Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[bridge of love]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Dave Barry did this poll years ago. "MacArthur Park" was up there, by Dave's pick was "I Am I Said" by Neil Diamond. It's hard to argue.

I am, I said
To no one there
An no one heard at all
Not even the chair
I am, I cried
I am, said I
And I am lost, and I can't even say why
Leavin' me lonely still

And in a development that will give PLF chills, I have it on very good authority that wealthy suburban seventh graders are now wearing parachute pants. I repeat: PARACHUTE PANTS. Looks like it's finally time to break that ol' Members Only jacket out of the closet. Oooooh, baby . . . I've missed you so much . . . .

the Ramones
Now I wanna sniff sum glue
Now I wanna have sumthin ta do
All the kids wanna sniff sum glue
All the kids wan sumt'in ta do
12345678
Now I.....

Its a great song, but the lyrics are a bit thin.

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by bridge of love
the Ramones
Now I wanna sniff sum glue
Now I wanna have sumthin ta do
All the kids wanna sniff sum glue
All the kids wan sumt'in ta do
12345678
Now I.....

Its a great song, but the lyrics are a bit thin.

Kind of the point, don't you think?

sf

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
So what? When I have kids, I won't really care what they think of the music I listen to. And I didn't care about the music my parents liked -- just because I didn't like doesn't make it bad. "Ewww, parents' music" to me meant "I don't like it" not "I can't believe you listen to that crap."

and this is why you grew up to be you and Less grew up to be LEss.

WONKIN!

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Oh YES! We have a winner...
I don't think that I can take it
cuz it took so long to bake it
and I'll never have that recipe agaaaaaaiiiiin
Ohnoooooooo
Oh noooooooo!

Yeah, I think I've got to throw my support behind Mc's Park as well. NB: The editorial comments are not mine, but come from here - http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics.php?id=1377

Donna Summer - Macarthur Park

Buy this album!
Spring was never waiting for us, girl
It ran one step ahead
As we followed in the dance
Between the parted pages and were pressed,
In love's hot, fevered iron
Like a striped pair of pants

CHORUS
MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down...
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!

I recall the yellow cotton dress
Foaming like a wave
On the ground around your knees
The birds, like tender babies in your hands
And the old men playing checkers by the trees

CHORUS

<relatively brief instrumental interlude>

There will be another song for me
For I will sing it
There will be another dream for me
Someone will bring it
I will drink the wine while it is warm
And never let you catch me looking at the sun
And after all the loves of my life
After all the loves of my life
You'll still be the one.

I will take my life into my hands and I will use it
I will win the worship in their eyes and I will lose it
I will have the things that I desire
And my passion flow like rivers through the sky.
And after all the loves of my life
After all the loves of my life
I'll be thinking of you
And wondering why.

<extended (1:24) up-tempo instrumental interlude that rivals anything done by
Chicago or even "Classical Gas" by Mason Williams>

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down...
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!
Oh, no
No, no
Oh NO!! (upon which Harris suffers an irreversible gender change)

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by bridge of love
the Ramones
Now I wanna sniff sum glue
Now I wanna have sumthin ta do
All the kids wanna sniff sum glue
All the kids wan sumt'in ta do
12345678
Now I.....

Its a great song, but the lyrics are a bit thin.

But so much more sophisticated than their ultimate: GIMME GIMME LABOTOMY LA-BO-TO-MY.

That was really great stuff...

[Shape Shifter]

So what is MacArthur's Park about? Songwriter Jimmy Webb speaks:

All very edifying, Jimmy, - but the question that really needs to be asked here is, what are the lyrics to MacArthur Park about? I mean, "Someone left the cake out in the rain/I don't think that I can make it cos' it took too long to bake it and I'll never have that recipe again" - what's going on there? "I always think that whatever is art, need not and should not be explained, as someone once said. "But I'll tell you: MacArthur Park is clearly about a love affair ending, and the person singing it is using the cake and the rain as a metaphor for that. OK, it may be far out there, and a bit incomprehensible, but that is what I was trying to get at. I suppose the whole thing was that I wrote the song at a time in the late 1960s when surrealistic lyrics were the order of the day. It was written around about the same time as Strawberry Fields, so it probably seems a bigger deal now than it was back then. Still, the lyrics never stopped Richard Harris, Frank Sinatra, Donna Summer and any number of trash garage bands from doing it - and who else can say that about one of their songs"?

http://dav4is.8m.com/Music/macarthur.html

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Does this mean we all have to go out and get Hammer/Arsenio wedge haircuts?

Awesome. I'll be back in style.

I nominate the Alanis Ironic song for the stupid lyric poll, for reasons which I believe have been previously discussed.

On another note - I have an etiquette question I posted HERE and need help on, if anyone is so inclined.

-TL

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
All this music talk has got me thinking. What is the stupidest song you've ever heard?

I have to go with R. Kelly's "You Remind Me Of Something." I mean, talk about objectification.

I generally hate contemporary R&B, but this is on another level. Check out the lyrics, as I'm sure most of you haven't heard it, even though it was a pretty big hit.

You Remind Me Of Something

You remind me of something
I just can’t think of what it is, uh

You remind me of my jeep (I wanna ride it)
Somethin’ like my sound (I wanna pump it, baby)
Girl, you look just like my cars (I wanna wax it)
And somethin’ like my bank account (I wanna spend it, baby)

It’s somethin’ about your love that’s got me goin’ crazy
(Baby, you know I want you real bad)
And girl, I really like your freaky style, oh, babe
(How can I be down with you)

So get a little closer to my ride, baby
(Oh, I, I wanna get to know you, lady)
And hip me up on how to get inside you
Listen, pretty baby

(I wanna roll) I wanna roll it, roll it, roll it, roll it (Yeah)
Is all I wanna do for you, baby
Girl, it’s somethin’ kinda sexy
Goin’ on about you, babe

[Dumbass chorus 2x]

Now I would like to take you on a ride tonight, yeah
(Girl, you know we’ll have so much fun)
And give you everything your body needs, mmm
(Satisfaction guaranteed)

So pull up to my bumper and let the system sound
(Girl, I bet ya I can drive you crazy)
And let me be the one to drop you off
Babe, listen to me

(I wanna roll) I wanna roll it, roll it, roll it, roll it
Is all I wanna do for you, baby
Girl, it’s somethin’ kinda sexy
Goin’ on about you, babe

[Dumbass chorus 2x]

Don’t be alone (Don’t be alone)
I’m comin’ through your door (I’m comin’ through your door)
I’m here tonight (Turn off the lights, baby)
It’s somethin’ about this moment

[Dumbass chorus 2x]

Thurgreed(beat that)Marshall

A tie between

I'm coming out so you better get this party started. (repeast 100 times and thats the song) and

I've Been to Paradise But Ive Never Been To Me

and
We Built This CIty on Rock N Roll

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
We Built This CIty on Rock N Roll

You are my SP. The worst most cloying horrible song ever. It totally ruined fall 1985-winter 1986 for me.

Originally posted by paigowprincess
We Built This CIty on Rock N Roll

When I was a kid I thought the song said "we built this city on Rocket Road." Seriously. Keep in mind I grew up in Houston - NASA this, Space that - I thought they were talking about Houston so it made perfect sense. Sorta. I think I was in 4th or 5th grade at the time.

So - a secondary poll - what lyrics have you gotten wrong in the past and are embarrassed to admit?

-TL

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by paigowprincess


I'm coming out so you better get this party started. (repeast 100 times and thats the song) and

Did you think Toyota would leave in the full lyrics of the song in their ads, including:

"We'll be lookin flashy in my Mercedes Benz"

?

Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
Some of you east-coasters will soon have the opportunity so catch a great band in an arena setting. I've never been much of a Pearl Jam fan, but they tend to hire great opening acts; either one of their heros (e.g., X, Buzzcocks) or a good band that usually plays clubs. This time around it's Sleater-Kinney (a band that happens to call my fair city home). You should go see them. NYC on July 9; Boston on July 11; Hershey PA on July 12; Holmdel, NJ (wherever the fuck that is) on July 14.

Sleater-Kinney rawks.

My eurofaggy mexican cooler than thou ex bf loved this band along with Sanchez, a Japanese band that has a cover on the greatest album ever, "If I were a carpenter" and who hates the Stones. I dont know what to do about this since you recommend them.

I was told I had to see Garage A Trois when they were in DC at the 930 Club. I didnt bc I forgot. ANyone else know them? This would have been my first foray into PLF cutting edgeness- knowing a great band noone else does, since Phish. SIGH.


And apropos of whatever, do I sound as condescending as PLF?

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
And apropos of whatever, do I sound as condescending as PLF?

Nope. Not condescending.

[evenodds]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
I was told I had to see Garage A Trois when they were in DC at the 930 Club. I didnt bc I forgot. ANyone else know them? This would have been my first foray into PLF cutting edgeness- knowing a great band noone else does, since Phish. SIGH.

Garage a Trois is excellent.

I am, however, nauseated by the proximity of Garage a Trois and that other band in your post.

[andViolins]

Originally posted by TexLex So - a secondary poll - what lyrics have you gotten wrong in the past and are embarrassed to admit?

-TL

"Wrapped up like a douche in the middle of the night"

aV