Gary Wilson, "Gary's In the Park"
― J. Sam, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 17:19 (seven years ago) link
multiple Black Oak Arkansas songs (Hot n Nasty, Jim Dandy, etc.)
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 17:30 (seven years ago) link
I st-st-stuttered when you asked me what I'm thinking about, felt like I couldn't breatheYou asked what's wrong with me, my best friend Lesley said "Oh she's just being Miley"
― AlanSmithee, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 17:36 (seven years ago) link
Roger Waters, "(Everyday) War Crimes, Part III"
Hide your wives, hide your daughtersHere comes the ghost of Roger Waters
― J. Sam, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 17:37 (seven years ago) link
Roma, roma-maGaga, oh la laWant your bad romance
― AlanSmithee, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 17:45 (seven years ago) link
I truly apologize for dredging up traumatic memories that we've all so heroically learned to repress but I just have to ask:
Well
Are you Johnny Ray?Are you Slim Ray?Are you Paid Ray?Who wants to know? Who wants to know?
Are you Sting Ray?Are you Nick Ray?Are you Jimmy Ray?Who wants to know? Who wants to know?
― i need microsoft installed on my desktop, can you help (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 17:48 (seven years ago) link
I am not Jesus though I have the same initials - Jarvis Cocker/Pulp - Dishes
― lettered and hapful (symsymsym), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 17:50 (seven years ago) link
One more Leonard Cohen! On Coming Home:
I love to speak with LeonardHe’s a sportsman and a shepherdHe’s a lazy bastardLiving in a suit
― lettered and hapful (symsymsym), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 17:51 (seven years ago) link
Learned about this one from the "You Must Remember This" podcast -- second episode ever! (And this song is not a joke -- I'm only quoting the first part of it, it gets crazier from there.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCCw6gYEeKw
My name is Francis Albert (Francis Albert Sinatra)And I sing love songs mostly after dark, mostly in saloonsI've had some very good yearsI haven't missed a whole lot in those firecracker yearsAnd I don't want to miss a thing when the future appearsI like to sit outside on a summer night with a drink in my handAnd a little moonlit music on the stereoAnd look at the starsThen I get an urge to travel through that fabulous skyIf they can do it in the movies, why can't I?("Seats are now available on the Satellite Special leaving for Mercury, Venus, Pluto, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune.")What time does the next miracle leave?I want to be on boardSave me a seat by the window where I can seeAll those marvelous things to be seen out there(Will the trees be green out there, or bare?)What time does the next miracle leave?Let's get this show on the roadAnd when the satellite tours beginCount me in, count me in , count me inCount me in, count me in , count me in
I like to sit outside on a summer night with a drink in my handAnd a little moonlit music on the stereoAnd look at the starsThen I get an urge to travel through that fabulous skyIf they can do it in the movies, why can't I?
("Seats are now available on the Satellite Special leaving for Mercury, Venus, Pluto, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune.")
What time does the next miracle leave?I want to be on boardSave me a seat by the window where I can seeAll those marvelous things to be seen out there(Will the trees be green out there, or bare?)
What time does the next miracle leave?Let's get this show on the roadAnd when the satellite tours beginCount me in, count me in , count me inCount me in, count me in , count me in
Much later in the song -- and again, I swear to god, actual lyrics:
(And then) And then to Uranus (Uranus)Uranus is heaven(Heaven, heaven)(How will you know, Francis, if it's really heaven?)How will I know?I will knowIf they meet me at the station with a cheese and tomato pizzaWell done (well done), and a little red wine
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 17:53 (seven years ago) link
Forgot the quote -- here we go:
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 17:54 (seven years ago) link
And much later in the song -- and swear to god, these are the real lyrics:
Said podcast episode (worth a listen)
http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/youmustrememberthispodcastblog/you-must-remember-this-episode-2-frank-sinatra-in
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:00 (seven years ago) link
oh by the waywhich one's pink
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:02 (seven years ago) link
Ray Charles - "I Believe To My Soul": "Last night you were dreaming and I heard you say/"Oh, Johnny" when you know my name is Ray"
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:13 (seven years ago) link
holy shit @ that Sinatra tune
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:14 (seven years ago) link
It's something, isn't it.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:15 (seven years ago) link
(BTW, got an email from you, but resend that to ned at kuci dot org if you could.)
We should have a babyAnd then I wouldn't feel quite so sadThen I'd feel like Paul the Saint and not Jack the Lad
Beautiful South - "Have Fun"
― woke cop, boo! (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:16 (seven years ago) link
I'm gonna put that Sinatra tune in my audition rep
― ¶ (DJP), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:24 (seven years ago) link
"But that's how it's pronounced!"
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:27 (seven years ago) link
Needed: a mashup of Ol' Blue Eyes and the Outhere Brothers
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:29 (seven years ago) link
The Chills, "Dream By Dream"
Well they persuaded me I had to leave the bandThe reasons given I didn't understandThey said, "Now Martin, if you really cared"I felt I had to, I'm feeling really scaredThey killed my best dream dead
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:30 (seven years ago) link
Michael's nervous and the lights are bright
REM - "Strange"
― woke cop, boo! (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:31 (seven years ago) link
Alice Cooper, "Hard Hearted Alice"
... I'm pretty sure this isn't the only one.
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:35 (seven years ago) link
Positive it isn't the only one but I can't think of any specific others atm. 'Under My Wheels', I think?
― i need microsoft installed on my desktop, can you help (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:40 (seven years ago) link
kind of a grey area there given the confusion between Alice Cooper the BAND and the guy who fired that band and changed his name to Alice Cooper
xp
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:40 (seven years ago) link
Sinatra's discography features some very novel corners.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:44 (seven years ago) link
Also think this happens a lot in reggae.
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:45 (seven years ago) link
Also add Bohannon to Bo Diddley and Bootsy, and that's just the B's.
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:49 (seven years ago) link
no doubt - I consider myself a fairly big fan, but my interest hasn't stretched past the mid-60s really. I should probably listen to Watertown...
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:54 (seven years ago) link
Watertown is one of my favorite albums of all time (no doubt helped by the fact that it was a total flop)
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:56 (seven years ago) link
I remember being surprised to learn there IS an actual Watertown in northern New York.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:57 (seven years ago) link
Sensational Alex Harvey Band, "Framed"
I'm walking down the street mindin' my own affairwhen two policemen grabbed me and I'm unawareThey said "Is your name Alexander?" and I said "Why, sure!"They said "You're the cat that we've been looking for."
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 19:03 (seven years ago) link
Another Alex...
In bed this morning you called me ClydeAlex is the name that I go by!
― new noise, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 19:10 (seven years ago) link
Lou Reed, "My Old Man"
When I was a young boy in BrooklynGoing to public schoolDuring recess in the concrete playgroundThey lined us up by twosIn alphabetical order, Reagan, Reed and RussoI still remember the namesAnd stickball and stoopball were the only gamesThat we played
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 19:37 (seven years ago) link
similarly: "I'd like to send this one out to Lou and Rachel" in Coney Island Baby
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 20:17 (seven years ago) link
Wacky Women by Sparks
Hello, everybody, this is RussellRight before I sing I'm gonna make a muscle
Ouija Board, Ouija Board by Morrissey has the "S.T.E.V.E.N P.U.S.H.O. double F" part
― soref, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 20:35 (seven years ago) link
"We Love Girls" by Buster has the band all sign off by name at the end:
"With love from Buster""With love from Robbie""With love from Peter""With love from Kevin""With love... from Les"
― soref, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 20:42 (seven years ago) link
I just looked at their wiki page to check I had their names correct and Les died last month
― soref, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 20:43 (seven years ago) link
forgot an obvious one, "B-I-D Spells Bid" by the Monochrome Set
― soref, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 21:15 (seven years ago) link
An even more obvious one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVGl4dPzJJM
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 21:17 (seven years ago) link
― i need microsoft installed on my desktop, can you help (Old Lunch)
thank god somebody mentioned jimmy ray; i was beginning to think you'd all gone barmy
in the original version of radiohead's "lift" from 1996 thom works his own name into the lyrics. don't think they ever released that one, though.
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 21:22 (seven years ago) link
A warning from Wikipedia:
A November 2015 announcement on Jimmy Ray's official fan page stated that he is working on material for a comeback record. This was later confirmed in September 2016 on his Record label's website "La Rocka Records was created in 2016 as a launchpad for UK singer Jimmy Ray's 'comeback' album tentatively titled 'Live to Fight Another Day.'"
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 21:40 (seven years ago) link
And now I'm a crushed credit card registered to SmithNot the name that you call me with
Elliott Smith - The Biggest Lie
― hhoffman, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 21:54 (seven years ago) link
Robyn Hitchcock - my wife and my dead wife
My dead wife sits in a chairCombing her hairI know she's thereShe wanders off to the bedShaking her head"Robyn," she says"You know I don't take sugar."
― JoeStork, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 22:38 (seven years ago) link
Bolan likes to rock nowYes he does yes he doesBolan likes to rock nowYes he does, yes he does
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 22:44 (seven years ago) link
Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band, "The Blimp"
Master masterThis is recorded thru uh flies ear'n you have t' have uh flies eye t' see itIt’s the thing that’s gonna make Captain BeefheartAnd his magic band fatFrank, it's the big hitIt's the blimpIt's the blimp, FrankIt's the blimp
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 22:55 (seven years ago) link
The Roches - they'll tell you their names but they won't give out their phone numbers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ8MdYsgELs
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 22:57 (seven years ago) link
Another Alexander O'Neal one, from In the middle:
Some people are satisfiedLiving and loving on borrowed timeBut if you can't be my own babyAll you have to do is sayAlex darling (doesn't?) play it that way
― badg, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 23:03 (seven years ago) link
The Floaters - Float On
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 23:04 (seven years ago) link