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Today's Subjects: ----------------- That tune named [Greg Blair ] Stupidest lyrics in all of music [Greg Blair ] Re: Stupidest lyrics in all of music [morayati@email.unc.edu] Re: Stupidest lyrics in all of music [Jon Wesley Huff ] Re: Stupidest lyrics in all of music ["Richard Messum" ] Re: Stupidest lyrics in all of music [Aly Fields ] Emiliana Torrini, Hiro Ballroom tonight [Karen Hester ] Re: Carina Round song on Dollhouse [morayati@email.unc.edu] Re: Carina Round song on Dollhouse [Timothy Jones-Yelvington ] Re: Carina Round song on Dollhouse [morayati@email.unc.edu] Re: Carina Round song on Dollhouse [Timothy Jones-Yelvington ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:27:40 +0000 From: Greg Blair Subject: That tune named Hootie & the... Well, crap, I'm dissappointed. I was hoping it was some bizarro country artist who slipped weird lyrics into otherwise standard country songs that his audience wouldn't notice, or somethng fanciful like that. Instead, it's a college-radio staple (no offense to fans of H&tB) for whom weird lyrics are expected and therefore, business as usual. As you can see, I'm not into teh Hooties. I guess what I'm trying to say is, I was hoping this would be more of a mystery! Gregor _________________________________________________________________ Express your personality in color! Preview and select themes for Hotmail.. http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/LearnMore/personalize.aspx?ocid=TXT_MSGTX_ WL_HM_express_032009#colortheme ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:42:33 +0000 From: Greg Blair Subject: Stupidest lyrics in all of music Okay, the gaunlet has been thrown down by Richard! What are the worse lyrics you can think of? I know you people can think of a few! - - Gregor > > And is there any stupider lyric in all of music than their "every time i look at you, i go blind"? > > Shudder. > > Richard > Hi, Re: Hootie's Blowhards: how about "Every time you look at me, my clock stops." Frank Zappa hated (what's his name's) "I am in you!" and titled a song, "I have been in you". Bye, Kerry _________________________________________________________________ Quick access to Windows Live and your favorite MSN content with Internet Explorer 8. http://ie8.msn.com/microsoft/internet-explorer-8/en-us/ie8.aspx?ocid=B037MSN5 5C0701A ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:21:07 -0400 From: morayati@email.unc.edu Subject: Re: Stupidest lyrics in all of music Ruth-Ann Boyle, "You Talk Too Much". The iTunes-only release was bad, but the lyrics give that a run for the money: "I hear your voice, just blah blah blah The trace you leave is one of ha ha Update your mind, you must be tamed Because you talk too much" Quoting Greg Blair : > Okay, the gaunlet has been thrown down by Richard! > > What are the worse lyrics you can think of? I know you people can think of a > few! > > - Gregor >> >> And is there any stupider lyric in all of music than their "every time i > look at you, i go blind"? >> >> Shudder. >> >> Richard >> Hi, Re: Hootie's Blowhards: how about "Every time you look at me, my clock > stops." Frank Zappa hated (what's his name's) "I am in you!" and titled a > song, "I have been in you". Bye, Kerry > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Quick access to Windows Live and your favorite MSN content with Internet > Explorer 8. > http://ie8.msn.com/microsoft/internet-explorer-8/en-us/ie8.aspx?ocid=B037MSN5 > 5C0701A ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:31:24 -0500 From: Jon Wesley Huff Subject: Re: Stupidest lyrics in all of music The Killers, Human: *"cut the cord are we human or are we dancer my sign is vital, my hands are cold and Im on my knees looking for the answer are we human or are we dancer"* Interestingly enough people say it's a reference to Hunter S. Thompson (or say it's denser, even though it's confirmed that it is, in fact, dancer.) In either case it doesn't make it sound less idiotic. I think it's trying to be profound but I think it just sounds silly. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:53:42 -0500 From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: Stupidest lyrics in all of music I'm afraid of the dark Especially when I'm in a park And there's no one else around I get the shivers I don't want to see a ghost That's the sight that I fear most Rather have a piece of toast Watch the evening news ~Desree On 3/28/09 6:42 AM, "Greg Blair" wrote: > Okay, the gaunlet has been thrown down by Richard! > > What are the worse lyrics you can think of? I know you people can think of a > few! > > - Gregor >> >> And is there any stupider lyric in all of music than their "every time i > look at you, i go blind"? >> >> Shudder. >> >> Richard >> Hi, Re: Hootie's Blowhards: how about "Every time you look at me, my clock > stops." Frank Zappa hated (what's his name's) "I am in you!" and titled a > song, "I have been in you". Bye, Kerry > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Quick access to Windows Live and your favorite MSN content with Internet > Explorer 8. > http://ie8.msn.com/microsoft/internet-explorer-8/en-us/ie8.aspx?ocid=B037MSN5 > 5C0701A ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:53:42 -0500 From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: Stupidest lyrics in all of music I'm afraid of the dark Especially when I'm in a park And there's no one else around I get the shivers I don't want to see a ghost That's the sight that I fear most Rather have a piece of toast Watch the evening news ~Desree On 3/28/09 6:42 AM, "Greg Blair" wrote: > Okay, the gaunlet has been thrown down by Richard! > > What are the worse lyrics you can think of? I know you people can think of a > few! > > - Gregor >> >> And is there any stupider lyric in all of music than their "every time i > look at you, i go blind"? >> >> Shudder. >> >> Richard >> Hi, Re: Hootie's Blowhards: how about "Every time you look at me, my clock > stops." Frank Zappa hated (what's his name's) "I am in you!" and titled a > song, "I have been in you". Bye, Kerry > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Quick access to Windows Live and your favorite MSN content with Internet > Explorer 8. > http://ie8.msn.com/microsoft/internet-explorer-8/en-us/ie8.aspx?ocid=B037MSN5 > 5C0701A ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:12:15 -0400 From: "Richard Messum" Subject: Re: Stupidest lyrics in all of music I wasn't thinking of the merely incompetent, i was thinking of truly stupid. "Everytime i look at you, i go blind." OK, i looked once, went blind, the story (and the song) is finished, so shut up already. Tra la Richard - ----- Original Message ----- From: Greg Blair To: ecto@smoe.org ; ecto-digest@smoe.org Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 7:42 AM Subject: Stupidest lyrics in all of music Okay, the gaunlet has been thrown down by Richard! What are the worse lyrics you can think of? I know you people can think of a few! - - Gregor > > And is there any stupider lyric in all of music than their "every time i look at you, i go blind"? > > Shudder. > > Richard > Hi, Re: Hootie's Blowhards: how about "Every time you look at me, my clock stops." Frank Zappa hated (what's his name's) "I am in you!" and titled a song, "I have been in you". Bye, Kerry _________________________________________________________________ Quick access to Windows Live and your favorite MSN content with Internet Explorer 8. http://ie8.msn.com/microsoft/internet-explorer-8/en-us/ie8.aspx?ocid=B037MSN5 5C0701A ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:21:08 -0700 From: birdie Subject: Re: Stupidest lyrics in all of music On Mar 28, 2009, at 11:12 AM, Richard Messum wrote: > I wasn't thinking of the merely incompetent, i was thinking of truly > stupid. oh, i know where a whole secret cache of those are - incompetent and stupid but, why beat a dead horse, get threatened for slander, etc haha How about a nice general comment about songs to do with fast cars & girls? In the age of global warming, aids, overpopulation, etc looking back at certain songs from eras gone by when everyone was gleefully driving gas guzzlers....and singing about those and chasing girls.....makes some songs seem screamingly stupid, in hindsight. anybody got any along those lines? In general (not car or girl related), this came to mind - and it is from one of my fave artists, ever.... Prefab Sprouts "The King of Rock n Roll" "Hot dog, jumping frog, albuquerque....." Needs translation.....can anybody? That said, here is possibly the best song ever about cars & girls: note the springsteen reference Cars & Girls - prefab sprout Brucie dreams lifes a highway too many roads bypass my way Or they never begin. innocence coming to grief At the hands of life - stinkin car thief, thats my concept of sin Does heaven wait all heavenly over the next horizon ? But look at us now, quit driving, some things hurt more much more than cars and girls. Just look at us now, start counting, what adds up the way it did when we were young ? Look at us now, quit driving, some things hurt much more than cars and girls. Lifes a drive through a dust bowl, whats it do, do to a young soul We are deeply concerned, someone stops for directions, Something responds deep in our engines, we have all been burned Will heaven wait all heavenly over the next horizon ? But look at us now, quit driving, some things hurt more much more than cars and girls. Just look at us now, start counting, what adds up the way it did when we were young ? Look at us now, quit driving, some things hurt much more than cars and girls. Little boy got a hot rod, thinks it makes him some kind of new god Well this is one race he wont win, cos lifes no cruise with a cool chick Too many folks feelin car sick, but it never pulls in. Brucies thoughts - pretty streamers - - guess this world needs its dreamers may they never wake up. But look at us now, quit driving, some things hurt more much more than cars and girls. Just look at us now, start counting, what adds up the way it did when we were young ? Look at us now, quit driving, some things hurt much more than cars and girls. But look at us now, quit driving, some things hurt more much more than cars and girls. Just look at us now, start counting, what adds up the way it did when we were young ? Look at us now, quit driving, some things hurt much more than cars and girls. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:42:52 -0400 From: "Richard Messum" Subject: Re: Stupidest lyrics in all of music ----- Original Message ----- From: birdie To: Richard Messum Cc: ecto Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 3:21 PM Subject: Re: Stupidest lyrics in all of music On Mar 28, 2009, at 11:12 AM, Richard Messum wrote: I wasn't thinking of the merely incompetent, i was thinking of truly stupid. >oh, i know where a whole secret cache of those are - incompetent and stupid >but, why beat a dead horse, get threatened for slander, etc haha >How about a nice general comment about songs to do with fast cars & girls? "Chicks And Cars And The Third World War" ("are the only things worth fighting for") by Colin James? Which is in fact a pretty good song by a damned good musician..... Richard ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:23:27 -0700 From: "Onna" Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Re=3A_That_tune_named=2Fnamed=3F?= OK, How about: "I like hot bands, I like warn hands, If I'm not too far from your ranch tonight I'd like to take a poke, Stirring your logs with your firebrand in one hand, With one hand in a nasty land". Does that qualify for strange and weird? Onna http://myspace.com/onnasongs early1980 recordings&new music videos of the concert http://picasaweb.google.com/OnnasImages/OnnasFavoritePaintings http://donnasdreams.tripod.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Greg Blair To: ecto@smoe.org ; ecto-digest@smoe.org Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 4:27 AM Subject: That tune named Hootie & the... Well, crap, I'm dissappointed. I was hoping it was some bizarro country artist who slipped weird lyrics into otherwise standard country songs that his audience wouldn't notice, or somethng fanciful like that. Instead, it's a college-radio staple (no offense to fans of H&tB) for whom weird lyrics are expected and therefore, business as usual. As you can see, I'm not into teh Hooties. I guess what I'm trying to say is, I was hoping this would be more of a mystery! Gregor _________________________________________________________________ Express your personality in color! Preview and select themes for Hotmail.. http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/LearnMore/personalize.aspx?ocid=TXT_MSGT X_ WL_HM_express_032009#colortheme _______________________________________ No viruses found in this incoming message Scanned by iolo AntiVirus 1.5.3.5 http://www.iolo.com _______________________________________ No viruses found in this outgoing message Scanned by iolo AntiVirus 1.5.3.5 http://www.iolo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:02:33 -0700 From: birdie Subject: Re: That tune named/named? sometimes, you know, like a dog and a frog, i think, it's just all about the rhyme! but isn't there a song by the police that goes... ah, d'oh, d'oh, d'oh.... ;-) next thing ya know we'll be back on mistaken lyrics... aren't they called morgensteen's or something? Onna wrote: >OK, How about: >"I like hot bands, I like warn hands, >If I'm not too far from your ranch tonight I'd like to take a poke, >Stirring your logs with your firebrand in one hand, >With one hand in a nasty land". >Does that qualify for strange and weird? > >Onna > >http://myspace.com/onnasongs >early1980 recordings&new music videos of the concert >http://picasaweb.google.com/OnnasImages/OnnasFavoritePaintings >http://donnasdreams.tripod.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Greg Blair > To: ecto@smoe.org ; ecto-digest@smoe.org > Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 4:27 AM > Subject: That tune named > > > Hootie & the... > > Well, crap, I'm dissappointed. I was hoping it was some bizarro country >artist > who slipped weird lyrics into otherwise standard country songs that his > audience wouldn't notice, or somethng fanciful like that. Instead, it's a > college-radio staple (no offense to fans of H&tB) for whom weird lyrics are > expected and therefore, business as usual. > > As you can see, I'm not into teh Hooties. > > I guess what I'm trying to say is, I was hoping this would be more of a > mystery! > > Gregor > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express your personality in color! Preview and select themes for Hotmail.. > http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/LearnMore/personalize.aspx?ocid=TXT_MSGT >X_ > WL_HM_express_032009#colortheme > > _______________________________________ > No viruses found in this incoming message > Scanned by iolo AntiVirus 1.5.3.5 > http://www.iolo.com > > >_______________________________________ >No viruses found in this outgoing message >Scanned by iolo AntiVirus 1.5.3.5 >http://www.iolo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:35:29 -0400 From: Aly Fields Subject: Re: Stupidest lyrics in all of music Anything written by Melissa Ferrick. Most especially "Drive." *I'll hold you up in your office preferably during business hours* God. NP: On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 7:42 AM, Greg Blair wrote: > Okay, the gaunlet has been thrown down by Richard! > > What are the worse lyrics you can think of? I know you people can think of > a > few! > > - Gregor > > > > And is there any stupider lyric in all of music than their "every time i > look at you, i go blind"? > > > > Shudder. > > > > Richard > > Hi, Re: Hootie's Blowhards: how about "Every time you look at me, my > clock > stops." Frank Zappa hated (what's his name's) "I am in you!" and titled a > song, "I have been in you". Bye, Kerry > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Quick access to Windows Live and your favorite MSN content with Internet > Explorer 8. > > http://ie8.msn.com/microsoft/internet-explorer-8/en-us/ie8.aspx?ocid=B037MSN5 > 5C0701A ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:49:31 -0400 From: Karen Hester Subject: Emiliana Torrini, Hiro Ballroom tonight Emiliana was cute and charmingly nervous, not entirely comfortable in English. Icelandic is a lovely accent. I liked her story about love song 'Jungle drum' - she told the gentleman concerned it was a song about him, and he probably expected something like Leonard Cohen poetry, and instead he gets something wild and joyous and silly. Emiliana and band played most of 'Me and Armini' and much of 'The fisherman's woman'. Most songs were similar to the album versions, some a bit fuller and poppier. The band consisted of drums, two guitars, many keyboard noises and sound effects (like birds). 'Gun' was loud and nasty, as hoped. She was surprised when someone called out for the earlier album. Unfortunately most of Emiliana's recent music is soft and delicate, so having her in a nightclub/bar was inappropriate. When you can hear a kid (what's a kid doing in a club with Japanese pornography on the walls?!) across the room sucking up his soda through a straw, you can imagine how loud drunken conversations were compared to the music. In a quiet venue the instrument levels could have been lower rather than intermittently buzzing, and all the interesting noises heard clearly. I guess the economics of places that sell alcohol and pack in a standing room crowd is better than that of seated theaters. Bah :) K (Now listening to the Trinity Choir doing Bach, Buxtehude and a Scarlatti. Was lovely live, and pleasant enough online :) http://www.trinitywallstreet.org/calendar/index.php?event_id=42095) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:54:55 -0400 From: Karen Hester Subject: Carina Round song on Dollhouse The episode is now up on hulu.com for US viewers. Not sure if this link'll work - http://www.hulu.com/watch/64925/dollhouse-echoes#in-playlist. Now I have to hit 'send' without saying something nasty about how poorly this show compares to Firefly, blessed be its name. Oops, didn't quite make it :) K ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:57:50 -0400 From: morayati@email.unc.edu Subject: Re: Carina Round song on Dollhouse Don't feel bad. I've yet to make it through episode 2. I keep hearing #6 is supposed to Change! Things! but still. I loved Firefly from episode one (well, what was supposed to be episode one if it aired properly. I watched it late.) - -Sarah Quoting Karen Hester : > The episode is now up on hulu.com for US viewers. Not sure if this > link'll work - http://www.hulu.com/watch/64925/dollhouse-echoes#in-playlist. > > Now I have to hit 'send' without saying something nasty about how > poorly this show compares to Firefly, blessed be its name. Oops, > didn't quite make it :) > K ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:14:13 -0500 From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: Carina Round song on Dollhouse Oh, but it gets better and better each week. Episode six was gangbusters. Anyone know where to get a full-length copy of the long version of the Jonatha Brooke theme song? On 3/28/09 9:54 PM, "Karen Hester" wrote: > The episode is now up on hulu.com for US viewers. Not sure if this > link'll work - http://www.hulu.com/watch/64925/dollhouse-echoes#in-playlist. > > Now I have to hit 'send' without saying something nasty about how > poorly this show compares to Firefly, blessed be its name. Oops, > didn't quite make it :) > K ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:21:08 -0700 From: birdie Subject: Re: Carina Round song on Dollhouse hahaha...eh, well...it's a fox show.... i missed her at largo the other night - ear infection has had me rundown for 2 weeks - trying to kick it w/out antibiotics.....i wont bother with the TV thing - why not just listen to it on its own..... Karen Hester wrote: >The episode is now up on hulu.com for US viewers. Not sure if this >link'll work - http://www.hulu.com/watch/64925/dollhouse-echoes#in-playlist. > >Now I have to hit 'send' without saying something nasty about how >poorly this show compares to Firefly, blessed be its name. Oops, >didn't quite make it :) >K ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:26:28 -0400 From: morayati@email.unc.edu Subject: Re: Carina Round song on Dollhouse Firefly was a Fox show too... well, would have been. Quoting birdie : > hahaha...eh, well...it's a fox show.... i missed her at largo the > other night - ear infection has had me rundown for 2 weeks - trying > to kick it w/out antibiotics.....i wont bother with the TV thing - > why not just listen to it on its own..... > > Karen Hester wrote: > >> The episode is now up on hulu.com for US viewers. Not sure if this >> link'll work - http://www.hulu.com/watch/64925/dollhouse-echoes#in-playlist. >> >> Now I have to hit 'send' without saying something nasty about how >> poorly this show compares to Firefly, blessed be its name. Oops, >> didn't quite make it :) >> K ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:43:04 -0500 From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: Carina Round song on Dollhouse Joss Whedon is not television. On 3/28/09 10:21 PM, "birdie" wrote: > hahaha...eh, well...it's a fox show.... i missed her at largo the other > night - ear infection has had me rundown for 2 weeks - trying to kick it > w/out antibiotics.....i wont bother with the TV thing - why not just > listen to it on its own..... > > Karen Hester wrote: > >> The episode is now up on hulu.com for US viewers. Not sure if this >> link'll work - http://www.hulu.com/watch/64925/dollhouse-echoes#in-playlist. >> >> Now I have to hit 'send' without saying something nasty about how >> poorly this show compares to Firefly, blessed be its name. Oops, >> didn't quite make it :) >> K ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:05:00 -0700 From: Subject: Re: Carina Round song on Dollhouse TV here is primarily for my african grey parrot..who likes cartoons for their crazy sound effects and goonie voices and music...i need it for local news for fire earthquake weather and other reporting...it does stay o in the background and I focus in on it when I hear a song or something else flitters past of interest but having worked in the medium, my interest is rather objective and self serving. I never get hooked into shows etc too many things of my own going on.... Carina seemed over the moon about the whole thing via twitter....but I am growing weary of self promotion by any artist and all the back patting and ego stroking that goes on in the social networks...the calls for preorders...donations...etc etc... Just overloaded.... I get a number of add requests from all kinds of bands and artists that want exposure or to hear what I think about their music and.... I think I probably need a vacation LOL but I am glad others seem to enjoy themselves and these things... www.myspace.com/birdiebreeze - -----Original Message----- From: Timothy Jones-Yelvington Subj: Re: Carina Round song on Dollhouse Date: Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:42 pm Size: 702 bytes To: ;Karen Hester cc: Untitled Joss Whedon is not television. On 3/28/09 10:21 PM, "birdie" wrote: > hahaha...eh, well...it's a fox show.... i missed her at largo the other > night - ear infection has had me rundown for 2 weeks - trying to kick it > w/out antibiotics.....i wont bother with the TV thing - why not just > listen to it on its own..... > > Karen Hester wrote: > >> The episode is now up on hulu.com for US viewers. Not sure if this >> link'll work - http://www.hulu.com/watch/64925/dollhouse-echoes#in-playlist. >> >> Now I have to hit 'send' without saying something nasty about how >> poorly this show compares to Firefly, blessed be its name. Oops, >> didn't quite make it :) >> K ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V14 #86 **************************