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Post by Railyn on Sept 17, 2006 1:08:56 GMT -5
I recently "rediscovered" Sunset Grill by Don Henley, and I've got it heavy in rotation. In what would be a great song with an air of complacency, they throw in:
"Respectible little murders pay. They get more respectible every day." That's paired then with the great "Don't worry girl, I'm gonna stick by you and someday soon, we're gonna get in that car and get out of here."
Perhaps there's a backstory. Perhaps this was tied in with a movie or tv show. I'm not obsessed enough with it to try and dig it out. I just think that it could have been phrased better.....
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Post by Pete70s on Oct 21, 2006 9:09:36 GMT -5
Norwegian Wood whats the point of the song. She left to go to work so he lit a fire and kept sleeping??? I LOVE "Norwegian Wood", but I have a gripe myself: Can someone explain to me why he was sleeping in the bathtub? |
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Post by Pete70s on Oct 21, 2006 9:13:23 GMT -5
Two immediately come to mind: The part in the end of the Turtles' "Happy Together" when out of nowhere comes the line, "How is the weather?". What does that have to do with the song? Maybe there's a story behind that I just don't know or something. Hi Kim, Here's some insight for ya: "Happy Together" is actually a sad love song, even though it is uptempo, the lyric is actually pining for someone. The line "How is the weather?" is an attempt to change the subject. BTW- The song was written in Ayer, MA, approx. 20 minutes from my hometown. The diner where it was written is now a bank..  |
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Post by Pete70s on Oct 21, 2006 9:17:14 GMT -5
OK, here's two I thought of:
John Lennon's "Hold On, John" is a great song, until the middle break where he suddenly and abruptly growls the word "cookie". What is the purpose of that? Was he doing an uncredited duet with Cookie Monster?
Puzzling, and very irritating..
Also, as huge of a Dennis Wilson fan I am, there's a bit in "Got To Know The Woman" where he sings "Let me see you do the Chicken.." Just sounds SO dated...
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Post by SAT-I need more room!! on Oct 21, 2006 11:11:22 GMT -5
Norwegian Wood whats the point of the song. She left to go to work so he lit a fire and kept sleeping??? I LOVE "Norwegian Wood", but I have a gripe myself: Can someone explain to me why he was sleeping in the bathtub? I also thought that by "bath" he just meant the bathroom. I've heard people refer to it as just the bath. Plus, it rhymes with laugh! And I guess he just slept in there so he wouldn't be disturbed when she got up before him. Why he didn't just sleep on the couch, I don't know........ |
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Post by Laura--I wuv u all :) on Nov 9, 2006 12:59:29 GMT -5
I've got a few more:
"The Finer Things"-Steve Winwood--the last line of the chorus is "The golden dance life could be", with "cou-uld" stretched out to 2 notes. Yeah...whatever. It's a good song for the most part, but it sounds like someone (I don't think Steve wrote the lyrics) was desperate to find something that rhymes and make it fit the rhythm. Anyway, that part "cou-uld" have been written better.
"I Started a Joke"-Bee Gees--nice melody, but the lyrics ARE a joke. "I finally died, which started the whole world living"?!?!?!?! WHAT the?!?!?!?!?!
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Post by H2IZCOOL on Nov 9, 2006 20:22:52 GMT -5
"I Started a Joke"-Bee Gees--nice melody, but the lyrics ARE a joke. "I finally died, which started the whole world living"?!?!?!?! WHAT the?!?!?!?!?! Not to mention "I fell out of bed, hurting my head, for things that I'd said"  |
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Post by Laura--I wuv u all :) on Nov 10, 2006 11:10:35 GMT -5
Not to mention "I fell out of bed, hurting my head, for things that I'd said" Yeah I kinda got the impression it's supposed to be about someone who just can't seem to do anything right (like the Hollies' "King Midas in Reverse"). But the lyrics (on the Bee Gees one, not the Hollies one) are sooooooo lame! |
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Post by Laura--I wuv u all :) on Nov 10, 2006 16:36:10 GMT -5
[quote author=admin board=Lyrics thread=1135288382 post=1158290329I think this has been mentioned before on the Click, but another odd one is from Neil Diamond's I Am, I Said: "And no one heard at all, not even the chair."  [/quote] Yeah, a few people have mentioned that, but anyway... In my 7th grade English class, we analyzed song lyrics (like we are doing now, lol), and this was one of them. Our teacher interpreted it that the guy was so desperate for someone to know he exists that "he's having to tell a chair that he exists". Something like that. Or maybe it's the chairperson of a committee? LOL... Anyway, I don't mind the lyrics on that song, but the melody on the verses starts out really boring. It sounds like he's singing in a monotone--and he's not; it's just the way the song is written! |
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Post by Laura--I wuv u all :) on Nov 10, 2006 19:48:18 GMT -5
I've got a few more: Kenny Rogers-"Through the Years": "I can't remember when you weren't there, when I didn't care for anyone but you." (That comes out sounding like, "I have always cared for other lovers besides you". ) Tommy Roe-"Sheila": Correct me if I'm wrong about this lyric, but it _sounds_ like he's singing "she looks a little nosy". (That sounds like it would mean, "She looks like the kind of person who would snoop into other people's business." And this is a compliment? ? And you can tell this about someone just by looking at them? ) Beatles-"I Want You": "She's so heavy..." (Yoko's thick hair was weighing her down?  Plus, in the movie version of "Sgt. Pepper", Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees are singing this song to an extremely slim woman. Go figure. I think "heavy" was just a '60s slang word meaning "good", but it still seems rather odd...) And here's one that I noticed even when I was a little kid: In "The Wizard of Oz", there's one part where the Tin Man sings, "Then perhaps I'll get a heart," and then the Scarecrow sings "a brain", the Lion sings "the noive" (nerve), and Dorothy sings "a home". Wait a minute! She HAS a home! She doesn't _need_ a home--she just needs to get back TO her home! I'm sure it was probably written this way to make it fit the rhythm of the song, though. (Bonus points if you can tell me which song on "Dark Side of the Moon" corresponds with this scene.  ) |
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Post by berjo on Dec 6, 2006 18:57:40 GMT -5
OK, here's two I thought of: John Lennon's "Hold On, John" is a great song, until the middle break where he suddenly and abruptly growls the word "cookie". What is the purpose of that? Was he doing an uncredited duet with Cookie Monster? Puzzling, and very irritating.. Hi Pete - I happen to love that tune. Yeah, that 'cookie' seems out of place but for some reason, never bothered me. The only perk I have for that tune? It's too short!!  |
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Post by Pete70s on Feb 10, 2007 16:37:40 GMT -5
Here's a couple more:
Junior's Farm-Paul McCartney & Wings "We all chip in for a bag of cement". What, are they in the Mob or something?
The spoken section in The Righteous Brothers "Soul & Inspiration" (or any song that has a spoken section, for that matter).
I thought of one the other day, but can't for the life of me remember it... It'll come to me eventually..
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Post by Laura--I wuv u all :) on Feb 12, 2007 12:41:34 GMT -5
The spoken section in The Righteous Brothers "Soul & Inspiration" LOL! I always want to combine that with the spoken part on another song: "...and I mean that from the bottom of my boogity-boogity-boogity shoes." |
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Post by Pete70s on Mar 5, 2007 18:15:41 GMT -5
Here's another one I've been meaning to post:
In "Too Late To Turn Back Now", where it says "I found myself phoning her at least 10 times a day". That's called a stalker, folks!
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Post by Ken on Mar 6, 2007 2:58:24 GMT -5
OK, here's two I thought of: John Lennon's "Hold On, John" is a great song, until the middle break where he suddenly and abruptly growls the word "cookie". What is the purpose of that? Was he doing an uncredited duet with Cookie Monster? Puzzling, and very irritating.. Also, as huge of a Dennis Wilson fan I am, there's a bit in "Got To Know The Woman" where he sings "Let me see you do the Chicken.." Just sounds SO dated... John Lennon's "Hold On, John" is a great song, until the middle break where he suddenly and abruptly growls the word "cookie". What is the purpose of that? Was he doing an uncredited duet with Cookie Monster? LOL!! I remember listening to the LENNON box set one evening not too long after I bought it. When it came to that part in the song, I almost fell out of my seat . I was wearing headphones and had the volume up so it scared the crap out of me  |
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