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| From | "John L. Micek" <jlmicek@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: let's do a turnaround on this topic.... hopelessly inane lyric |
| Date | Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:06:53 -0400 |
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For sharply observed details, I go with Chris Difford. He's a genius at
catching the little stuff. One of my favorite lyricists of all time is Grant
McLennan of the Go-Betweens.
John Micek
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marty Rudnick" <mrudnick@marturo.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: let's do a turnaround on this topic.... hopelessly inane lyric
>I gotta go with Paul Simon.
>
> One of my personal faves is Kirsty MacColl, who would write the most
> wonderfully clever tunes telling off horrible boyfriends. (Innocence)
>
> How about the beautifully inane?
>
> Brian Wilson has come up with some real lulus (Johnny Carson), but he
> balances it out with such deeply personal offerings that you can't help
> but get drawn in (In My Room). In that same boat is Jonathan Richman.
> (My Little Kukenhaken)
>
> Marty
>
> ---- <audities@smoe.org> wrote:
>>
>> sooooo... on the other hand, who do you think is among the best and
>> brightest lyricists?
>>
>> Surely Andy Partridge is right up there (if you can excuse Melt the Guns
>> lol).... his wit and wisdom are best on display on almost any album from
>> Drums and Wires forward....
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> --- On Tue, 7/28/09, Gregory Sager <hochsalzburg@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Gregory Sager <hochsalzburg@yahoo.com>
>> Subject: Re: hopelessly inane lyric
>> To: audities@smoe.org
>> Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 10:34 PM
>>
>>
>>
>> > Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:50:39 -0500
>> > From: "Rick McCall" <rickmccall77@gmail.com>
>> > To: <audities@smoe.org>
>> > Subject: Hopelessly Inane Lyric
>> > Message-ID:
>> > <E25AEFDBC5C94DC2B1C502F6B0257D01@Computer>
>> >
>> > "I am ... I said
>> >
>> > To no one there
>> >
>> > And no one heard at all
>> >
>> > Not even the chair"
>> >
>> > --Neil Diamond's 'I Am ... I Said'
>> >
>> >
>> > Millions of people bought a record that contained this line
>> > and millions of
>> > women swooned when he vomited it out there live.
>> > Meanwhile, bands like
>> > Sparks and Pugwash and Ike toil in relative obscurity.
>> >
>> > Life just isn't fair.
>>
>> This one gets my vote for most hopelessly inane lyric:
>>
>> If we explode the atom bomb,
>> Would they say that we were dumb?
>>
>> Courtesy of der Stinglehoffer. Unlike Neil's inane lyric, this one
>> doesn't even rhyme.
>>
>>
>> Gregory Sager
>> (who actually did like the Police)
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