Lyrics We Love

[Randy D. Rubin]

Yep, love me some Garth.

[TerryE]

There was a great cd from '91 called "I'm Your Fan - The Songs of Leonard Cohen" done by bands and singers that, at the time, were considered "alternative" - R.E.M., Pixies, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Lloyd Cole, Ian McCulloch, et al. Definitely worth looking into. I'm happy I still have my copy.

I've got that one too. "Tower of Song" had the likes of Elton John, Billy Joel, Don Henley, Peter Gabriel...

[TerryE]

"We cower in our shelters
With our hands over our ears
Lloyd-Webber's awful stuff
runs for years and years and years and years
An earthquake hits the theater
But the operetta lingers
Then the piano lid comes down
And breaks his fucking fingers
It's a miracle" - Roger Waters, "It's a Miracle"

[Randy D. Rubin]

The band is just fantastic
that is really what I think,
Oh by the way... which one's 'Pink'?

[TerryE]

Pink was the one played by Bob Geldof in the movie. I love how they hearkened back to that specific line, and also the scene where (as a schoolboy) he was writing "Money".

[srboone]

Waters and Gilmour fought over who was "pink" for a long time, didn't they?

[Randy D. Rubin]

"Walking down the gutter wondering how the hell am I today,
Well I tried to catch my eye but I looked the other way."

Jethro Tull from, 'Baker Street Muse', Album, Minstrel in the Gallery

[TerryE]

"And its too late to lose the weight
You used to need to throw around." - Pink Floyd, "Dogs"

[srboone]

There's a whole lotta places that I aint been
A whole lotta things that I aint seen
A whole lotta things I'll never be
The generation that would change the world is still looking for it's car keys...

---The Rainmakers, "Drinkin' on the Job"

voted best rock lyric of the 80s constitently in polls for 30 years! (Rolling Stone, Spin, etc...)

[TerryE]

"Yeah, Ali McGraw got mad with you
For giving head to Steve McQueen
You and me we make a pretty pair
Falling through the silver screen

Honey I'm open to anything
I don't know where to draw the line
Yes, I'm makin' bets that you gonna get
John Wayne before he dies" - The Rolling Stones, "Star Star"

I've called this song the filthiest Chuck Berry song, that Chuck Berry didn't write.

[Teriw]

You and I do NOT have the same definition of Filthy

[TerryE]

You have to listen to the rest of the song, especially the chorus. And I am quite a conservative prude, too, so I find everything dirty.

[TerryE]

"Well I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die.
When I hear that train a-rollin', I hang my head an cry." - Johnny Cash, "Folsum Prison Blues"

That first line is one of the coldest in music history. And it's amazing how the two lines completely encapsulate the character of the narrator of that song. A steely cold murderer who wants his freedom so badly that it hurts, especially knowing that freedom is never coming.

[Grant Wootton]

Nah, it's a generation thing Terry, filthy and dirty aren't the same (apparently) although my knowledge is restricted to Eminem and Christina Aguilera lyrics (probably not the most reliable of sources, cross-pollination wise, either of them) - perhaps Teri can eludicate???

[srboone]

I'm just mellowing out at work, listenin to clasic country station; A song i hadn't heard in nearly 30 years came on and got me misty-eyed.

How old do you think I am he said I said well I didn't know
He said I turned sixty five about eleven months ago
I was sittin' in Miami pourin' blended whiskey down
When this old grey black gentleman was cleanin' up the lounge
There wasn't anyone around 'cept this old man and me
The guy who ran the bar was watching Ironsides on TV
Uninvited he sat down and opened up his mind
On old dogs and children and watermelon wine
Ever had a drink of watermelon wine he asked
He told me all about it though I didn't answer back
Ain't but three things in this world that's worth a solitary dime
But old dogs and children and watermelon wine
He said women think about theyselves when menfolk ain't around
And friends are hard to find when they discover that you're down
He said I tried it all when I was young and in my natural prime
Now it's old dogs and children and watermelon wine
Old dogs care about you even when you make mistakes
God bless little children while they're still too young to hate
When he moved away I found my pen and copied down that line
'Bout old dogs and children and watermelon wine

[ harmonica ]

I had to catch a plane up to Atlanta that next day
As I left for my room I saw him pickin' up my change
That night I dreamed in peaceful sleep of shady summertime
Of old dogs and children and watermelon wine

Watermelon Wine--Tom T Hall.