Yeah but I didn't even have context. Plus Al sings it like a sheep for some reason.Marky Dread wrote: ↑10 Aug 2018, 12:54pmNever mind being young mate, I'm baffled now.Kory wrote: ↑10 Aug 2018, 12:52pmWhen I was quite young and not aware of popular music, this song was included in one of Weird Al's polka medleys and I was completely baffled by where it came from and what the hell it was supposed to mean.oliver wrote: ↑09 Aug 2018, 11:27amFrom start to finish "The Reflex" has to be a contender for the worst lyric as a whole.
I always cringe on hearing "why don't you use it? Try not to bruise it, buy time don't lose it"
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Did it have the cheesey camera sound too?Kory wrote: ↑10 Aug 2018, 12:52pmWhen I was quite young and not aware of popular music, this song was included in one of Weird Al's polka medleys and I was completely baffled by where it came from and what the hell it was supposed to mean.oliver wrote: ↑09 Aug 2018, 11:27amFrom start to finish "The Reflex" has to be a contender for the worst lyric as a whole.
I always cringe on hearing "why don't you use it? Try not to bruise it, buy time don't lose it"
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I think you're just all upset because you're "on a ride" and you "wan't to get off" but they just won't slow down the damned roundabout!?oliver wrote: ↑09 Aug 2018, 11:27amFrom start to finish "The Reflex" has to be a contender for the worst lyric as a whole.
I always cringe on hearing "why don't you use it? Try not to bruise it, buy time don't lose it"
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"Context" Duran Duran? Nope sorry baffled again.Kory wrote: ↑10 Aug 2018, 12:58pmYeah but I didn't even have context. Plus Al sings it like a sheep for some reason.Marky Dread wrote: ↑10 Aug 2018, 12:54pmNever mind being young mate, I'm baffled now.Kory wrote: ↑10 Aug 2018, 12:52pmWhen I was quite young and not aware of popular music, this song was included in one of Weird Al's polka medleys and I was completely baffled by where it came from and what the hell it was supposed to mean.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
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No, but there was an accordion...revbob wrote: ↑10 Aug 2018, 1:00pmDid it have the cheesey camera sound too?Kory wrote: ↑10 Aug 2018, 12:52pmWhen I was quite young and not aware of popular music, this song was included in one of Weird Al's polka medleys and I was completely baffled by where it came from and what the hell it was supposed to mean.oliver wrote: ↑09 Aug 2018, 11:27amFrom start to finish "The Reflex" has to be a contender for the worst lyric as a whole.
I always cringe on hearing "why don't you use it? Try not to bruise it, buy time don't lose it"
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I heard "Horse with No Name" by America this morning while pumping gas (I always hear the worst songs at the gas station). Man...that song has some AWFUL lyrics. There were plants and birds and rocks and things? 'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain?
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Also, why didn’t he just give the horse a name? He must have had time to think of one in the desertWestwayKid wrote: ↑06 Sep 2018, 8:21amI heard "Horse with No Name" by America this morning while pumping gas (I always hear the worst songs at the gas station). Man...that song has some AWFUL lyrics. There were plants and birds and rocks and things? 'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain?
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I hope the poor horse could swim.laxman wrote: ↑06 Sep 2018, 12:30pmAlso, why didn’t he just give the horse a name? He must have had time to think of one in the desertWestwayKid wrote: ↑06 Sep 2018, 8:21amI heard "Horse with No Name" by America this morning while pumping gas (I always hear the worst songs at the gas station). Man...that song has some AWFUL lyrics. There were plants and birds and rocks and things? 'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain?
"After nine days I let the horse run free
'Cause the desert had turned to sea"
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
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I still think "Horse With No Name" is a really good song with a good eco message, dodgy lines aside.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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I like it. Larrikin Love did a good cover.
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I think it was Tom Waits who suggested to change the lyrics to "I've been through the desert on a horse with no legs".
Who pfaffed the pfaff? Who got pfaffed tonight?
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Yeah, actually a pretty catchy tune - just some clunky word play.
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‘4am in the morning’ - Moonlight Shadow
Well it isn’t going to be 4am in the afternoon!!!!
Well it isn’t going to be 4am in the afternoon!!!!
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101Walterton wrote: ↑23 Oct 2018, 3:17pm‘4am in the morning’ - Moonlight Shadow
Well it isn’t going to be 4am in the afternoon!!!!
"He could preach the bible like a preacher"
From the otherwise perfect "Rasputin" by Boney M.
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Well it could be "He could preach the bible like a drunk".Heston wrote: ↑23 Oct 2018, 7:08pm101Walterton wrote: ↑23 Oct 2018, 3:17pm‘4am in the morning’ - Moonlight Shadow
Well it isn’t going to be 4am in the afternoon!!!!
"He could preach the bible like a preacher"
From the otherwise perfect "Rasputin" by Boney M.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia