― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 11:13 (10 years ago) Permalink
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― dave q, Wednesday, 26 February 2003 11:16 (10 years ago) Permalink
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― Colin Meeder (Mert), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 11:19 (10 years ago) Permalink
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 11:20 (10 years ago) Permalink
― dave q, Wednesday, 26 February 2003 11:22 (10 years ago) Permalink
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 11:23 (10 years ago) Permalink
― dave q, Wednesday, 26 February 2003 11:23 (10 years ago) Permalink
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 11:25 (10 years ago) Permalink
― tom (other one), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 13:41 (10 years ago) Permalink
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 13:44 (10 years ago) Permalink
― Lee G (Lee G), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 15:25 (10 years ago) Permalink
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 15:54 (10 years ago) Permalink
― Neudonym, Wednesday, 26 February 2003 16:03 (10 years ago) Permalink
― cheap date, Wednesday, 26 February 2003 16:18 (10 years ago) Permalink
haha, but seriously, Jody stole mine right at the top. The video for "Joan Crawford" is glorious.
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 17:28 (10 years ago) Permalink
― C J (C J), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 18:24 (10 years ago) Permalink
― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 20:05 (10 years ago) Permalink
― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 20:07 (10 years ago) Permalink
― Paul (scifisoul), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 20:17 (10 years ago) Permalink
― Davlo (Davlo), Wednesday, 26 February 2003 22:58 (10 years ago) Permalink
"Even though our skulls rot in our flesh. We can build a laser, tear the mesh."
"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! You poor fucking humans"
"Three men in black said, "Don't report this""
Go nuts here
― Chris Barrus (xibalba), Thursday, 27 February 2003 00:08 (10 years ago) Permalink
― brg30 (brg30), Thursday, 27 February 2003 00:40 (10 years ago) Permalink
"Archie Bell vs. Archie Bell (hint: check which way the mustard fell)"
― tom (other), Thursday, 27 February 2003 02:18 (10 years ago) Permalink
Is that really what the actual lyric is? I've been listening to that song periodically for years, and always thought it was "Even though our skulls rot in our flesh, we can build a maze of tenderness..."
― Joe (Joe), Thursday, 27 February 2003 03:18 (10 years ago) Permalink
― sir rastus bear, Thursday, 27 February 2003 04:41 (10 years ago) Permalink
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 7 April 2003 22:14 (10 years ago) Permalink
No, No, No, No, No, No Na-na-No, No Nooooooooo
JOAN CRAWFORD HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAAAAAAAAAAVE!"
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 7 April 2003 22:23 (10 years ago) Permalink
― SplendidMullet (iamamonkey), Monday, 7 April 2003 22:34 (10 years ago) Permalink
Oh no, there goes Tokyo/go-go-Godzilla!!
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 7 April 2003 22:47 (10 years ago) Permalink
This is a great thread!
HAW @ "Your constant undertone is making me toothless."
― roxymuzak, Monday, 24 March 2008 17:47 (5 years ago) Permalink
"Well Ive opened up my veins too many times And the poisons in my heart and in my mind"
― Bill Magill, Monday, 24 March 2008 17:58 (5 years ago) Permalink
What's funny is I think I always assumed I was mishearing most of these. But I see I wasn't.
― Sundar, Monday, 24 March 2008 18:22 (5 years ago) Permalink
Some of it's truly bizarre, what the fuck is a "Mistress of the Salmon Salt" otherwise known as the "Quicklime Girl"? What does that even mean?
― Bill Magill, Monday, 24 March 2008 18:26 (5 years ago) Permalink
I thought that said "Somersault"!
― roxymuzak, Monday, 24 March 2008 18:29 (5 years ago) Permalink
Blackened out eyes scratched on the wall Stoned-out looks from the crowd The king will not know On the wall it was said The flash of his cards was sprayed with red
("Hot Rails To Hell")
No idea what they're talking about.
― Matt #2, Monday, 24 March 2008 18:56 (5 years ago) Permalink
With satan's hog no pig at all, and the weather getting dry We'll head south from altamont in a cold blooded travelled trance So clear the road my bully boys and let some thunder pass We're pain, we're steel, a plot of knives, We're transmaniacon MC
― M@tt He1ges0n, Monday, 24 March 2008 18:59 (5 years ago) Permalink
I'm living for giving the devil his due
― m coleman, Monday, 24 March 2008 19:01 (5 years ago) Permalink
Hot Rails to Hell is about a guy getting blown away at a card game. I only know that from some story I read about it. I thought it was about the subway.
― Bill Magill, Monday, 24 March 2008 19:02 (5 years ago) Permalink
Can't believe no one has said:
History shows again and again How nature points out the folly of men
Not whacked-out like some of their other lyrics, but completely OTM.
― sparkletuna, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 13:03 (5 years ago) Permalink
My heart is black, and my lips are cold Cities on flame with rock and roll Three thousand guitars they seem to cry My ears will melt, and then my eyes
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 14:21 (5 years ago) Permalink
Well, I'll wrap myself in cities I travel I'll wrap myself in dreams I'll wrap myself in solitude But I wish I could wrap myself In thee.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 14:24 (5 years ago) Permalink
I forgot about Cities on Flame. Awesome
― Bill Magill, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 15:46 (5 years ago) Permalink
What I need is a kiss from you babeBefore it’s hangover time
― Stormy Davis, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 18:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
Fireworks going off in her hair
― Bill Magill, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 18:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
"Before The Kiss, A Redcap" is all awesome.
― drinkin a carton of peace juice (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 18:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
Yes I know the secrets of the iron and mindThey're trinity acts, a mineral fireYes I know the secrets of the circuitry mindIt's a flaming wonder telepath
― kissogram powers (Abbott), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 18:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
On each and all those Holy NightsWhere duster's dust becomes the sale and Lucifer, the light
― kissogram powers (Abbott), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 18:31 (3 years ago) Permalink
You see me now a veteran of a thousand psychic warsMy energy is spent at last, and my armor is destroyedI have used up all my weapons, and I'm helpless and bereavedWounds are all I'm made ofDid I hear you say that this is victory?
I'd like: your blue eyed horseshoe I'd like: your amber horny toadI'd like: to do it to your daughter on a dirt road
― kissogram powers (Abbott), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 18:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
I guess I am bad at OPing O
― kissogram powers (Abbott), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 18:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
she had become like they areshe had taken his hand
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 18:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
There are few bands for making the universe seem open, and ripe, and strange, and fabulous, like BOC can.
― kissogram powers (Abbott), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 18:35 (3 years ago) Permalink
I almost posted that veteran of the psychic wars one!
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 18:35 (3 years ago) Permalink
Frontenac Chateau babyI'll cross the frontier at tenGot a whip in my hand babyAnd a girl or a husky at leather's end
Or:
Hornswoop me bungo pony, dogsled on iceMake a dash for freedom baby don't skate on polar iceIt's too think to be sliced by the lightOf long and white polar nights
"Red and the Black" for the win!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 18:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
wounds are all I'm made uuvvvvvvvvvvv
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 18:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
I can remember most any BOC song with satisfying clarity, but for some reason when I try to recall "Red & the Black," it is King Crimson's "Great Deceiver" that enters my mind.
― kissogram powers (Abbott), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 18:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
Thank you for writing this.
― I Smell Xasthur Williams (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 19:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
Many of my faves have been checked upthread, but
A mirror is a negative space with a frame
― I Smell Xasthur Williams (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 19:39 (3 years ago) Permalink
time to play B-sides
He sings it so exquisitely
― kissogram powers (Abbott), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 21:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
OPO BOC guitar solo
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 21:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
All! Praise!He's found the awful truthBalthazar! He's found the saucer news
― Ndamukong HOOS (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 21:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, April 20, 2010 5:10 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Last Days of May, On Your Feet... version.
― Bill Magill, Tuesday, 20 April 2010 21:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
Hornswoop me bungo pony, dogsled on ice
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, April 20, 2010 2:36 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
I second this line in particular.
― dad a, Wednesday, 21 April 2010 05:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
of things not mentioned:
Just last week I took a rideSo high on eyes I almost lost my way
or
World - I love darknessWithout end - and I love light
With threats of gas and rose motifTheir lips apart like a swollen roseTheir tongues extend, and then retract
― contenderizer, Wednesday, 21 April 2010 06:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
Three thousand guitars They seem to cryMy ears will meltAnd then my eyes!
― spanikopitcon (Abbott), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 02:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
treat her gently, treat her kind,tenderloin will last all night
― henry s, Wednesday, 4 August 2010 11:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
You can have my autograph I think I'll sign it good health to you Upon the cast, your broken arm
― sexual intercourse began in 1963 (m coleman), Wednesday, 4 August 2010 15:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
JOAN CRAWFORD HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE
Blackened-out eyes Scratched on the wallStoned-out looks from the crowdThe King will not know
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Thursday, 5 August 2010 07:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'm after rebellionI'll settle for lies
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 5 August 2010 10:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
Come Susie dear, let's take a walk just out there upon the beachI know you'll soon be married, and you'll want to know where winds come from
― does Red Stripe work like poppers? (Abbbottt), Sunday, 15 April 2012 23:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Bill Magill, Monday, March 24, 2008 12:02 PM (4 years ago)
― does Red Stripe work like poppers? (Abbbottt), Sunday, 15 April 2012 23:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
Day's okay, and the sun can be funbut I live to see those rays slip away
always struck me as a really sweet lyric
― henry s, Sunday, 15 April 2012 23:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
Time everlastingtime to play b-sides
― tales from endoscopic oceans (Jon Lewis), Monday, 16 April 2012 16:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
By salamander, drake and the power that was undineRise to claim Saturn, ring and sky
By those who see with their eyes closedYou'll know me by my black telescope
― spittin all over my sweater of fine material (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 2 November 2012 06:32 (6 months ago) Permalink
This ain't the garden of edenThere ain't no angels aboveAnd things ain't like what they used to beAnd this ain't the summer of love
― I'll take the jangle-jangle over the throb-throb (brg30), Friday, 2 November 2012 17:31 (6 months ago) Permalink
Thought for sure I answered this one (By silverfish imperetrix...) during one of its revivals.
So many B. O'Cult lyrics I never woulda deciphered had I not sent $0.50 and a SASE to that Long Island address back in the mid-80s...
― Faster than food (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 2 November 2012 18:18 (6 months ago) Permalink
So ladies fish and gentlemen Here's my angled dream See me in the blue sky bag And meet me by the sea
― henry s, Friday, 2 November 2012 19:32 (6 months ago) Permalink