And now for something completely different, lyrics, say up to a couple of lines which you think are really good and stand out in your respective record collections. I would like to offer two for a start to get the thread going...... Hate the new boss, same as the old boss (The Who, Won't Get Fooled Again) Simple human feeling of the grass is greener to find that it isn't You aint the nazz, you're just a buzz, some kinda temporary (Mott The Hoople, Hymn For The Dudes) Don't overinflate your opinion of yourself and you are quickly forgotten. Hope this flies, over to you
The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think. Oh by the way, which one's Pink? Pink Floyd - Have a cigar Shows just how insular the American's were (and still are) I would guess there are loads from PF that could crop up on here, just about every album contains songs with some deep meaning with genius writing by Syd, Roger and Dave
My head was beating like a song by by the Clash it was writing cheques that my body couldn't cash (Richard Thompson) a familiar feeling we have all had! life seems so rosy in the cradle, but I'll be your friend I'll tell you what's in store. There's nothing at the end of the rainbow there's nothing to grow up for anymore (Richard Thompson) says it all!
From Procol Harum's 'Whiter shade of pale' The room was humming harder, As the ceiling flew away. When we called out for another drink, The waiter brought a tray. I'm told Keith Reid and Gary Brooker were as high as kites when they wrote that
Three Lions - Lightening Seeds "It's coming home It's coming home It's coming Football's coming home (x4) Everyone seems to know the score They've seen it all before They just know They're so sure That England's gonna Throw it away Gonna blow it away But I know they can play Cos' I remember Three lions on the shirt Jules Rimet still gleaming 30 Years of hurt Never stoppped me dreaming" Think this sums up every single England fan's mindset for the Euros/World Cup. Epic!
Has he lost his mind? Can he see or is he blind? Can he walk at all, Or if he moves will he fall? Is he alive or dead? Has he thoughts within his head? We’ll just pass him there Why should we even care? In tribute to the ref at the emirates, Ozzy Osbourne - Iron man
"You've got to learn to live with what you can't rise above" - Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love Hotel California by The Eagles is a lyrical masterpiece.
On a flat roof, There's a boy standing against a wall of rain, Aerial held high, Calling "come on thunder, come on thunder" (James- Sometimes)
All this talk of getting old It's getting me down my love Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown This time I'm comin' down The verve - drugs don't work. Are we etched in stone or just scratched in the sand Waiting for the waves to come and reclaim the land? Tightrope - the stone roses
Break me in, Teach us to cheat And to lie, cover up What shouldn't be shared? All the truth unwinding Scraping away At my mind Please stop asking me to describe -Citizen Erased, Muse
You start a conversation you can't even finish, you're talking a lot, but you're not saying anything. Talking Heads - Psycho Killer. Probably even more poignant today than in 1977 when David Byrne wrote them. Also - if I'm allowed two, It's coming on Christmas, they're cutting down trees, they're putting up reindeer, singing songs of joy and peace, oh I wish I had a river, I could skate away on. Joni Mitchell - River, documenting a recently failed relationship.
Blimey, he said "great lyrics", not lyrics to exit life with. I'm going to dig through my "Now that's what I call music 5" allbum and bring you a pearler about love and hapiness. Standby.
Song about love? "She's one in a dozen, But have you seen the state, Of the other eleven?" King Creosote from Now Drop Your Bombshell
aint no money aint no woman aint no roof above your head so you lay down in the park and you wish that you were dead the fuzz says you are trespassing and kicks you in the jaw you don't have to be in the army to fight in the war Mungo Jerry Van Gogh did some eyeball pleasers he must have been a pencil squeezer he didn't do the mona lisa that was some Italian geezer Ian Drury god bless his soul
From the same song, these lyrics are better... I'll tip my hat to the new constitution Take a bow for the new revolution Smile and grin at the change all around Pick up my guitar and play Just like yesterday Then I'll get on my knees and pray We don't get fooled again
There are places I remember all my life, though some have changed. Some forever, not for better, some have gone and some remain. In my life - Beatles
