Posted August 20, 200915 yr Do you remember the songs from yesteryear where you couldn't understand the lyrics,and you always thought they were singing something else. Or the ones where the lyrics are complete mumbo jumbo :lol: here are a couple of contenders.... Chicory Tip - Son of my father (a No. 1 from 1972) YnTse_Hoa10 here are the lyrics, I think :D Mama said to me we gotta have your life run right Off you got to school where you can learn the rules there right Be just like your dad lad Follow in the same tradition Never go astray and stay an honest lovin' son Son of my father Moulded, I was folded, I was preform-packed Son of my father Commanded, I was branded in a plastic vac' Surrounded and confounded by statistic facts Tried to let me in but I jumped out of my skin in time I saw through the lies and read the alibi signs So I left my home I'm really on my own at last Left the trodden path and separated from the past Son of my father Changing, rearranging into someone new Son of my father Collecting and selecting independant views Knowing and I'm showing that a change is due. Son of my father moulded, I was folded, I was preform-packed Son of my father Commanded, I was branded in a plastic vac' Surrounded and confounded by statistic facts What on earth is that all about :lol: Another contender for silly lyrics must be... Haircut 100 - Love plus one R7ayawh378Q I think this is what they are singing... :) I, I went off to the right Without saying goodbye, goodbye Where does it go from here? Is it down to the lake I fear? Ay ah ah ah ah ah Ay ah ah ah ah ah Then I call Ring (ring) ring (ring) ring (ring) ring (ring) La la love plus one Ring (ring) ring (ring) ring (ring) ring (ring) When I call love Give love some soul If I may be quite so bold Where does it go from here? Is it down to the lake I fear? Ay ah ah ah ah ah Ay ah ah ah ah ah Then I call Ring (ring) ring (ring) ring (ring) ring (ring) La la love plus one Ring (ring) ring (ring) ring (ring) ring (ring) When I call love Love plus one and finally.... The Skids - Into the valley 9udxbvHiqGw well I defy anyone to come up with these lyrics :D
August 20, 200915 yr I personally don't understand this... R.E.M. - Losing My Religion (UK Peak: 19) eB3VTX0pxoE Ooh, Life is bigger It's bigger than you And you are not me The lengths that I will go to The distance in your eyes Oh no I've said too much, I set it up. That's me in the corner That's me in the spotlight Losing my religion Trying to keep a wiev And I don't know if I can do it Oh no I've said too much I haven't said enough I thought that I heard you laughing I thought that I heard you sing I think I thought I saw you try Every whisper Of every waking hour I'm Choosing my confessions Trying to keep an eye on you Like a hurt lost and blinded fool, fool Oh no I've said too much, I set it up Consider this, consider this The hint of the century Consider this The slip, it brought me to my knees, failed What if all these fantasies Come flailing aground Now I've said too much I thought that I heard you laughing I thought that I heard you sing I think I thought I saw you try But that was just a dream That was just a dream That's me in the corner That's me in the spotlight Losing my religion Trying to keep a view And I don't know if I can do it Oh no I've said too much I hadn't said enough I thought that I heard you laughing I thought that I heard you sing I think I thought I saw you try But that was just a dream To Try, Cry, Fly, Try That was just a dream Just a dream Just a dream, dream ============== "I think I thought I saw you try" - this bit took me ages to understand. :lol:
August 21, 200915 yr Ahoy Ahoy! Land Sea and Sky Ahoy Ahoy! Boy Man and Soldier Ahoy Ahoy! The s...hmm, er..... Ahoy Ahoy! Long May They Die! But yes, the only reason I know that much is cos I read the lyrics off of the Scared to Dance LP...doesn't stop it being great. And yes, what the feck is Son of my Father all about?
August 21, 200915 yr And yes, what the feck is Son of my Father all about? no one cared , we all liked it for that 'new' querky synth riff :lol:
August 21, 200915 yr Don't forget McArthur Park McArthur's Park is melting in the dark All the sweet green icing flowing down Someone left the cake out in the rain I don't think that I can take it 'cos it took so long to bake it And I'll never have that recipe again Oh no Eh? What's that all about? And then there's A Whiter Shade Of Pale We skipped the light fandango turned cartwheels 'cross the floor I was feeling kinda seasick but the crowd called out for more The room was humming harder as the ceiling flew away When we called out for another drink the waiter brought a tray And so it was that later as the miller told his tale that her face, at first just ghostly, turned a whiter shade of pale She said, 'There is no reason and the truth is plain to see.' But I wandered through my playing cards and would not let her be one of sixteen vestal virgins who were leaving for the coast and although my eyes were open they might have just as well've been closed She said, 'I'm home on shore leave,' though in truth we were at sea so I took her by the looking glass and forced her to agree saying, 'You must be the mermaid who took Neptune for a ride.' But she smiled at me so sadly that my anger straightway died If music be the food of love then laughter is its queen and likewise if behind is in front then dirt in truth is clean My mouth by then like cardboard seemed to slip straight through my head So we crash-dived straightway quickly and attacked the ocean bed
August 21, 200915 yr I've Never Been To Me by Charlene, No.1 in 1982. WTF does the title even mean? Anyone know? Even Google has no idea!!! :o Edited August 21, 200915 yr by Crazy Chris
August 21, 200915 yr Author Anyone remember Mouldy old dough by Lieutenant Pigeon, I think there were only 4 lines which repeated the song title :lol: and if you don't believe me listen.... :lol: 3bFGfIAJRvo
August 22, 200915 yr I've Never Been To Me by Charlene, No.1 in 1982. WTF does the title even mean? Anyone know? Even Google has no idea!!! :o good grief... chris has actually made a vallied point! :lol:
August 22, 200915 yr good grief... chris has actually made a valid point! :lol: Should we put out a press release? :lol:
August 23, 200915 yr Author I've Never Been To Me by Charlene, No.1 in 1982. WTF does the title even mean? Anyone know? Even Google has no idea!!! :o Just for you Chris I found some facts about the song, take some with a pinch of salt mind you... ;) Charlene originally recorded this in 1976, and it got to #97 in the American charts. Six years later, it was re-released after a Florida radio station started playing it to great public acclaim, by which time Charlene had moved to England and was working in an Ilford, Essex sweet shop. The re-release became a huge hit in England as well. The song was originally written from a male perspective but was rewritten by Ron Miller for Charlene. The use of the line "I've been to crying for unborn children" was not written about abortion. The line refers to a woman who is at a point in her life that she wished she had taken the time to have children. There are many misconceptions about this song. The spoken bridge in the song was not about or did it mention abortion - it was deemed too feminist and when Charlene's first album was re-released in 1977, the spoken bridge had been deleted. When the song became an unexpected hit in 1982 it was the version WITH the spoken bridge intact that was released. It has also been widely reported that the 1982 single was a re-recording, it is not. Charlene was signed to Motown Records, but this was her only hit. When this song was first released in America in 1976, Charlene's full name was Charlene Duncan through her marriage to record producer Larry Duncan, but when the song was released for a second time in 1982, her name was then Charlene Oliver because of her marriage to Englishman Jeff Oliver. This was used in the 1994 movie The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert. There have been several cover versions of this song by both male and female artists, including Nancy Wilson, Randy Crawford, The Temptations, Walter Jackson and Howard Keel. Mine would be it was complete piece of $h!t :lol:
August 23, 200915 yr There have been several cover versions of this song by both male and female artists, including Nancy Wilson, Randy Crawford, The Temptations, Walter Jackson and Howard Keel. And Ned's Atomic Dustbin :lol:
August 24, 200915 yr Manfred Manns Earth Band Blinded By The Light. Written by Bruce Springsteen, I love it but havent got a clue what its about! Edited August 24, 200915 yr by fiesta
August 25, 200915 yr Do you remember the songs from yesteryear where you couldn't understand the lyrics,and you always thought they were singing something else. Or the ones where the lyrics are complete mumbo jumbo :lol: here are a couple of contenders.... Chicory Tip - Son of my father (a No. 1 from 1972) YnTse_Hoa10 here are the lyrics, I think :D Mama said to me we gotta have your life run right Off you got to school where you can learn the rules there right they write Be just like your dad lad Follow in the same tradition Never go astray and stay an honest lovin' son Son of my father Moulded, I was folded, I was preform-packed Son of my father Commanded, I was branded in a plastic vac' Surrounded and confounded by statistic facts Tried to let me in but I jumped out of my skin in time I saw through the lies and read the alibi signs So I left my home I'm really on my own at last Left the trodden path and separated from the past Son of my father Changing, rearranging into someone new Son of my father Collecting and selecting independant views Knowing and I'm showing that a change is due. Son of my father moulded, I was folded, I was preform-packed Son of my father Commanded, I was branded in a plastic vac' Surrounded and confounded by statistic facts What on earth is that all about :lol:And yes, what the feck is Son of my Father all about?It's a bit of surprise anyone even has to asks. It's about being the fathers son and how society(school, media and parents) try to mould you(the son) to be like your dad. In this song resulting in rejecting of the idea and then leaving home. and finally.... The Skids - Into the valley well I defy anyone to come up with these lyrics :D certainly 'into the valley' is totally undesipherable... The Skids - Into the valley (from http://www.lyricsdownload.com/skids-into-t...ey-lyrics.html) Into the valley Betrothed and divine Realisations no virtue But who can define Why soldiers go marching Those masses a line This disease is catching From victory to stone Ahoy! Ahoy! Land, sea and sky Ahoy! Ahoy! Boy, man and soldier Ahoy! Ahoy! Deceived and then punctured Ahoy! Ahoy! Long may they die Out of concealment Blank and stark eyed Why so uncertain This culture deceives Prophesised, brainwashed Tomorrow's demise All systems failing The placards unroll Ahoy! Ahoy! Land, sea and sky Ahoy! Ahoy! Boy, man and soldier Ahoy! Ahoy! Deceived and then punctured Ahoy! Ahoy! Long may they die Time for the audit The gathering trial A collector's dilemma Repositioned and filed
August 25, 200915 yr Just for you Chris I found some facts about the song, take some with a pinch of salt mind you... ;) Charlene originally recorded this in 1976, and it got to #97 in the American charts. Six years later, it was re-released after a Florida radio station started playing it to great public acclaim, by which time Charlene had moved to England and was working in an Ilford, Essex sweet shop. The re-release became a huge hit in England as well. The song was originally written from a male perspective but was rewritten by Ron Miller for Charlene. The use of the line "I've been to crying for unborn children" was not written about abortion. The line refers to a woman who is at a point in her life that she wished she had taken the time to have children. There are many misconceptions about this song. The spoken bridge in the song was not about or did it mention abortion - it was deemed too feminist and when Charlene's first album was re-released in 1977, the spoken bridge had been deleted. When the song became an unexpected hit in 1982 it was the version WITH the spoken bridge intact that was released. It has also been widely reported that the 1982 single was a re-recording, it is not. Charlene was signed to Motown Records, but this was her only hit. When this song was first released in America in 1976, Charlene's full name was Charlene Duncan through her marriage to record producer Larry Duncan, but when the song was released for a second time in 1982, her name was then Charlene Oliver because of her marriage to Englishman Jeff Oliver. This was used in the 1994 movie The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert. There have been several cover versions of this song by both male and female artists, including Nancy Wilson, Randy Crawford, The Temptations, Walter Jackson and Howard Keel. Mine would be it was complete piece of $h!t :lol: Thanks. Still no explanation of what the title line means! Guess there isn't one. :( I like the song actually!
August 25, 200915 yr Anyone remember Mouldy old dough by Lieutenant Pigeon, I think there were only 4 lines which repeated the song title :lol: and if you don't believe me listen.... :lol: 3bFGfIAJRvo Yeah, No.1 in 1972. Famous really for the old lady playing the piano!
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