<<we can't even think of a word that rhymes.>>

which made me think of "there's not a line that goes here that rhymes with anything" from "Take The Skinheads Bowling" by Camper Van Beethoven.

yeah!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: laziest lyrics ever?


> It IS funny and it IS obvious. It was a poke at all the inane "girl" songs 
> from the time period with the lame-assed "moon" and "June" rhyming couplets 
> that existed (even the great Lennon-McCartney never came up with as clever a 
> punchline as this one).
> 
> My favourite was always Alice Cooper's "School's Out" with the 
> brilliant....'we can't even think of a word that rhymes.
> 
> 
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>>From: synthhtnys@comcast.net
>>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>>To: audities@smoe.org
>>Subject: Re: laziest lyrics ever?
>>Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 22:50:34 +0000
>>
>>*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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