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Conference rdvax::grateful

Title:Take my advice, you'd be better off DEAD
Notice:It's just a Box of Rain
Moderator:RDVAX::LEVY::DEBESS
Created:Wed Jan 02 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:580
Total number of notes:60238

137.0. "Help with Non-Dead Lyrics" by IMTDEV::INGALLS (Earth Day - Every Day) Mon Mar 04 1991 20:10

    I need some help with some non-Dead lyrics -- Here's the game, I'll put
    in a few lines from the song and see if anyone can help with the
    titla/artist:
    
    These are all from a tape that a very dear friend made for me on 
    Valentines day while she was in Europe a couple of years ago.
    The tape is kinda tough to listen to bacause of the equipment (etc..)
    that she used.  I've been thinking about her a lot lately and 
    would like to make a new copy with all the same songs that would be a
    little easier to listen to.  adTHANKSvance!
    
    
    
    Here's some to start with:
    
    1) I need the artist and title - the chorus goes:
    
       Keep smiling through the rain
       Laughing at the pain
       Flowing with the changes
    
    2) Artist? Title?  (Sounds like Chicago maybe...)
    
       Children play in the park -- they don't know 
       I'm alone in the dark -- even though
       Time and time again -- I see your face -- smiling inside
    
       I'm so happy -- that you love me
       Life is lovely -- when you're near me
       tell me you will stay -- make me smile
    
    3) Stevie Wonder (pretty sure), Title?
    
       I like to see you move right across the floor,
       I like to do it to you, 'til you holler for more,
       I like to reggae, but you dance to fast for me,
       I like to make love to you , you can make me scream...
    
    4) Artist?  Title?
    
       Well I never been to Spain,
       but I kinda like the music,
       say the ladies are insane there,
       and they sure know how to use it.
       they don't abuse it,
       never gonna lose it,
       I can't refuse it       
    
       
    5) Another on e that sounds like Chicago maybe? Title?         
    
       When I'm with you
       it doesn't matter where we are
       all that we're doing
       ... and all that matters
    
       Time passes much to quickly,
       when we're together laughing
       I wish I could sing it to you
       Oh I wish I could sing it to you...
    
       Mostly I'm silent....
    
    
    there's a few more, but I have to listen to the tape more closely, one
    of them is a Joe cocker song I think, but I can only make out three
    consecutive words at a time ;^)
    
    Thanks!!!
    
    
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137.1some of 'em ...BOOKS::BAILEYBSmilin' on a cloudy dayMon Mar 04 1991 20:4310
    Here's a partial answer ...
    
    1.  Wet Willie ... Keep on Smilin'
    2.  Chicago ... Make Me Smile
    3.  Stevie Wonder ... Boogie On Reggae Woman
    4.  Three Dog Night ... can't recall the title
    5.  Chicago ... can't recall the title
    
    						... Bob
    
137.25.SCAM::GRADYtim gradyTue Mar 05 1991 09:074
    5. Only the Beginning.  Nice tune
    
    tim
    
137.3btwSCAM::GRADYtim gradyTue Mar 05 1991 09:088
    Both Chicago tunes are very early.  I'm pretty sure Only the Beginning
    is on their first album, Chicago Transit Authority.  The other one may
    be there too.
    
    I gotta go lie down till this flashback is over :-).
    
    tim
    
137.4Part of it!GRANPA::TDAVISTue Mar 05 1991 09:103
    5. Beginnings 
    
    I am trying on #4
137.5duh.SCAM::GRADYtim gradyTue Mar 05 1991 09:135
    Re: .4
    Yer right, more drain bamage on my part.
    
    tim
    
137.6GRANPA::TDAVISTue Mar 05 1991 09:173
    Make me smile is the second album Chicago, your correct now
    I am brain dead for the day.
    
137.7DICKNS::STANLEYWhat a long strange trip it's been...Tue Mar 05 1991 11:263
>    I gotta go lie down till this flashback is over :-).
    
:-)    
137.8exIMTDEV::INGALLSEarth Day - Every DayTue Mar 05 1991 14:20109
    >> I gotta go lie down till this flashback is over :-).
    
    Whoa!  Don't do that! There's still more to come ;^)
    
    Thanks for all the help so far, the album names help too!
    .
     Here's a couple more to work on:
    
    6) Joe Cocker (?), Title
    
       Woman of the country
       now I've found you
       Longin (??? in your softenfortaldinto ;^) ???)
       (??? Somethin somethin ???) to satisfy
       your longing for the warmth and tender shelter
         of my body
    
       Oh your my, yes your my (??? somethin ???) lady
       Me oh my (??? somethin ???) lady
    
    
     7) Elton John (?), Title
    
       I hope the day will bring a lighter highway
       for friends I found and never wrote
       Can you ever think of a better way
       for the lost and weary traveller to go
    
       Makin firends, for the world to see
       let the people know
       you got what they need
       with a friend at hand 
       you will see the light
       if you're friends are there 
       then everything's alright
    
    8) Eric Clapton, title?  (an easy one, I'm embarrassed to be asking ;^)
    
       Tell me that you love me 
       as often as you can
    
    9) Artist? Title? (Still Wine maybe or somethin like that...)
    
       I was outside strolling on a very hot summer day
       when I thought I'd lay myself down to rest
       in a big field of tall grass
       I lay there in the sun and felt it caressing my face
       and I fell asleep and dreamed
       I dreamed I was in a Hlloywood movie
       and I was the star of this movie
       This really blew my mind
       that me, an over-fed, long-haired leapig gnome
       should be the star of a hollywood movie
       hmmm
       but there I was....
    
    10) Jackson Browne (?), Title?
    
       Papers lie there helplessly
       in a pile outside the door
       I tried and tried
       but I just can't remember what they're for
       the world outside is tugging 
       like a beggar at my sleave
       that's much too old a story to believe
       
       You know it's taken it's share of me
       Even though you've taken such gopod care of me
       You say Morocco - that makes me smile
       I haven't seen Morroco for a long long while
       Dreams are rollin gdown the places of my mind 
       and I just had a taste of something fine...
    
    
    Here's some more of what I can make out of 4)
    
    4) Three Dog Night, Title?
    
       Well I never been to Spain
       But I kinda like the music
       Say the ladies are insane there 
       and they sure know how to use it
       they don't abuse it
       never gonna lose it
       I can't refuse it
    
       Well I never been to England,
       but I kinda like the Beatles
       Well I headed to Las Vegas
       Only made it out to ......?
       Can you feel it
       must be music
       feel so good
       feel so good
    
       well I never been to Heaven
       but I've been to Oklahoma
       they tell me I was born there 
       but I really don't remember
       in Oklahoma
       or Arizona
       what does it matter
       what does it matter
    
     
    Have fun!!!  and THANKS!!!
    
    Glenn
    
137.9ENGINE::MOLLENHAUERTue Mar 05 1991 14:471
    9 is by War - Spill the wine
137.10Elton John...SCAM::GRADYtim gradyTue Mar 05 1991 14:529
    Hi Glenn,
    
    7. (Elton John) is the title song to the album 'Friends', also a
    soundtrack to an obscure (read that 'bad') movie.
    
    Working on the others.
    
    tim
    
137.11SCAM::GRADYtim gradyTue Mar 05 1991 14:536
    6.  (this is a stretch) Delta Lady?
    
    What the hell, might as well guess, huh?
    
    tim
    
137.12Back to junior high!DECWET::HAMBYTue Mar 05 1991 14:556
    The Three Dog Night tune is "Never Been to Spain", I think.
    
    The Elton John tune is "Friends", from an album of the same name. I
    think it was the soundtrack to some awful movie in the early 70's.
    
    John
137.13I'm too slowDECWET::HAMBYTue Mar 05 1991 14:564
    I was writing .12 while .10 snuck in. What the heck--it proves I'm
    here!
    
    John
137.14Number 10PENUTS::NOBLEWed Mar 06 1991 09:376
    # 10 - The Jackson Browne song is "Something Fine", from his
    first album, I think ("Jackson Browne", aka "Saturate before
    Using").
    
    ...Robert
    
137.15Any Clues....?AD::VAUKlove will see you throughWed Mar 06 1991 14:1939
    
    A friend of mine has been goin' batty for the past couple of weeks
    trying to figure out what song he has in his head...I think we all know
    the feelin'.  Anyhow here is a note he passed on to me to try and help
    him out.  So if anyone out there knows this song you would make someone
    very happy.
    

	Since I haven't heard the song in a while, I can only remember a few
        of the actual lyrics... I think this chorus is correct though...
        thanks for your help.

	Here are several lines, not necessarily in order...
        

	I hear you're going through some changes.


        You started looking like a burn out,
	You're lookin' like you might have stayed out all night.
	You .................... to drive me crazy.
	You drive a man stark raving wild.

	chorus...?

	       Oh, Nicole'
	       My sweet Nicole'
	       Oh, Nicole'
	       Sweet, Sweet Nicole'


	This has sort of a ZZ TOP sound to it, although I've been told that it
	isn't them. Lead singer is reminiscent of early Steve Winwood. 


    Happy Cheese-
    Jerry

    
137.16Poor soul!DECWET::HAMBYWed Mar 06 1991 14:494
    I think this is "Nicole" by an abomination called "Point Blank". It was
    a hit in 1981.
    
    John
137.17James Brown "Free At Last" World Tour '91ISLNDS::CLARKpoliticians throwing stonesThu Mar 07 1991 09:336
I think I overheard someone say that James Brown has been released from prison
... is this true?

HAH!

- Dave
137.18James Brown question.BIODTL::FERGUSONIs it just a waste of time?Thu Mar 07 1991 09:577
Speaking of James Brown, does anybody know what album has the song "Papa Has
a Brand New Bag"  (or something close to this) ?

Ronnie Earl and his band played this a while back;  something they do not play
very often.... great FUNKy sounding tune!!!!!!!!


137.19MR4DEC::WENTZELLHeartlessPowersTellUsWhatToThinkThu Mar 07 1991 09:594
He's been out on work-release (what ever that means) for a while but was 
officially paroled this week.

Scott
137.20ISLNDS::CLARKpoliticians throwing stonesThu Mar 07 1991 10:1818
re JC

>Speaking of James Brown, does anybody know what album has the song "Papa Has
>a Brand New Bag"  (or something close to this) ?

Hmm, not sure ... there's a live version on the "Live at the Apollo" album,
though.

Your note made me think of another FUNKy tune ... "Funky Broadway."  Is this
song by Wilson Pickett?  

re Scott

>He's been out on work-release (what ever that means) for a while but was 

Well, he is the Hardest Working Man in Rock and Roll .... ;^)

- Dave
137.21CLOSUS::BARNESThu Mar 07 1991 10:242
    how bout JB's last big hit..."Livin in AmeriKa" (Ow Ow Ow Ow!)
                                                   rfb
137.22James is out !CIVIC::ROBERTSImagine...Thu Mar 07 1991 10:256
    
    yeah DC!  James is out!  He was interviewed right away and the press 
    asked. "How do you FEEEEEEL?"  And he chuckled and quietly said, "I
    feel good".
    
    c
137.23James Brown Hot Tub PartyISLNDS::CLARKpoliticians throwing stonesThu Mar 07 1991 10:275
And I hear he's going to warm up for the Dead in NY this month ....

Whoops, we're digressing.

- Dave
137.24Lyrics wanted - Stander on the MountainAD::VAUKlove will see you throughTue Apr 02 1991 17:3810
    
    Does anyone know the lyrics to Stander on the Mountain by Bruce
    Hornsby???
    
    Also is there a way to do a directory of all the entries in a note (to
    see the titles) so I could tell if these lyrics have already been
    posted?
    
    Happy Cheese-
    Jerry
137.25TERAPN::PHYLLISWake, now discover..Tue Apr 02 1991 17:434
    
    dir 137.* would give you a directory of this note.
    
    
137.26I don't think Hornsby lyrics should printed, yes ? no ?MSHRMS::FIELDSA Time 4peace I Swear Its Not 2L8Tue Apr 02 1991 17:554
    Jerry, I got the CD at home, I'll type it up and mail it to you
    and anyone else who might like the words to Stander on the Mountain.
    
    Chris
137.27AD::VAUKlove will see you throughTue Apr 02 1991 18:0312
    
    >-< I don't think Hornsby lyrics should printed, yes ? no ? >-
    
    Humm - I didn't think of that.  I was just listening to the Paris show
    where Stander on the Mountain made its debut.  The lyrics sounded
    pretty good but I had a hard time understand Hornsby as some points.  I
    would like to read the lyrics - but please don't thru any trouble.  BTW
    how is the album?  Compared to other Hornsby albums?  Oh no am I
    digressing?
    
    Happy Cheese-
    Jerry
137.28take it for what it's worth...STRATA::DWESTDont Overlook Something ExtraordinaryTue Apr 02 1991 18:1911
    the rest of the Hornsby album is cool too...  i say check it out but
    then i have liked Hornsby for a long time...  it's like asking a
    deadhead if he should by workingman's or not! :^)
    
    as for printing the lyrics...  strict interpretation of copyright
    laws would probably mean that they should not be posted....  your
    mileage may vary...  da ve's advice in situations like this where
    the legality is questionable (speakin from under the shady visor of my
    big moderator hat from hell) would be not to post...
    
    					da ve
137.29just a question....LANDO::HAPGOODLeroy says, &#039;keep on rockin&#039;Wed Apr 03 1991 09:5424
  <<< Note 137.28 by STRATA::DWEST "Dont Overlook Something Extraordinary" >>>
>    as for printing the lyrics...  strict interpretation of copyright
>    laws would probably mean that they should not be posted....  your
>    mileage may vary...  da ve's advice in situations like this where
>    the legality is questionable (speakin from under the shady visor of my
>    big moderator hat from hell) would be not to post...
>    					da ve

hey now da ve!

I was thinking of this on the ride to school last night.  The idea I came
up with :) is that since Hornsby played that tune with the dead and the
dead allow taping at shows - and we can post dead lyrics without offending
anyone (moderaters and other such folk) then wouldn't the same thing
apply to Hornsby and any other guest who performs with the Dead with 
an aformentioned knowledge that their material will be taped and traded
and and and...

I dunno - I guess if you are ignorant to all the laws surrounding this
(like me) then you can rationalize anything, anyway you want it to be :)

?
maybe this note ought to be elsewhere,
bob 
137.30AIMHI::KELLERWherever you go, there you areWed Apr 03 1991 10:105
If you mention that it is copied without anyones permission, and then list 
information such as the publisher and the copyright date there shouldn't be 
too much of a problem.

Geoff
137.31Bedtime storySPICE::PECKARClean Phil WantedTue May 21 1991 21:5531
I put this here so I could find it again when my child is old enuf to 
unnerstand what a real "bad mother" is...		:-)

           <<< NECSC::SYS$SYSDEVICE:[NOTES$LIBRARY]GRATEFUL.NOTE;1 >>>
                 -< Take my advice, you'd be better off DEAD >-
================================================================================
Note 94.114            Thought, Feeling, Image for the day            114 of 118
SSGV01::STROBEL "DEADvern�gen"                       21 lines  21-MAY-1991 12:55
                           -< shaft - no chords ;-) >-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

THEME FROM "SHAFT"  (** indicates background singers)

Who's the black private dick that's a sex machine with all the chicks?
** SHAFT!
Damn right!
Who is the man who would risk his neck for his brother man?
**SHAFT!
Can you dig it?
Who's the cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about?
**SHAFT!
Right on.
They say this cat is a bad mother...
**SHUT YOUR MOUTH!
I'm talking about Shaft.
**Then we can dig it.
He's a complicated man but no one understands him but his woman.
**John Shaft!

They don't write 'em like this anymore.

137.32:-)SCAM::GRADYtim gradyWed May 22 1991 10:284
    I hope you're not serious.
    
    tim
    
137.33???SPICE::PECKARClean Phil WantedFri Aug 09 1991 11:449
My friend Wally asked me to interpret this R.E.M. lyric for him...


	Follow me don't follow me
	I've got my spine
	I've got my Orange Crush.

Any clues?  :-)
137.34Spine...as in BackboneDEDHED::SPINETom SpineFri Aug 09 1991 11:587
>	Follow me don't follow me
>	I've got my spine
                    ^^^^^

Hey!  Leave me outta this! ;-)

tms
137.35�maybe not?FRAGLE::IDEnow it can be toldFri Aug 09 1991 12:2327
    >        <<< Note 137.33 by SPICE::PECKAR "Clean Phil Wanted" >>>
    >                                -< ??? >-


>My friend Wally asked me to interpret this R.E.M. lyric for him...


>	Follow me don't follow me
>	I've got my spine
>	I've got my Orange Crush.

>Any clues?  :-)

    I hear the first line as "Follow me, don't fall on me," but Stipe
    mumbles so much it's hard to tell.  Lessee, "spine" could refer to
    "backbone" or "balls" in the sense that the singer is a leader, a
    decision maker.  And he's chosen Orange Crush as his soft drink.  As a
    leader, he wants followers, but not those who follow so close that they
    walk, or fall, all over him and impede his progress.  In a time when
    there's little real leadership to be found, Stipe is making the point
    that anyone who stands up and makes a decision, even on a mundane
    matter such as what to drink, becomes a leader.

    I've got my Diet Pepsi; queue up three paces behind, you spineless
    jellyfish who'll drink whatever's handed to you.

    Jamie 
137.36a war song?SUBWAY::HERMITTWe won&#039;t need a map, believe me...Fri Aug 09 1991 13:0424
>	Follow me don't follow me
>	I've got my spine
>	I've got my Orange Crush.

I always interpreted this song ("Orange Crush") as being sung by a 
soldier in Viet Nam.  I think he's referring to the defoliant known as 
Agent Orange that the US used to flush out and fight the Viet Cong.  
So what he's saying is, I've got my nerve, I've got my supply of 
deadly toxins, and I've got the backing of good old Uncle Sam, so what 
else do I need here in this lovely jungle setting?  I interpret this 
way from other lyrics in the song:

	We are agents of the free
	...
	I've had my fun
	And now it's time
	To serve your conscience overseas
	Comin' in FAST .... over me

I also get this from the part in the middle of the song where it 
sounds like a soldier talking about fighting in the jungle, while in 
the background is the sound of helicopters (big old Hueys, I guess).

tom
137.37yep, agent orange...ROULET::DWESTDont Overlook Something ExtraordinaryFri Aug 09 1991 13:5712
    according to my chronically misfiring brain cells:
    
    it is a Vietnam/Agent Orange tune...  comes from "the horses mouth"
    as it were by way of a radio interview some time ago...  fwiw i think
    Jamie actually has the lyric right "don't fall on me"...  and Tom is
    closer on the interpretation...  there are other references (somewhat
    obscure if i recall) to "don't fall on me"...  if i remember correctly
    there is a connection to the "spine" and other references to the effects 
    of the chemicals on the body (in this case the nervous system)...  the
    "orange cruch" is the agent orange chemical defoliant...
    
    					da ve
137.38:^)FRAGLE::IDEnow it can be toldFri Aug 09 1991 14:067
    re .37
    
    Tom should be closer -- I couldn't remember any of the other lyrics, so
    I made up my interpretation based on the chorus alone.  Yes, I am
    bored.
    
    Jamie
137.39BIODTL::FERGUSONthe rainbow does not have a beardFri Aug 09 1991 17:514
	Just in hearing that song, I always interpreted it as Agent Orange,
not the soda pop...

	REM has some interesting material...
137.40CSLALL::HENDERSONHand me my old guitar...Thu Sep 05 1991 13:0814
Anybody know the lyrics to "Simple Twist of Fate"?











Jim
137.41typical smart-ass answer ...BOOKS::BAILEYBLet my inspiration flow ...Thu Sep 05 1991 13:334
    Bob Dylan does.  Jerry Garcia knows most of 'em.
    
    ... ;^)
    
137.42CSLALL::HENDERSONHand me my old guitar...Thu Sep 05 1991 13:3511

 I had a feeling that was coming :^)







Jim
137.43OCTOBR::GRABAZScounting stars by candlelightThu Sep 05 1991 19:5639
	Simple Twist of Fate
	Bob Dylan

	They sat together in the park
	As the evening sky grew dark,
	She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones.
	'Twas then he felt alone and wished that he'd gone straight
	And watched out for a simple twist of fate.

	They walked along by the old canal
	A little confused, I remember well
	And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burnin' bright.
	He felt the heat of the night hit him like a freight train
	Moving with a simple twist of fate.

	A saxophone somewhere far off played
	As she was walkin' by the arcade.
	As the light bust through a beat-up shade where he was wakin' up,
	She dropped a coin into the cup of a blind man at the gate
	And forgot about a simple twist of fate.

	He woke up, the room was bare
	He didn't see her anywhere.
	He told himself he didn't care, pushed the window open wide,
	Felt an emptiness inside to which he just could not relate
	Brought on by a simple twist of fate.

	He hears the ticking of the clocks
	And walks along with a parrot that talks,
	Hunts her down by the waterfront docks where the sailers all come in.
	Maybe she'll pick him out again, how long must he wait
	Once more for a simple twist of fate.

	People tell me it's a sin
	To know and feel too much within.
	I still believe she was my twin, but I lost the ring.
	She was born in spring, but I was born too late
	Blame it on a simple twist of fate.

137.44CSLALL::HENDERSONHand me my old guitar...Fri Sep 06 1991 09:3411

Thanks, Debess!







Jim
137.45CLOSUS::BARNESFri Sep 06 1991 12:222
    GRATE LYRICS!!!!!
                     rfb
137.46sucking in the 70'sSTUDIO::IDEnow it can be toldTue May 26 1992 10:138
    Is the message of the song "God Bless the Child" really "don't pinch
    from your parent's stash"?
    
    Also, who did the song "Mindbender," featuring the high-tech talking
    guitar sound?  What's the guitar saying?  I can only make out "my momma
    was a ?????, my daddy was a ????"
    
    Jamie
137.47on the tip of my synapseNRSTA2::CLARKAlice Ghostley rulesTue May 26 1992 10:5621
re             <<< Note 137.46 by STUDIO::IDE "now it can be told" >>>
                            -< sucking in the 70's >-
    
>    Also, who did the song "Mindbender," featuring the high-tech talking
>    guitar sound?  What's the guitar saying?  I can only make out "my momma
>    was a ?????, my daddy was a ????"
    
Holy moly!  Last access date of the neuron just fired in my brain must've
been like 15 years ago ... why does the brain feel it necessary to store this
stuff, anyways?  Something like 

	"My momma was a Gibson ?
	 My daddy was a Fender
	 That's why they call me
	 Mindbender
	 Mindbender - that's my name
	
	 You better believe it baby
	 it was a mind bendin' thing"

Dear lord ... who did that song ....
137.48JUNCO::DWESTDont Overlook Something ExtraordinaryTue May 26 1992 12:281
    i believe that was Peter Frampton...
137.49WAGSPICE::FIELDSIts sad,so sad &#039;cus the Circus Left TownTue May 26 1992 13:312
    Grinderswitch I'd guess or someother southern band of the mid to late
    70's...
137.50SCOONR::GLADUTue May 26 1992 13:572
    Grand Funk Railroad did a song call Mindbender. Don't know if it was
    the same one though.
137.51evenflow lyrics, pearljamCXDOCS::BARNESWed May 27 1992 18:124
    any grunge listeners have the words to the Pearl Jam song
    "evenflow"???? Thanks, I can't understand what they are sayin!!!!
    
    rfb
137.52JB's got a brand new bag...WAFER::CORMIERTue Jun 16 1992 16:5839

  re: .18 (long time ago, but FWIW...)


   There's a recording of "I've got a bag of my own" on James Brown's "Do it to
   Death" album.  1973??

   The whole album is good (I especially like "I got ants in my pants and I 
   need to dance"). There are some nifty bass-lines on this album, as well
   as some pretty hot horns. 

   Here are some incomplete lyrics from "I got a bag of my own".


   I got a bag of my own!
 
   Now baby, stop all that gabbin'
   We don't need no back stabbin'

   ...

   Wait a minute!
   
   I sweat all day 
   and half of the night
   Take care of it 
   and handle it right
   My body's built like a 32-24-45 frame
   Don't shoot nothin', but ball and chain

   ...
  
   Don't knock it
   if you don't want to rock it

   I got a bag of my own

   (Lots of shrieking, hooting and hollering included, of course)
137.53when's he playing Grate Woods, anyways?NRSTA2::CLARKAlice Ghostley rulesTue Jun 16 1992 17:472
"HAH!"
	-- James Brown
137.54Gimme Shelter the other night got me on a Stones kick...ELWOOD::BELKINthe slow one now will later be fastTue Jun 16 1992 18:0820
JB just played GW last week - sorta bombed according to the reviews in the
Globe and the Phoenix.

NEway, I was listening to Beggars Banquet on the drive in this AM and
figured out some of the words to Street Fightin' Man that I never got before:

	"aayyyy, an' the neighbors call, disturb us"
	                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

but there's still a bunch more lines in S.F.M. I don't get.
 
I also am not sure the last line in Dear Doctor:

	"Oh mama, I'm cryin tears of relief
	 and my ???? is now under control."

where ???? sounds like "pus" !!! (Bleahgh!)  Anyone know?

Josh
137.55Blind faithCSCMA::M_PECKARTwo pints make one cavortWed Jun 30 1993 10:4413
Come down off your thrown
And leave you body alone
Somebody must change

You are the reason I've been 
Waiting all these years
Somebody holds the key

Well I'm XXXXXX (and)?			Mealy And?  Mirror Eyed?
I Just ain't got the time,			
And I'm wasted and I 
Can't find my way home.
137.56NRSTA2::CLARKWed Jun 30 1993 10:451
bleary-eyed mebbe?
137.57CSCMA::M_PECKARTwo pints make one cavortWed Jun 30 1993 10:512
Could be. Its a distinct "m"-sounding syllable, though, I thought.
137.58Sounds like he's sick of waitingMILKWY::SAMPSONDriven by the windWed Jun 30 1993 10:587
    I always heard it as 
    
    	"Well I'm near the end"
    
    It almost seems to fit in context as well. 
    
     
137.59I saw it once.ANGLIN::GEBHARTMet her accidentally in St.Paul, MNWed Jun 30 1993 11:125
    You may want to check Chord request/lyrics - I remember seeing this -
    might be grateful old??                
    
    :-)
    Scott
137.60TERAPN::PHYLLISin the shadow of the moonWed Jun 30 1993 11:144
    
    I always thought it was near the end 
    
    
137.61AWECIM::RUSSOclaimin!Wed Jun 30 1993 13:377
    
    
    I always thought it was "Mary Anne".....
    
    or Ginger, maybe?
    
    Hogan
137.62ZENDIA::FERGUSONYour recipe is so tastyWed Jun 30 1993 14:142
"near the end" for me too...

137.63That's what I thought tooBINKLY::CEPARSKISittin&#039; plush with a Royal FlushWed Jun 30 1993 14:554
    
    All those in favor of "near the end" ???
    
    
137.64near the end, does it for me....QUARRY::petertrigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertaintyWed Jun 30 1993 15:100
137.65lyrics to louie louieMKOTS3::ROBERTS_CRdust off those rusty stringsFri Sep 24 1993 11:2930
    cross posted without permission from Dave Barry notesfile - this should
    be part of everyone's survival kit 
    
    
                              -< Louie, Louie... >-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    from a book called "The Straight Dope"  by Cecil Adams.
    
    
    Louie, Louie, me gotta go.
    Louie, Louie, me gotta go.
    A fine little girl, she wait for me.
    Me catch the ship across the sea.
    I sail the ship all alone.
    I never think I'll make it home.
    Louie, Louie, me gotta go.
    Three nights and days we sailed the sea.
    Me think of girl constantly.
    On the ship, I dream she there.
    I smell the rose in her hair.
    Louie, Louie, me gotta go.
    Me see Jamaican moon above.
    It won't be long me see me love.
    Me take her in my arms and then I tell her I never leave again.
    Louie, Louie, me gotta go.
    
    (By Richard Berry. Copyright 1957-1963 by Limax Music Inc.)


137.66After the Revolution . . .SSAG::SNYDERSet your chickens freeTue Jun 28 1994 15:38109
    I've decided to put aside my RON status in this conference for a moment
    to see if anyone in here can help me nail down a few lyrics from "The
    Revolution Will Not Be Televised."  What I have below is the best I can
    make from listening to the tape.  Questions are prefixed with '******'
    
    If you can help, I promise to help make life better for you after the
    Revolution :-).  Thanks.
    
    Sid
    
    
                     The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
                               Gil Scott-Heron
    
    
    You will not be able to stay home, brother.

    You will not be able to plug in, turn on, and cop out.
    
    You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip out for beer
    during commercials, because the Revolution will not be televised.
    
    The Revolution will not be televised.
    
    The Revolution will not be brought to you by Xerox in four parts
    without commercial interruptions.
    
    The Revolution will not show you pictures of Nixon blowing a bugle
    and leading a charge by John Mitchell, General Abrams, and Spiro Agnew,
    to eat hog moss confiscated from the Harlem Sanctuary.
    
    ****** "hog moss"?  Is that correct, and what is it?
    
    The Revolution will not be televised.
    
    The Revolution will not be brought to you by the Schaeffer Award
    Theater and will not star Natalie Woods and Steve McQueen or Bullwinkle
    and Julia.
    
    ****** Is "Schaeffer Award Theater" correct, and what is it?
    
    The Revolution will not give your mouth sex appeal.
    
    The Revolution will not get rid of the nubs.
    
    The Revolution will not make you look five pounds thinner, because
    the Revolution will not be televised, brother.
    
    There will be no pictures of you and Willie Mays pushing that shopping
    cart down the block on a dead run, or trying to slide that color
    TV into a stolen ambulance.
    
    NBC will not be able to predict the winner at 8:32 on reports from
    29 districts.
    
    The Revolution will not be televised.
    
    There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down brothers on the
    instant replay.
    
    There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down brothers on the
    instant replay.
    
    There will be no pictures of Whitney Young being run out of Harlem
    on a rail with a brand new process.
    
    There will be no slow motion or still life of Roy Wilkens strolling
    through Watts in a red, black, and green liberation jump suit that
    he has been saving for just the proper occasion.
    
    Green Acres, Beverley Hillbillies, and Hooterville Junction will
    no longer be so damn relevant, and women will not care if Dick finally
    got down with Jane on Search For Tomorrow, because black people
    will be in the streets looking for a brighter day.
    
    The Revolution will not be televised.
    
    There will be no highlights on the eleven o'clock news and no pictures
    of hairy-armed women's liberationists, and Jackie Onassis blowing
    her nose.
    
    The theme song will not be written by Jim Webb or Francis Scott
    Key, nor sung by Glen Campbell, Tom Jones, Johnny Cash, Englebert
    Humperdinck, or the Rare Earth.
    
    The Revolution will not be televised.
    
    The Revolution will not be right back after a message about a white
    tornado, white lightning, or white people.
    
    You will not have to worry about a (?) in your bedroom, the tiger
    in your tank, or the giant in your toilet bowl.
    
    ****** Fill in the (?).  Sounds kind of like "drum".
    
    The Revolution will not go better with Coke.
    
    The Revolution will not fight germs that may cause bad breath.
    
    The Revolution *will* put you in the driver's seat.
    
    The Revolution will not be televised, will not be televised, will
    not be televised, will not be televised.
    
    The Revolution will be no rerun, brothers.
    
    The Revolution will be live.
    
    
137.67power to the poultry! :^)STRATA::DWESTriding on Blaine the Mono...Tue Jun 28 1994 16:118
    
    
    Sid,
    
    just jumping in for a moment to say that while i can't help you with 
    your missing lyrics, i very much like your personal name!  :^) :^)
    
    					da ve
137.68now, where were those chickens?SSAG::SNYDERSet your chickens freeTue Jun 28 1994 16:2019
    I'm glad there are still those that recognize that classic comic.  From
    faded and otherwise impaired memory:
    
    I was born down south on a chicken farm
    Near Nashville, Tennessee.
    Tweren't nobody there but a sky full of air,
    Seventeen billion chickens and me.
    Then one day I said "Hey, hey, hey"
    "I think I'll take some LSD."
    It blew my mind; it made me kind.
    So I set my chickens free.
    There were chickens in ????
    Chickens in the barn,
    Chickens in the cauliflower,
    Chickens in the corn.
    Chickens driving Cadillacs to Washington, D.C.
    When I set my chickens free.
    
    Sid
137.69wonder what the nielsen ratings will be???QUARRY::petertrigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertaintyTue Jun 28 1994 16:328
Great song by Gil Scott-Heron.  I've got the album but haven't listened
to it in years. Now that I've moved the stereo downstairs, maybe I'll locate
and see if I can help you out here.  Unfortunately, after seeing the LA
riots a few years ago, and the fires, and OJ's ride, and all sorts of 
other things, it is quite apparent that the revolution, if indeed it ever
comes about, will be very well televised!

PeterT
137.70CXDOCS::BARNESTue Jun 28 1994 16:323
    so who does "set my chickens free", Sid??
    BTW -HOWDY and WELCOME!
    rfb
137.714678::SIEGELThe revolution wil not be televisedTue Jun 28 1994 16:4222
re:          <<< Note 137.66 by SSAG::SNYDER "Set your chickens free" >>>
>                        -< After the Revolution . . . >-
>
>    I've decided to put aside my RON status in this conference for a moment
>    to see if anyone in here can help me nail down a few lyrics from "The
>    Revolution Will Not Be Televised."  What I have below is the best I can
>    make from listening to the tape.  Questions are prefixed with '******'

Welcome to the file!  I wonder if I had anything to do with your motivation to
complete the lyrics? :-)  Sorry I can't fill in the blanks, though.

For those of you wondering about the missing 'L' from my p-name, it's because
it would get truncated if the number of lines in my note took more than 2
digits to print, so I chose a letter to delete that would have minimal
emotional impact and not make me look like a total spelling-bee reject. :-)

My only exposure to this song was a video on the PBS show "the 90's" about 4
years ago.  I thought it was a real cool song, with a good message.

Sometimes I can't help but think the revolution *will* be televised :-(

adam
137.72The cops are just referee's....CARROL::YOUNGwhere is this place in space???Tue Jun 28 1994 16:515
    Peter...that's the sad thing...the revolution's already here and we
    don't even know it...just look at the inner cities and you'll know
    what i mean...
    
    			Dugo                          
137.73maybe in was in Big Ass ComicsSSAG::SNYDERSet your chickens freeTue Jun 28 1994 17:3813
    
>    so who does "set my chickens free", Sid??
    
    It's not a song (but there may be potential there).  Again, my memory
    is hazy on this (anyone who claims to remember anything about the 60s
    wasn't really there), but I think it was an R. Crumb comic strip.  It
    was probably in ZAP.  I can picture the comic and the style was
    definitely R. Crumb.  If anyone happens to have this particular strip
    somewhere, I would love to get a copy of it.  Another comic strip that
    I'd really like to get my hands on (for personal reasons) is "Mr.
    Natural Does the Dishes."  Any hope?
    
    Sid
137.74TOOK::PECKARsleep tightTue Jun 28 1994 17:5216
>    It's not a song (but there may be potential there).  Again, my memory
>    is hazy on this (anyone who claims to remember anything about the 60s
>    wasn't really there), but I think it was an R. Crumb comic strip.  It
>    was probably in ZAP.  I can picture the comic and the style was
>    definitely R. Crumb.  If anyone happens to have this particular strip
>    somewhere, I would love to get a copy of it.  Another comic strip that
>    I'd really like to get my hands on (for personal reasons) is "Mr.
>    Natural Does the Dishes."  Any hope?
    
    Sid, I have stack of those old comix books, and may have the strip
    with the chicken stuff: I'll check my Zap's when I can get a chance.
    I probably do have the Mr. Natch strip, too.

  

137.75still searchingSSAG::SNYDERSet your chickens freeMon Jul 11 1994 19:4710
    So, nobody knows the missing lyrics?
    
    Not long ago, I overheard a piece of a hallway conversation that led me
    to believe that there might be some sort of lyrics database somewhere
    out there on the internet.  Does anyone know if this was an auditory
    hallucination (Guatemalan floripondia, for those of you who may be
    familiar with this most bizarre flower) or if such a thing really
    exists?
    
    Sid
137.76lyric databaseHANNAH::SPIELMANTue Jul 12 1994 11:5011
    There is a lyrics database available via ftp from cs.uwp.edu.  It also
    has gifs and jpegs of album cover art.  To get to the lyrics go to
    pub/music/lyrics  The lyrics are also mirrored at ftp.sunet.se in
    pub/music/lyrics and at ftp.informatik.tu-muenschen.de in
    pub/rec/music/vocal/lyrics.  There are in text file format at cs.uwp
    and in .gz format at ftp.informatik.
     
    its pretty neat...
     
    /scott
    
137.77E::EVANSTue Jul 12 1994 12:385
How about the first few words to the first two verses of "Duncan" by Paul Simon?

Jim


137.78close enough... :^)STRATA::DWESTriding on Blaine the Mono...Tue Jul 12 1994 13:4038
    
    the couple in the next room are bound to win a prize
    they've been going at it all night long...
    well, i'm trying to get some sleep but these hotel walls are cheap
    lincoln duncan is my namer and here's my song...
    	here's my song....
    
    
    my father was a fisherman, my mother was a fisherman's friend
    and i was born in the boredom and the chowder...
    when i reached my prime, i left my home inthe maritimes and headed down
    the turnpike to new england
    	sweet new england....
    
    holes in my confidence, holes in the knees of my jeans...
    i was left without a penny in my pocket...
    whoooooeeee i's about as deperate as a kid could be 
    and i wished i'd wore a ring so i could hock it
    	i'd like to hock it...
    
    young girl in a parking lot, preaching to a crowd
    singing holy songs and reading fromthe bible
    i told her i was lost and she told me all about the pentacost 
    and i seen that girl as the road to my revival...
    
    later on that very same night when she crept to my tent with her
    flashlight, my long years of innocence ended...
    she took me to the woods saying "here comes something and it feels so
    good" and just like a dog i was befriended..
    	was befriended...
    
    oh what a night, what a garden of delight
    even now that sweet memory lingers...
    i was playing my guitar, laying underneath the stars
    and thankin' the lord for my fingers...
    	for my fingers....
    
    
137.79CXDOCS::BARNESTue Jul 12 1994 13:553
    %^)...always liked that song...
    
    rfb
137.80E::EVANSTue Jul 12 1994 16:174
 and it is fun to play.

Jim

137.81CXDOCS::BARNESTue Jul 12 1994 16:326
    what's the song Simon does that has the lyric "one and one-half
    wandering jews..." about him and a girl traveling out west??? I have
    the best of CD that also has Lincoln Duncun on it, haven't played it 
    in years.
    
    rfb
137.82Better Late Than Never I SupposeBINKLY::CEPARSKIGuess It Doesn&#039;t Matter, AnywayThu Jan 18 1996 16:0443
    Someone way back when (was it you rfb?) asked about lyrics to Matt 
    Kelly's "Every Little Light" - his dedication to Jerry. Well, I 
    just happened to be listening to the tape of 8/9/95 Ratdog and tried 
    to figger 'em out as best I can - please feel free to add/correct. 
    But anyway here's my take:
    
    Every Little Light - Matt Kelly
    ---------------------------------
    Well there in starlight
    Bound by our love
    It's time to remember
    That love is alive
    
    It's day and night time
    There's joy and sorrow
    There's black and white
    This time we have is borrowed
    
    Cuz Every Little Light
    It shines on me
    Cuz Every Little Light
    It shines on me
    Oh sets me free
    Oh yes it does
    Every Little Light
    
    And yes we loved you
    From a long time ago
    And this is something
    We really wanted you to know
    And yes we're all ramblers
    And we just wanna be free
    And this is something
    I hope we can be
    
    Cuz Every Little Light
    It shines on me
    Every Little Light
    Lord, It shines on me
    Oh sets me free
    Oh yes it does
    Cuz Every Little Light
    
137.83SPECXN::BARNESThu Jan 18 1996 16:261
    thanks..........