.
Supertramp, take the long way home. You probably thought I could use a dose of that after probably coming across as an egotistical shithead for merely conveying facts from having been behind the scenes, but it's all true and I did suffer very much just to be able to tell you- I sang this one too.:)
Originally posted by j03L10T
You don't have 'violent' dreams with pre-puescent little boys who actually are fully grown men who helped to save the world, by chance?:)
Not usually, no. In fact, I only very rarely recall my dreams -- I envy people who have that ability. I have had the occasional post-apoctalyptic dream, a series of dinner out with friends horribly gone wrong when armed robbers enter the bar/restaurant, several extremely surreal dreams in which i meet a succession of animal spirit guardians, and, of course, that one where the hot dog chases the bagel through a tunnel ...
Originally posted by wolf
Not usually, no. In fact, I only very rarely recall my dreams -- I envy people who have that ability. I have had the occasional post-apoctalyptic dream, a series of dinner out with friends horribly gone wrong when armed robbers enter the bar/restaurant, several extremely surreal dreams in which i meet a succession of animal spirit guardians, and, of course, that one where the hot dog chases the bagel through a tunnel ...
Robbers using the animal spirit guardians as an allusive diversion to avert all attention from the reality of their crimes perhaps? I can only wonder, too bad you don't dream like I do. I dream like crazy in vivid color most every night. Rarely any nightmares which makes it cool when they do appear. Sometimes I dream of things that actually happen, like top notch criminals who are highly praised by members of a community for stealing, finally brought to justice for their crimes and their lies and deception(s). I am making a fresh start here and dedicating the rest of my posts here to truly tasteless jokes, I think that's why it is here anyway. I will try to be more tasteful in the future and will pay closer attention from now on as to the underlying meanings of the words of others, and will not kid about things I do not understand. Later, sis:)
Me play!
There's so many people to see
so many people you can check up on
And add to your collection
But they keep you hanging on
Until you're well hung
Your mouth is made up but your mind is undone
Elvis Costello, 'Accidents Will Happen'
OK, here's one:
"Oh, the poor folks hate the rich folks,
and the rich folks hate the poor folks.
All of my folks hate all of your folks;
It's American as apple pie!"
Tom Leherer - Brotherhood week!
Ok. this one is for the ladies...sigh.:)
You tell me where to go and
Though I might leave to find it
I'll never let your head hit the bed
Without my hand behind it
John Mayer, and, gosh, he sure is dreamy!
Thanks for the infusion of romance, warch, but that stuff is way too gooey for my tastes. For a more humorous exploration of nether regions, I prefer:
"You've got the nicest North America
this sailor ever saw;
I wanna feel your warm Brazil
and touch your Panama."
I love John Mayer. Just saying hello and not much else. Very tired.:)
Originally posted by j03L10T
Very tired.:)
Know watcha mean. Me too. Boy, jo3L10T, you certainly are more tame when you're tired. Hope you get some rest. I'm turning in right now. Nightie-night, so to speak.
Hint: The version I prefer is a remake by "for squirells". Only the re-make was recorded because the voice of "for squirrels" was somewhat troubled and haunted by the sound of his voice on the original as well. The name of the song and the 'original eagle's' member for what should have been behind door number two, only twenty-five years ago maybe?
"He's got this dream about buying some land, gonna' give up the booze and the one night stands, and he asks you 'where ya' been', you try not to pretend and forget about everything".
I never did forget that one, either.;)