Entries tagged with "lyrics"
Cracklin' Rose, you're a store-bought woman
posted by srah on April 23, 2008 12:49 PM
Tags: lyrics, neil diamond
In news tangentially related to my last post, it recently occurred to me that when he sings, I am, I saidTo no one thereAnd no one heard at allNot even the chair Neil may have meant the chair... of the department¹. At an institution of higher education. Sometimes I feel that way, working in a university. ¹ Of course he didn't. He meant a chair that you sit on. Because he is the most insane greatest lyricist of all time. Love you, Neil!...
Right! Whatever that means!
posted by srah on December 13, 2007 9:24 PM
Tags: frosting, lyrics, music, video
Hey lady, you, lady! http://youtube.com/watch?v=r-vx4GcjASE I'm kind of obsessed with "I've Never Been to Me" today, after having woken up with it in my head this morning. It's sort of depressing, because I am neither living the kind of boring, discontented suburban life that Charlene longs for, nor have I spent my life exploring the subtle whoring that costs too much to be free. I must be missing out on something. I've never been to Georgia or California or Nice or the isle of Greece¹ or even moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo. In fact, there is only one part...
Kind Captain, I've important information
posted by srah on November 6, 2007 12:16 PM
Tags: beer, clowns, coffee, fashion, hot chocolate, ice cream, lists, lyrics, makeup, memes, music, nablopomo, nablopomo 2007, study abroad, super powers, three dog night
I have been tagged, so I bring you: 7 Random And/Or Weird Facts About srah When I was in elementary school, our music teacher, Mr McDonald (who had an imaginary friend named "Boo-Boo McGillicuddy") was the one who introduced me to Oliver! (and therefore to my first fictional-character crush) and I have the impression that he had us sing an awful lot of Three Dog Night. I don't know if it was part of the district-mandated curriculum for elementary-level music classes, if it was in our music book, or if Mr McDonald was just a huge fan of Three Dog...
Guess Again
posted by srah on September 12, 2007 10:35 PM
My, there's been a flurry of blogging around here today! My blogging process is, like the Internet, a series of tubes. When one post that I perceive as particularly serious or long (like the one about Madeleine L'Engle) is in the works, it clogs everything else up. I don't want to blog anything else before I got that done, so a lot of things just hang around in the idea-stage until I finish. Anyway, here's a little meme I got from pesky'apostrophe and then it's off to bed with me!¹ Here are the [adapted] rules for the meme: Put your...
It's reported you've been Cruciatin' Muggles and elves and runnin' wild
posted by srah on August 1, 2007 5:38 PM
Tags: harry potter, lyrics, music, parodies, wizard rock
As I have previously stated, my future hypothetical wizard rock band will be called Washing Ron's Underpants¹. I was thinking about Washing Ron's Underpants² as I was driving back down to Ohio on Monday because I was running my mp3 player through my car speakers and "Harper Valley PTA" came on³. Normally this wouldn't have anything to do with Harry Potter, but for some reason when I went to sing the line "This is just a little Peyton Place and you're all Harper Valley hypocrites," it came out "you're all Harper Valley hippogriffs." Then the next song was "Help Me...
... I am the slave of doody.
posted by srah on July 15, 2007 9:18 PM
Tags: gilbert and sullivan, hms pinafore, lists, lists(dq), lyrics, ruddigore, the gondoliers, the pirates of penzance
You may be interested - nay, fascinated - to learn that I have just been granted posting privileges at the humorous list-based blog lists(dq). You can all rush over there immediately to read my hilaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarious first post: Lines from The Pirates of Penzance That Would Be Funnier If The Word “duty” Were Changed to “doody” It is a very mature and thought-provoking topic, and unfortunately I am also pretty sure that it marks the apex of my career as a humorous list-maker. It will all be downhill from here, folks! Many thanks to Alfie, who laughed with me in the...
Sock it to 'em!
posted by srah on May 14, 2007 12:56 PM
Tags: harper valley pta, lyrics, music
In the song Harper Valley PTA, Mrs Johnson says, Well, there's Bobby Taylor sittin' there and seven times he's asked me for a date Mrs. Taylor sure seems to use a lot of ice whenever he's away What is she insinuating about Mrs Taylor? Is it that she has a drinking problem or that she's going through too much ice for one person and obviously isn't drinking alone? I understand the insinuation about why Mr Baker's secretary had to leave town, but "using a lot of ice" isn't a euphemism I'm familiar with....
Yet another installment of Sarah's Misheard Song Lyrics
posted by srah on March 30, 2007 7:51 PM
Tags: lyrics, misheard lyrics, music, the beatles
For years and years, I thought that the pretty nurse in Penny Lane was selling puppies from a train. In fact, I didn't realize I was wrong until the Beatles Anthology miniseries came out and they had some bizarre animated video of all of the Penny Lane activity and I couldn't see the puppies or the train....
C3PO, party of two, you are requested to board the Peace Train
posted by srah on November 30, 2006 8:11 PM
Tags: cat stevens, lyrics, music, yusuf islam
How exciting! Cat Stevens Yusuf Islam has returned to the music business! He has released the first single from his album "An Other Cup": a song called "Heaven/Where True Love Goes" which is a very pretty, catchy melodious tune with lyrics that... lyrics... um... the lyrics.... ...The moment you walked inside my door I knew that I need not look no more, I've seen many other souls before - ah but, Heaven must've programmed you The moment you fell inside my dreams I realized all I had not seen, I've seen many other souls before - ah but, Heaven must've...
If only I'd heard it before I burned my summer mix!
posted by srah on June 27, 2006 11:06 PM
Tags: immature, lyrics, music, nat king cole
My new favorite Nat King Cole song (who has a favorite Nat King Cole song?) is "Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer", for the simple fact that you get to hear Nat King Cole say "wienies." MATURE!...
'I feel something now - a terrible fright/ Danger looms ahead. Something is not right.'
posted by srah on June 20, 2004 1:00 PM
Tags: lyrics, musicals, star wars
Looking for exact lyrics from 1776 and The Sound of Music, I came across another musical beginning with S: WEDGE: I can't shake him off! Luke, he's on my tail! Luke, if I should die here then you must not fail! LUKE: Wedge, I'll be alright! You get yourself clear! What good would it do us if you die here? Um, yeah. I want to play the narrator... R2-D2???...
Re-band-meme
posted by srah on May 6, 2003 8:55 AM
Tags: french, in french, lyrics, memes, music, renaud
A year ago, I did the band meme. So I will do it again today, but in French. This year's victim is, of course, Renaud. 1. Are you male or female? "Femmes du monde ou bien putains/ qui, bien souvent, êtes les mêmes/ Femmes normales, stars ou boudins/ femelles en tout genre, je vous aime" (Miss Maggie) 2. Describe yourself: "Moi j'étais rien-du-toutiste." (Socialiste) 3. How do they feel about you? "Arrache toi d' là t'es pas d' ma bande/ Casse toi tu pues/ Et marche à l'ombre" (Marche à l'ombre) 4. How do you feel about yourself? "J' peux...
Parfois, je suis heureuse
posted by srah on April 26, 2003 1:20 PM
Tags: cabas, in spanish, lyrics, music, sofie
I am forcefully introducing Sophie to Cabas by making her download all of his songs. One of these is "A veces soy feliz". But if it's a veces, shouldn't it be estoy rather than soy? Temporary condition and all that? Remind me to stop thinking, especially in Spanish. I have no idea what langue I'm parling anymore....
Episode II: Attack of the Musical Trivia
posted by srah on May 20, 2002 4:43 PM
Tags: lyrics, musicals, quizzes
You did so well on the previous set, I've done another. I will give you a hint - one of them is a repeat from last time (a different song from the same musical). Have a guess! 1. What's that?/It's a candy bar wrapper [RENT] 2. Just one look and I can hear a bell ring [MAMMA MIA!] 3. With my razor and my basin I can always earn my pay [MAN OF LA MANCHA] 4. He loves to hear the little brook a-gurgling and listen to the merry village chime [PIRATES OF PENZANCE] 5. Husbands are a boring lot...
Srah's Musical Trivia
posted by srah on May 16, 2002 3:41 PM
Tags: lyrics, musicals, quizzes
I'm not boutsta do this every day, but here's a quick quiz, as I'm listening to musicals right now. You've got the quote, now name the song and the musical it's from. 1. You are the girl whose eyes met mine just as your boat sailed by [Flower Drum Song] 2. At last, all too well, I can see where we all soon will be [Jesus Christ Superstar] 3. There are shrines I should be sacking, ribs I should be cracking, eyes to gouge and booty to divide [A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum] 4. Would...
Inexpensive mayo
posted by srah on April 1, 2002 8:39 AM
Tags: lyrics, misheard lyrics, music
I am famous for misunderstanding song lyrics. Since I ran into another one this weekend, I thought I would blog about it. The one this weekend was "Your Song" in Moulin Rouge. Apparently he says "I kicked off the mask" (how are you going to kick off a mask?) but I've always said "I kicked off the mud." In Barenaked Ladies' "The Old Apartment", I sang "Why did you plaster over the whole apartment door?" insted of "Why did you plaster over the hole I punched in the door." Which obviously makes more sense. One of my most famous mistakes...
Travis' "The Man Who" CD
posted by srah on December 9, 2001 7:39 PM
Tags: lyrics, music, rhyming, travis
Travis' "The Man Who" CD is full of rhyming. I like rhyming as much as the next gal (maybe more), but they go a little overboard on that CD. Between the cliches and the incessant three-in-one line rhymes, it gets annoying. But I didn't notice that until the day I went to work with only one CD and had to resort boxes in a room all by myself with my Walkman on. "But here/ Closer every year/ So near/ The fear is coming clear/ My dear/ The fear is here" - "The Fear"...
