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"crazycloud" wrote:And though these wings
have turned to stone
I can fly fly fly away.
Watch me fly above the city
Like a shadow on the sky.…..classic….., Neil’s ‘Danger Bird’, from Zuma…..
We’re four boys in corduroys,
We’re not terrific but we’re competent.Stevie’s full of good intentions,
Richard’s into rock ‘n’ roll,
Stuart’s staying in and he thinks it’s a sin,
That he has to leave the house at all.
Great Scots it’s Belle and Sebastian – This is just a modern rock song
One night billy had a rare old time,
Laughing and singing on the lebanon line
Came back to camp not looking too pretty
Never even got to see the holy city
classic….
he Pogues – Billy’s bones
….love those lines:
Billy saw a copper and he hit him in the knee
And he took him down from six foot to five foot three
Then he hit him fair and square in the do-re-mi
That copper won’t be having any family….Shane McGowan is one of the all time greats….
I can’t cry, I can’t apply a word to sum it up
Under stress I can’t repress the moment it erupts
Hear the sound of paper drums and shredded paper voice
Got to turn up "Keep Hanging On" as if I had a choice"Bucky Ramone" wrote:I can’t cry, I can’t apply a word to sum it up
Under stress I can’t repress the moment it erupts
Hear the sound of paper drums and shredded paper voice
Got to turn up "Keep Hanging On" as if I had a choiceThe Posies-Grant Hart
ooo ooo that one in Teenage Fanclub’s – Don’t Look Back
i gotta go to alaska tonight for fishing adventure … will return eventually to the board. hopefully up and running when i return. i’ll be singing me many a pogues jig while on board…. hope you all enjoy yourselves atht he showssa!
Well, I think I’ll go turn myself off,
And go on down
All the way down
Really ain’t no use in me hanging around
In your kinda scene
"crazycloud" wrote:i gotta go to alaska tonight for fishing adventure … will return eventually to the board. hopefully up and running when i return. i’ll be singing me many a pogues jig while on board….It’s so cold in Alaska
It’s so cold in Alaska
It’s so cold in Alaska
…have fun over there….
Back to topic: easy one….that was from Jimi’s ‘Manic Depression’
Between the covers I thought you were ready
A half-angel, half-tart
Do I read you correctly, lead me directly
Help me with this part
Do I hate you? Do I date you?
"crazycloud" wrote:ooo ooo that one in Teenage Fanclub’s – Don’t Look BackCorrect!
Best song about Alaska:that Voluptous Horror Of Karen Black song-I`M GOIN TO ALASKA!! I`M GOIN TO ALASKA!! Classic
Get yourself a sweet Madonna,
Dressed in rhinestones – sittin’ on a
Pedestal of abalone shell.
Goin’ 90, it aint scary,
‘Cause I got the virgin Mary,
Assuring me, that I wont go to Hell.I like it…it’s fun…but what the hell is it?
Its from a movie my dad watched…some guy goes to a funeral and plays this song on a banjo….it was the only gospel song he knew.R.J.
"Randy Jane" wrote:Get yourself a sweet Madonna,
Dressed in rhinestones – sittin’ on a
Pedestal of abalone shell.
Goin’ 90, it aint scary,
‘Cause I got the virgin Mary,
Assuring me, that I wont go to Hell.I like it…it’s fun…but what the hell is it?
Its from a movie my dad watched…some guy goes to a funeral and plays this song on a banjo….it was the only gospel song he knew.R.J.
…it’s called ‘Plastic Jesus’ it’s a kind of traditional, it’s used in the movie ‘Cool Hand Luke’….
Click here for the full lyrics (and more)
ps. the Flaming Lips covered it on ‘Transmissions from the Satellite Heart’, it’s track 9, titled ‘*******’
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