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| From | "Jim Cox" <jimcox63@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: laziest lyrics ever? |
| Date | Wed, 30 May 2007 16:19:51 -0700 |
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The new FOW record should come with a Lazy Lyrics warning label. What
the heck happened?
On 5/30/07, synthhtnys@comcast.net <synthhtnys@comcast.net> wrote:
> *You might want to watch their DVD.... They mention that line and also mention how genuinely surprised they are whenever someone comments on it as they meant it to be funny and thought it was obvious.
>
> Great band, actually... I just re-aquainted myself with their stuff, they wrote several excellent pop tunes... current favorite: She's my girl, their attempt at psychedlia...
>
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: <drewmacdonald@ca.rr.com>
>
> > 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 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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