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Beautifully crafted lyrics. I love the traditional style of writing. There are some great raw and gritty lyrics but I'll always have a soft spot for the abstract and poetic style! Take care. Greg
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"I've seen that look before, just not on something tame!"
- Kate Wolf on "Shining"
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"The jeweler has a shop on the corner of the boulevard
In the night, in small spectacles, he polishes old coins
He uses spit and cloth and ashes
He makes them shine with ashes
He knows the use of ashes
He worships God with ashes."
"The Jeweler"
Pearls Before Swine
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"You ain't a beauty, but eh, you're all right." -- Springsteen, Thunder Road.
Last edited by Brallan; 03/09/14 11:14 AM.
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I've been listening to "the Dan" lately. I love their unique style of lyrics. They are truly unique guys. Here's one of their lines I love:
Any world that I'm welcome to is better than the one I come from
Another phrase from the same song:
I'll be ready when my feet touch ground, wherever I come down
And if the folks will have me, then they'll have me
These are some interesting and brilliant dudes!!!
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Ahhh yes, Steely Dan
How could I have missed some of the absolute intricate marvels produced over the years.
Great selection Greg
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At Seventeen
Janis Ian, not 17 at the time, but still at the tender age of 22, penned these amazing lyrics:
I learned the truth at seventeen
That love was meant for beauty queens
In high school girls with clear skinned smiles
Who married young and then retired
The valentines I never knew
The Friday night charades of youth
Were spent on one more beautiful
At seventeen I learned the truth
And those of us with ravaged faces
Lacking in the social graces
Desperately remained at home
Inventing lovers on the phone
Who called to say come dance with me
And murmured vague obscenities
It isn't all it seems, at seventeen
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Great one, Trevor! How about "The Dutchman" - Michael Smith The Dutchman's not the kind of man To keeps his thumb jammed in the dam That holds his dreams in But that's a secret that only Margaret knows If you are unfamiliar with this song, you owe it to yourself to have a listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg3HXhVO3HE
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"They all said Louise was not half bad
It was written on the walls and window shades
And how she'd act the little girl
A deceiver, don't believe her, it's her trade."
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Talk about words to live by from John Prine: That's the way that the world goes round. You're up one day, the next you're down. It's a half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown. That's the way that the world goes round. On a live version he tells the crowd how a girl came up to him and asked him to sing the song about the happy enchilada. He said he'd never written a song about any kind of enchilada and asked her how it went. She said: "It's a happy enchilada and you think you're gonna drown." Either way works for me 
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Floyd, thanks for the link. I wasn't familiar with the song. Absolutely brilliant lyrics. I really like the way Margaret is brought into the song right at the start, but as though we've all known her for years. I found a live audience version (amongst others) also performed by Steve Goodman, that was another bonus. I'll definitely listen again and again. Cheers Trevor
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Probably some of the most memorable lyrics nobody ever knew or understood were those in Louie Louie by The Kingsmen.
Due to the dominant music and slurred words everyone seemed to put their own interpretation to the obscured lyrics.
According to wikipedia :
The Kingsmen's edition was the subject of an FBI investigation about the supposed but non-existent obscenity of the lyrics, an investigation that ended without prosecution.
For the record, the actual lyrics are:
CHORUS:
Louie Louie, oh no
Me gotta go
Aye-yi-yi-yi, I said
Louie Louie, oh baby
Me gotta go
Fine little girl waits for me
Catch a ship across the sea
Sail that ship about, all alone
Never know if I make it home
CHORUS
Three nights and days I sail the sea
Think of girl, constantly
On that ship, I dream she's there
I smell the rose in her hair.
CHORUS
Okay, let's give it to 'em, right now!
GUITAR SOLO
See Jamaica, the moon above
It won't be long, me see me love
Take her in my arms again
Tell her I'll never leave again
CHORUS
Let's take it on outa here now
Let's go!!
Ahhh, the amazing power of muscic!!
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Demain't what he was singin' either.
At this point I believe that he himself may have never known what he sang on that cut...
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You're gonna need an ocean
Of calamine lotion...
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He ordered Chet's Guitar Course, C.O.D.
He knows A and E and he's workin' on B;
And me and the chimpanzee agree;
That someday soon he'll be;
A Cee-le-bri-tee!
Git it! Git it! Git it!
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This thread got too long to easily search, but whether or not anyone has shared the following Sting line, here's a line that echoes through my head quite often:
"I don't every wanna play the part, of a statistic on a government chart"
Says a lot about a lot of situations where you can choose to stick your neck way out - maybe do something amazing, or much more likely - become a statistic.
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A line that has always stuck with me since my early years in music:
"Give just a little bit more, take a little bit less from each other tonight"
This song was released the year I entered the 1st Civilian Division in 1969.
Carry on....
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He ordered Chet's Guitar Course, C.O.D.
He knows A and E and he's workin' on B;
And me and the chimpanzee agree;
That someday soon he'll be;
A Cee-le-bri-tee!
Git it! Git it! Git it! Just gotta love me some Ray Stevens.
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You're gonna need an ocean
Of calamine lotion... I didn't learn until the 1970's that "Poison Ivy" was about VD. After that, all of the lyric made sense to me. ("The minute you start to mess around...") Brilliant composition by Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller.
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BTO's "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" is also about VD.
"My primary musical instrument is the personal computer."
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