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| From | <drewmacdonald@ca.rr.com> |
| Subject | laziest lyrics ever? |
| Date | Wed, 30 May 2007 12:51:20 -0700 |
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I've talked here before about how hackneyed lyrics can ruin an otherwise-good song for me (there's still no faster way for a songwriter to lose my respect than to rhyme "change" with "rearrange") but I still have to smile when this Turtles song comes on:
"Eleanor, gee, I think you're swell/
And you really do me well/
You're my pride and joy, et cetera."
Not that Kaylan and Volman ever took their work too seriously, but "et cetera?" That's the best they could come up with?
Whenever I hear that, it puts me in mind of Martin Short's elderly Tin Pan Alley songwriter character, who would claim to be able to write a song on the spot, but failed miserably whenever challenged to do so.
Gimme a G, a bouncy G,
Drew
np: William Pears - BIG BANG
---- Ellen Giloy <egiloy7723@yahoo.com> wrote:
=============
I'll pick up the thread on the new Ike Reilly. I've been a fan since
> "Salesmen and Racists," and there's nothing better than a live Ike
> Reilly performance (his Thanksgiving Eve shows here in Minneapolis
have
> long since become another holiday tradition). However, that said, I
> really wasn't a fan of his last release.
>
> Now, I'm happy to say that I'm back on the bus with the release of
"We
> belong to the Staggering Evening." He found the rawk again (as my
> friends and I like to say) and I think songs like "Valentine's Day in
> Juarez" and "Fish Plant Uprising" are among the best work he's put
out
> so far.
>
> OK. I'll go back to lurking now. Take care!
> ~Ellen
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