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| From | Marty Rudnick <mrudnick@marturo.com> |
| Subject | Re: laziest lyrics ever? |
| Date | Thu, 31 May 2007 12:25:53 -0700 |
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It dawns on me that I could cite many examples by Jonathan Richman
(such as "I'm A Little Airplane"). But I don't think they're lazy --
they're precious and child-like.
Marty
Ron Katcher wrote:
>One more, which I just remembered was the subject of much angst during a (too long) dorm discussion in 1987 about bad lyrics.
>
>Love Will Find a Way, from the Yes "Big Generator" album had this:
>
>Here is my heart
>Waiting for you
>Here is my soul
>I eat at chez nous
>
>Blech.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ron Katcher
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 9:52 AM
> Subject: Re: laziest lyrics ever?
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> I nominate ABC's "That Was Then but This is Now" which contained this gem: "Can't complain, mustn't grumble, Help yourself to another piece of apple crumble."
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> Ron
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick Schadelbauer" <schads@verizon.net>
> To: <audities@smoe.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 8:32 AM
> Subject: Re: laziest lyrics ever?
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> > Back in the day, Steve Miller was awarded a pair of Rolling Stone's coveted red suspenders for rhyming "El Paso" and "great big hassle" in "Take the Money and Run."
> >
> > So, it shouldn't have come as a shock when, five years later, Miller rhymed "abracadabra" and "reach out and grab ya." ;-)
> >
> > Rick S.
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