Name that Tune

[armyda]

In honor of evilkumquat & blue adept

I present Name that Tune:

The rules are you take the lyrics of a song and rewrite them in alternate wording while maintaining the general meaning.
Post those mangled lyrics here and see who can find the original song.
songs should be available on the internet so a link can be posted to it.
You must also post at least 3 lines of the song.

The race is then on to see who can find the song first.


Who wants to play?


Next to two streets is a monetary expert who has a internal combustion vehicle Small people mirthfully comment when he doesn’t notice
the monetary expert declines to wear a poncho, no matter how heavy is the downpour, which is extremely peculiar

On small change road there is a public safety official with a short term time keeping device In a garment aperture he stores a representation of a feminine paramount
His pleasure comes from maintaining water distributing vehicle in a disinfected condition. It is a pristine apparatus.

[james_t]

Next to two streets is a monetary expert who has a internal combustion vehicle Small people mirthfully comment when he doesn’t notice
the monetary expert declines to wear a poncho, no matter how heavy is the downpour, which is extremely peculiar

On small change road there is a public safety official with a short term time keeping device In a garment aperture he stores a representation of a feminine paramount
His pleasure comes from maintaining water distributing vehicle in a disinfected condition. It is a pristine apparatus.


On the corner is a banker with a motorcar,
The little children laugh at him behind his back.
And the banker never wears a mac
In the pouring rain, very strange.

In Penny Lane there is a fireman with an hourglass
And in his pocket is a portrait of the Queen.
He likes to keep his fire engine clean,
It's a clean machine.

Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
There beneath the blue suburban skies

[armyda]

On the corner is a banker with a motorcar,
The little children laugh at him behind his back.
And the banker never wears a mac
In the pouring rain, very strange.

In Penny Lane there is a fireman with an hourglass
And in his pocket is a portrait of the Queen.
He likes to keep his fire engine clean,
It's a clean machine.

Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
There beneath the blue suburban skies

Either that was too simple or you are a Big Beatles fan.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHBKAyn17vw

[james_t]

This isn't part of your game, but is a somewhat related fact you can use to impress your friends at parties.

Did you know you can sing the lyrics to the hymn Amazing Grace to the tune of the theme song from Gilligan's Island and it matches perfectly?

I learned this many moons ago in college (forget classwork - THIS is what stuck with me) and figured it had to be on YouTube somewhere, and sure 'nuff, it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2U0uApekDY

[james_t]

Either that was too simple or you are a Big Beatles fan.

Little bit of both, but "small change road" was kind of a giveaway.

[evilkumquat]

A few opine affection is a waterway,
Which saturates the flaccid stalk.

A few opine affection is a straight edge,
Which makes the ghost in the machine ooze bodily fluids.

A few opine affection is akin to famine,
Which painfully lasts forever.

To me, affection is a pretty plant,
For which the observer is but a fruit.

[james_t]

A few opine affection is a waterway,
Which saturates the flaccid stalk.

A few opine affection is a straight edge,
Which makes the ghost in the machine ooze bodily fluids.

A few opine affection is akin to famine,
Which painfully lasts forever.

To me, affection is a pretty plant,
For which the observer is but a fruit.

Some say love it is a river
that drowns the tender reed
Some say love it is a razor
that leaves your soul to bleed

Some say love it is a hunger
an endless aching need
I say love it is a flower
and you it's only seed


And no, I'm not a huge Bette Midler fan, but I've heard the song often enough at weddings, etc. Sometimes it's even sung well.

[edeevee]

This isn't part of your game, but is a somewhat related fact you can use to impress your friends at parties.

Did you know you can sing the lyrics to the hymn Amazing Grace to the tune of the theme song from Gilligan's Island and it matches perfectly?

I learned this many moons ago in college (forget classwork - THIS is what stuck with me) and figured it had to be on YouTube somewhere, and sure 'nuff, it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2U0uApekDY

This, my dear james, is more than a mere party trick. This is the Incredibe Song in Your Head Eraser! Honest. Next time you get a tune that won't stop tumbling around in your brain (for some reason Prince's Raspberry Beret gets stuck in mine ALL THE TIME) just do the Gilligan/Grace trick. Works every time!

[evilkumquat]

Some say love it is a river
that drowns the tender reed
Some say love it is a razor
that leaves your soul to bleed

Some say love it is a hunger
an endless aching need
I say love it is a flower
and you it's only seed


And no, I'm not a huge Bette Midler fan, but I've heard the song often enough at weddings, etc. Sometimes it's even sung well.

Ooooookay... not obscure (yet popular) enough pick of mine, I see...

*Russian accent: I must break you...

[HoosierHelen]

Ooooookay... not obscure (yet popular) enough pick of mine, I see...

*Russian accent: I must break you...

Even FINE Kumquats need to be humbled occasionally. :-)

[james_t]

One who is a hollow metallic vessel usually used for boiling liquids should be courageous, yet I find myself conflicted, for the reason that I assume I would be more fleshly - more alive - if I happened to possess the appropriate cardiovascular organ.
I would be more sensitive, more romantic, more artistic - indeed I would be a veritable ornithologist specializing in family Passeridae, as well as a mentor to budding archers, if indeed I happened to possess the appropriate cardiovascular organ.

[evilkumquat]

An action has occurred at this spot,
It's vague what it is,
An armed man is yonder,
Cautioning me.

Cease now, kids, and listen,
All must notice what deeds are coming to pass.

[evilkumquat]

One who is a hollow metallic vessel usually used for boiling liquids should be courageous, yet I find myself conflicted, for the reason that I assume I would be more fleshly - more alive - if I happened to possess the appropriate cardiovascular organ.
I would be more sensitive, more romantic, more artistic - indeed I would be a veritable ornithologist specializing in family Passeridae, as well as a mentor to budding archers, if indeed I happened to possess the appropriate cardiovascular organ.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5RxCExyLeU

HAH!

[james_t]

An action has occurred at this spot,
It's vague what it is,
An armed man is yonder,
Cautioning me.

Cease now, kids, and listen,
All must notice what deeds are coming to pass.

OK, don't know this artist (Buffalo Springfield) but think I've heard the song. Lucky Google search:

There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

[james_t]

HAH!

Very nice. I think it would be awfully tough to stump somebody on this game without using a pretty obscure song.

[evilkumquat]

For what reason do the Saxon's descendants
Fail to instruct their offspring in language?

Separation of the various social structures by this method
Are well-past antiquated.

Listeners doing the same thing would likewise be
Reduced in their status to those of a similar occupation!

[edeevee]

I bid thee doubly farewell, young lady of the national dessert
Transported my Detroit model toward the water retention device - but the earthen structure was arid
Also excellent, aged, testosterone laden humanoids imbibed particular spirits
Chorusing 'I shall cease my existence on this date'

[james_t]

I bid thee doubly farewell, young lady of the national dessert
Transported my Detroit model toward the water retention device - but the earthen structure was arid
Also excellent, aged, testosterone laden humanoids imbibed particular spirits
Chorusing 'I shall cease my existence on this date'

Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Those good 'ol boys, drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin' "This'll be the day that I die"

[edeevee]

Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
Those good 'ol boys, drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin' "This'll be the day that I die"

Too easy, huh? What about EK's? I've got to go to bed but it's making me crazy!

[james_t]

For what reason do the Saxon's descendants
Fail to instruct their offspring in language?

Separation of the various social structures by this method
Are well-past antiquated.

Listeners doing the same thing would likewise be
Reduced in their status to those of a similar occupation!

Gotta cry uncle on this one.

[evilkumquat]

Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Those good 'ol boys, drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin' "This'll be the day that I die"

I'm so stoked I found this scene on YouTube since I think about it most of the time whenever that Don McClean song comes up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtgd6FGC2Fw

[edeevee]

For what reason do the Saxon's descendants
Fail to instruct their offspring in language?

Separation of the various social structures by this method
Are well-past antiquated.

Listeners doing the same thing would likewise be
Reduced in their status to those of a similar occupation!

Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?
This verbal class distinction, by now,
Should be antique. If you spoke as she does, sir,
Instead of the way you do,
Why, you might be selling flowers, too!

-Why Can't the English? from My Fair Lady

Really EK, first Bette Midler, now a show tune? One might begin to wonder whether those buckets of testosterone you claim are merely wishful thinking?

[evilkumquat]

Gotta cry uncle on this one.

It helps if you know I'm one of those wusses who likes some musicals.

[james_t]

I'm so stoked I found this scene on YouTube since I think about it most of the time whenever that Don McClean song comes up:

This version of the song runs through my mind:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkrCJZIgYLg

[james_t]

Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?
This verbal class distinction, by now,
Should be antique. If you spoke as she does, sir,
Instead of the way you do,
Why, you might be selling flowers, too!

-Why Can't the English? from My Fair Lady


Wow, that's very good, edee.

In my defense, they didn't have the songs when I read Pygmalion in lit class.

[edeevee]

'Night guys, it's been fun:)

[evilkumquat]

Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?
This verbal class distinction, by now,
Should be antique. If you spoke as she does, sir,
Instead of the way you do,
Why, you might be selling flowers, too!

-Why Can't the English? from My Fair Lady

Really EK, first Bette Midler, now a show tune? One might begin to wonder whether those buckets of testosterone you claim are merely wishful thinking?

James started it with The Wizard of Oz; now all I can think of are movie musicals.

Amazingly enough,
Events pass quickly,
Insanity exacts its costs.

Hearken carefully,
It won't take too much time,
Personal restraint is paramount.

In my minds eye,
Breaking the fourth dimension,
Imbibing actions before,
I would lose consciousness,
And emptiness contacted me,
Break the fourth dimension repeatedly!
Break the fourth dimension repeatedly!

[edeevee]

James started it with The Wizard of Oz; now all I can think of are movie musicals.

Amazingly enough,
Events pass quickly,
Insanity exacts its costs.

Hearken carefully,
It won't take too much time,
Personal restraint is paramount.

In my minds eye,
Breaking the fourth dimension,
Imbibing actions before,
I would lose consciousness,
And emptiness contacted me,
Break the fourth dimension repeatedly!
Break the fourth dimension repeatedly!

Nice try at making me think all happy, smiley, musically musical, but no cigar. Very time-ly entry though:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdu7xoHU9DA

It's astounding, time is fleeting
Madness takes its toll
But listen closely, not for very much longer
I've got to keep control

I remember doing the TIme Warp
Drinking those moments when
The blackness would hit me and the void would be calling
Let's do the time warp again...
Let's do the time warp again!

[james_t]

Our group enters
Traversing the boulevard via bipedal locomotion
Drawing askew glances from those who make our acquaintance
Doubled exclamation! Our identity is primate, spelled incorrectly
The public speculates that we engage in tomfoolery
However, our schedule is too packed with vocal music endeavors to engage in insults.

[evilkumquat]

Our group enters
Traversing the boulevard via bipedal locomotion
Drawing askew glances from those who make our acquaintance
Doubled exclamation! Our identity is primate, spelled incorrectly
The public speculates that we engage in tomfoolery
However, our schedule is too packed with vocal music endeavors to engage in insults.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuHbLs2zcDw

[evilkumquat]

Accept or doubt the fact,
I'm traversing the ether.

It never occurred to me I'd be so liberated,
Skyward on avian propulsion and thoughts of my deity,

Men at Work's lyrical question paraphrased slightly,
Accept or doubt it is I.

[james_t]

Accept or doubt the fact,
I'm traversing the ether.

It never occurred to me I'd be so liberated,
Skyward on avian propulsion and thoughts of my deity,

Men at Work's lyrical question paraphrased slightly,
Accept or doubt it is I.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9Q3orQhEcA

[edeevee]

Well, the male being lowered to the terrascape, and situated in a large fibrous plant
I spoke to it saying , sir puce proletariat masticator, refuse to consume the one who stands before you
My stapes vibrated from the non-dulcet tones that emanated from the being
I care not to digest one who is made so wholly of gristle.

The creature inhabited a state of being as a singular visioned, singularly corniculated, soaring puce proletariat masticator
A singular visioned, singularly corniculated, soaring puce proletariat masticator
A singular visioned, singularly corniculated, soaring puce proletariat masticator
Surely its visage struck me as unusual

[james_t]

A singular visioned, singularly corniculated, soaring puce proletariat masticator

One-eyed, one horned, flying purple people eater...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9H_cI_WCnE

[james_t]

My core is penetrated
Culpability lies with the recipient of this message
Whose actions cast a negative reputation upon the concept of romance.

My contractual obligations were fulfilled
While the recipient of this message acted frivolously
And their actions cast a negative reputation upon the concept of romance.

[edeevee]

My core is penetrated
Culpability lies with the recipient of this message
Whose actions cast a negative reputation upon the concept of romance.

My contractual obligations were fulfilled
While the recipient of this message acted frivolously
And their actions cast a negative reputation upon the concept of romance.

Ack! This is hard!

[edeevee]

My core is penetrated
Culpability lies with the recipient of this message
Whose actions cast a negative reputation upon the concept of romance.

My contractual obligations were fulfilled
While the recipient of this message acted frivolously
And their actions cast a negative reputation upon the concept of romance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GccfzxHIXaY

Shot through the heart
And you're to blame
You give love a bad name
I play my part and you play your game
You give love a bad name

~ with help from my brother

[edeevee]

The sum of my retentions encircled the lady
Digger woman, unfamiliar with liquid colored sapphire
Tenebrous and dirt speckled , stroked in space
Yummy good liquor
Moisture covers the orbs on my face (notice the rhyme!)

Bucolic trails, deliver me to the position of my nativity
Toward the location where I fit
Toward the sunset of the namesake of the virgin queen
Deliver me the position of my nativity, bucolic trails.

[james_t]

The sum of my retentions encircled the lady
Digger woman, unfamiliar with liquid colored sapphire
Tenebrous and dirt speckled , stroked in space
Yummy good liquor
Moisture covers the orbs on my face (notice the rhyme!)

Bucolic trails, deliver me to the position of my nativity
Toward the location where I fit
Toward the sunset of the namesake of the virgin queen
Deliver me the position of my nativity, bucolic trails.

All my memories gathered round her
Miners lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine
Teardrops in my eye

Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads


~ with help from my brother

At least I made you use one of your lifelines. :)

[evilkumquat]

John Denver?

That's hitting below the belt!


Membership fees were disbursed,
Repeatedly.
Time has been served,
With zero infractions.
Horrible cock-ups,
I cop to several.
References to a Charles Atlas ad,
Though my passage has occurred.

[james_t]

Membership fees were disbursed,
Repeatedly.
Time has been served,
With zero infractions.
Horrible cock-ups,
I cop to several.
References to a Charles Atlas ad,
Though my passage has occurred.

Weeee, are the champions, my friend...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sogKUx_q7ig

[james_t]

Pay heed to an epic of one whose nomenclature is from the Hebrew meaning "beloved of the Lord"
Impoverished, of the Appalachians, struggling for subsistence for dependents
Suddenly, in the act of procuring sustenance
From the depths of the earth springs a fountain of petroleum!

[evilkumquat]

Pay heed to an epic of one whose nomenclature is from the Hebrew meaning "beloved of the Lord"
Impoverished, of the Appalachians, struggling for subsistence for dependents
Suddenly, in the act of procuring sustenance
From the depths of the earth springs a fountain of petroleum!

I think we're too good at this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xKAEQNhjHs

[evilkumquat]

My future actions are unknown,
Your images make me sad.
Existing without your affection,
Is difficult.
Certain evenings my sleep ends,
Examining your side of the bed,
Anticipating you being there.
Though I start each morning speechless,
With no destination,
My spirits are overflowing with solitude,
Because your absence is lamented.
However, if given the opportunity to reminisce,
Our mutual affection,
Await results,
Enough days are required,
Entreaties to my deity will make you acquiesce,
You will be instructed...

Allow things to go on,
Child, more things may come to us.
Allow things to go on,
Sweetie, don't exit that portal.

[james_t]

My future actions are unknown,
Your images make me sad.
Existing without your affection,
Is difficult.
Certain evenings my sleep ends,
Examining your side of the bed,
Anticipating you being there.
Though I start each morning speechless,
With no destination,
My spirits are overflowing with solitude,
Because your absence is lamented.
However, if given the opportunity to reminisce,
Our mutual affection,
Await results,
Enough days are required,
Entreaties to my deity will make you acquiesce,
You will be instructed...

Allow things to go on,
Child, more things may come to us.
Allow things to go on,
Sweetie, don't exit that portal.

What can I do
Pictures of you still make me cry
Trying to live without your love
It's so hard to do
Some nights I'll wake up
I'll look at your pillow
Hoping that I'll see you there
But I get up each day, not much to say
I've nowhere to go
Loneliness fills me up inside
'Cause I'm missing you
So if you'll give us a chance to remember
The love we had once together
Wait and see
Time is all that we really need
I'm praying you won't say no
I mean to tell you

Don't let it end
Baby we could have so much more
Don't let it end
Honey please don't walk out that door

Don't Let It End - Styx

[edeevee]

Expressing remorse would be an option
If I could believe your thoughts would alter
Although in this instance I am certain
I've let my mouth runneth over
heaped an excess of unfavorables

I attempt a snicker over it
Blanket everything with falsehoods
I attempt a snicker over it
Concealing the fruits of my lacrimal system
For, lads don't leak
Lads don't leak

[matt_s]

Expressing remorse would be an option
If I could believe your thoughts would alter
Although in this instance I am certain
I've let my mouth runneth over
heaped an excess of unfavorables

I attempt a snicker over it
Blanket everything with falsehoods
I attempt a snicker over it
Concealing the fruits of my lacrimal system
For, lads don't leak
Lads don't leak

I would say I'm sorry
If I thought that it would change your mind
But I know that this time
I've said too much
Been too unkind

I try to laugh about it
Cover it all up with lies
I try and Laugh about it
Hiding the tears in my eyes
'cause boys don't cry
Boys don't cry

I FINALLY GOT ONE!!!!!!!!!
I guess there is a CURE for everything

[matt_s]

Nothing more than a provincial lass
abiding in a companionless terrestrial globe
the lass arranged passage on a locomotive leaving the station in the mid nocturnal hour with no particular destination
Nothing more than an urban lad
Started his life on the southside of the Ted Nugents town
the lad arrange passage on a locomotive leaving the station in the mid nocturnal hour with no particular destination


I'm sure its not that challenging, but its my first shot at this...

[edeevee]

Nothing more than a provincial lass
abiding in a companionless terrestrial globe
the lass arranged passage on a locomotive leaving the station in the mid nocturnal hour with no particular destination
Nothing more than an urban lad
Started his life on the southside of the Ted Nugents town
the lad arrange passage on a locomotive leaving the station in the mid nocturnal hour with no particular destination


I'm sure its not that challenging, but its my first shot at this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip1zsUIosoA

Just a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin' anywhere
Just a city boy, born and raised in south detroit
He took the midnight train goin' anywhere

Not bad, Matt! I love it when I can figure one of these out.

[james_t]

It is essential to be aware of the correct time to retain possession of objects, or to perform origami with them,
To move to another location using a bipedal motion, or at a greater speed
Don't conduct a financial assessment while stationary at a location for dining
The appropriate length of time for a correct accounting will come once the gameplay has reached its conclusion.

[evilkumquat]

It is essential to be aware of the correct time to retain possession of objects, or to perform origami with them,
To move to another location using a bipedal motion, or at a greater speed
Don't conduct a financial assessment while stationary at a location for dining
The appropriate length of time for a correct accounting will come once the gameplay has reached its conclusion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn481KcjvMo

One of about a handful of C&W songs I like.

Pity you didn't do "Coward of the County"; I'd have loved to see how you would have paraphrased what happened to Becky.

[evilkumquat]

Pleasant male adolescents,
With no intention of malice.
This may surprise you,
They have been sought by authorities since birth.

Correcting a curvature,
Leveling some mounds,
An elevated summit might be their end,
But never any member of the constabulary.

Going through life,
Using only the skills they possess,
Which are mostly illegal.

Pleasant male adolescents,
Resistant to altering their behavior,
Reminiscent of a contemporary English folk-hero.

[james_t]

Pleasant male adolescents,
With no intention of malice.
This may surprise you,
They have been sought by authorities since birth.

Correcting a curvature,
Leveling some mounds,
An elevated summit might be their end,
But never any member of the constabulary.

Going through life,
Using only the skills they possess,
Which are mostly illegal.

Pleasant male adolescents,
Resistant to altering their behavior,
Reminiscent of a contemporary English folk-hero.

Shouldn't have got you started on country.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRX4mlFi06A

Yeeee-haaaa!!!!!

[james_t]

I ponder the number of vocal compositions related to light refracted through droplets and the existence beyond them,
These light refractions are hallucinations, and mirages
And they mask no secrets.

This is the conventional wisdom, embraced by some,
But I reject their theories and believe the truth will come
At a future point the light refraction juncture will be discovered
By those who are intimate, those in REM state and myself

[evilkumquat]

I ponder the number of vocal compositions related to light refracted through droplets and the existence beyond them,
These light refractions are hallucinations, and mirages
And they mask no secrets.

This is the conventional wisdom, embraced by some,
But I reject their theories and believe the truth will come
At a future point the light refraction juncture will be discovered
By those who are intimate, those in REM state and myself

Okay, Gramps. I had to cheat on this one and I cop to it completely, so you got me! :)

I Googled some keywords until I found it. I know the group and like their music, but this one of theirs was just plain unknown to me. I didn't even recognize the melody when I listened to it.

I won't post the answer in case anyone else wants a go

[evilkumquat]

Wearing blanched, glossy cloth in the evenings,
Infinite travel.
Missives composed,
At no time delivered.

Pining for the lovely,
Ere my vision used.
Joe Friday paraphrased,
My lips are sealed.

Pour je t'aime.
Oui, je t'aime.
Oh, je t'aime!

[james_t]

Okay, Gramps.

Hey, I'm not 40 quite yet...


I Googled some keywords until I found it.

Is that cheating? That's how I figured out a couple of your song puzzles. I'm not even sure if I'd heard that Styx song before, though I think I had.

armyda will have to provide some clarification for us.

[james_t]

Wearing blanched, glossy cloth in the evenings,
Infinite travel.
Missives composed,
At no time delivered.

Pining for the lovely,
Ere my vision used.
Joe Friday paraphrased,
My lips are sealed.

Pour je t'aime.
Oui, je t'aime.
Oh, je t'aime!

OK, this is another one where I found the song but I'm not familiar with it - so in case I am cheating, I'll just post a link to the lyrics. If you want to try and come up with it off the top of your head instead, don't click on the link.

http://www.guntheranderson.com/v/data/nightsin.htm

By the way, I have heard this particular group in concert once - a friend of mine was a big fan and we heard them at Poplar Creek - an open-air venue (alas, since demolished) in Hoffman Estates, Ill. The main thing I remember about it was lots and lots of pot being smoked around us, which may be why I don't remember the songs as well...

[evilkumquat]

Hey, I'm not 40 quite yet...

Small world. :)


Is that cheating? That's how I figured out a couple of your song puzzles. I'm not even sure if I'd heard that Styx song before, though I think I had.

To me, it's technically cheating, since all the ones I successfully guessed I got from just what was posted (except for your last one); barring any actual rule clarifications, however, it would be up to one's personal sense of honor, I suppose.

For this reason I've tried sticking to movie and television themes, or popular music that most people would have a chance to recognize. Generally speaking, my taste in music is sedate enough that if *I* know it, it had to be played a ton on the radio (or television). That's not to say I don't enjoy plenty of stuff that would make most sane people scratch their heads, but I'm self-aware of my nerdiness to recognize those.

For example, I would never post this one seriously, yet it's a song I know as well as any Beatles tune:

Piscine noggins, piscine noggins,
Cutely-fat piscine noggins.
Piscine noggins, piscine noggins,
Masticate them, nummers!

[james_t]

Small world. :)

Just an aging one.


To me, it's technically cheating, since all the ones I successfully guessed I got from just what was posted (except for your last one); barring any actual rule clarifications, however, it would be up to one's personal sense of honor, I suppose.

Yeah, armyda will have to clarify for us. I think I went off the top of my head for the ones where I was familiar with the song, but I had to Google keywords for songs I wasn't as familiar with.

But in some ways, the second option can be fun and challenging, too. It's kind of like one of those linguistic puzzles solved by Indiana Jones or Stargate's Daniel Jackson. I translate certain key words and then find out if I have translated correctly enough to match it to a song, even one I have never heard, such as:


Piscine noggins, piscine noggins,
Cutely-fat piscine noggins.
Piscine noggins, piscine noggins,
Masticate them, nummers!

Fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads
Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up
Yumm!

[evilkumquat]

But in some ways, the second option can be fun and challenging, too. It's kind of like one of those linguistic puzzles solved by Indiana Jones or Stargate's Daniel Jackson. I translate certain key words and then find out if I have translated correctly enough to match it to a song, even one I have never heard, such as:

Fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads
Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up
Yumm!

You may as well go all the way, then:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn73Wtem0No

(Music starts almost halfway through!)

[edeevee]

Okay, Gramps. I had to cheat on this one and I cop to it completely, so you got me! :)

I Googled some keywords until I found it. I know the group and like their music, but this one of theirs was just plain unknown to me. I didn't even recognize the melody when I listened to it.

I won't post the answer in case anyone else wants a go

Does this sound like grandpa music to you? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68V6Hvtgxl4

Maybe you were referring to this version? I don't care if it is gramps-ish. I can't resist me some amphibious sentimentality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thEiXbovv98

[edeevee]

OK, this is another one where I found the song but I'm not familiar with it - so in case I am cheating, I'll just post a link to the lyrics. If you want to try and come up with it off the top of your head instead, don't click on the link.

http://www.guntheranderson.com/v/data/nightsin.htm

By the way, I have heard this particular group in concert once - a friend of mine was a big fan and we heard them at Poplar Creek - an open-air venue (alas, since demolished) in Hoffman Estates, Ill. The main thing I remember about it was lots and lots of pot being smoked around us, which may be why I don't remember the songs as well...

I don't know what dismayed me most in this post -- that Poplar Creek as been demolished (!) or that you've never heard this song (!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9muzyOd4Lh8

Jeeze, am I really that old?

[burgundystar77]

O.k I'm game:) I love music, anything from the 80's...on, can I request it also include songs from that era, please, I don't really know those oldies but goodies. This sounds like a great idea though!

[james_t]

Maybe you were referring to this version? I don't care if it is gramps-ish. I can't resist me some amphibious sentimentality:

Yes indeed, I was referring to the Muppet Movie version. Good job!


I don't know what dismayed me most in this post -- that Poplar Creek as been demolished

Poplar Creek bit the dust about 15 years ago, I think. I can't remember if it was a result of Sears moving its headquarters from downtown to Hoffman Estates or something else.

I notice another venue recently was built near where Poplar Creek was - the Sears Centre Arena - but it's not open-air.

[mommyof3]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip1zsUIosoA

Just a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin' anywhere
Just a city boy, born and raised in south detroit
He took the midnight train goin' anywhere

Not bad, Matt! I love it when I can figure one of these out.



Very strange! As I was perusing your posts, this exact song was playing on my computer!

[blue adept]

I get up, and I work for food
so that I can feed everybody
woe is me, I work like a slave

My wife and kids packed and left
my wife says, you never see me
woe is me, I work like a slave

they ripped up my shirts and pants
I don't want to become criminal
woe is me, I work like a slave

After bad things, there must be good
if they catch me stealing they will call the cops
woe is me, I work like a slave



Try this on for size Evil!

[robertb]

PENNY LANE.


In honor of evilkumquat & blue adept

I present Name that Tune:

The rules are you take the lyrics of a song and rewrite them in alternate wording while maintaining the general meaning.
Post those mangled lyrics here and see who can find the original song.
songs should be available on the internet so a link can be posted to it.
You must also post at least 3 lines of the song.

The race is then on to see who can find the song first.


Who wants to play?


Next to two streets is a monetary expert who has a internal combustion vehicle Small people mirthfully comment when he doesn’t notice
the monetary expert declines to wear a poncho, no matter how heavy is the downpour, which is extremely peculiar

On small change road there is a public safety official with a short term time keeping device In a garment aperture he stores a representation of a feminine paramount
His pleasure comes from maintaining water distributing vehicle in a disinfected condition. It is a pristine apparatus.

[armyda]

Yeah, armyda will have to clarify for us. I think I went off the top of my head for the ones where I was familiar with the song, but I had to Google keywords for songs I wasn't as familiar with.

But in some ways, the second option can be fun and challenging, too. It's kind of like one of those linguistic puzzles solved by Indiana Jones or Stargate's Daniel Jackson. I translate certain key words and then find out if I have translated correctly enough to match it to a song, even one I have never heard, such as:



Fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads
Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up
Yumm!

Google is fair play

[armyda]

dame, I scrutinize you in the present
Out promenading in front of everyone, awakening a desire in me
Dame, In justice I must loquacity personally
Deny thought processes that repudiate my desire, perchance a wedding vow

[matt_s]

dame, I scrutinize you in the present
Out promenading in front of everyone, awakening a desire in me
Dame, In justice I must loquacity personally
Deny thought processes that repudiate my desire, perchance a wedding vow

At first I thought this was Lady by Styx, but I just can't fully match it up, so you've got me stumped or I'm remembering the lyrics wrong.

[edeevee]

I get up, and I work for food
so that I can feed everybody
woe is me, I work like a slave

My wife and kids packed and left
my wife says, you never see me
woe is me, I work like a slave

they ripped up my shirts and pants
I don't want to become criminal
woe is me, I work like a slave

After bad things, there must be good
if they catch me stealing they will call the cops
woe is me, I work like a slave



Try this on for size Evil!

Is this a country song?

[miriam]

An action has occurred at this spot,
It's vague what it is,
An armed man is yonder,
Cautioning me.

Cease now, kids, and listen,
All must notice what deeds are coming to pass.

There's something happeining here
What it is isn't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
telling me I got to beware.

Stop children, What's that sound?
Everyone look what's going down.

[evilkumquat]

dame, I scrutinize you in the present
Out promenading in front of everyone, awakening a desire in me
Dame, In justice I must loquacity personally
Deny thought processes that repudiate my desire, perchance a wedding vow

This was another Google cheat by me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5Aw2lVYcoQ

Lady by the Little River Band

The funny part is I know the song and like it, but had no idea the lyrics since it's not one I ever listened to that much.

[evilkumquat]

I get up, and I work for food
so that I can feed everybody
woe is me, I work like a slave

My wife and kids packed and left
my wife says, you never see me
woe is me, I work like a slave

they ripped up my shirts and pants
I don't want to become criminal
woe is me, I work like a slave

After bad things, there must be good
if they catch me stealing they will call the cops
woe is me, I work like a slave



Try this on for size Evil!

Now THIS one is really irking me.

I've been wracking my brains and not having much luck.

I've tried to Google-cheat, but nothing so far.

The really annoying bit is it's tickling something in my brain, but no luck so far.

ON EDIT:

Hah! Found it!

Desmond Dekker - The Israelites

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzMWe6XyVdc

I have NEVER heard of this one... but I FOUND it!

I can now reward myself by finally going to the bathroom (I'd been holding it looking for the answer).

[edeevee]

Now THIS one is really irking me.

I've been wracking my brains and not having much luck.

I've tried to Google-cheat, but nothing so far.

The really annoying bit is it's tickling something in my brain, but no luck so far.

ON EDIT:

Hah! Found it!

Desmond Dekker - The Israelites

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzMWe6XyVdc

I have NEVER heard of this one... but I FOUND it!

I can now reward myself by finally going to the bathroom (I'd been holding it looking for the answer).

All hail the great Kumquat!

[bigbass]

OK, now this looks like fun, I'll try one.


Any number of places in excess of a multihued bend, the firmaments are cerulean.
Additionally, the imaginings, that you taunt to reverie move toward fact.
Sooner or later, I will desire about a luminary and stir elevated in a location whereas the throngs are following distantly of me.

[blue adept]

All hail the great Kumquat!

Yes indeedy, all hail the great Quat!!!! But you know, I love that song.

[james_t]

OK, now this looks like fun, I'll try one.


Any number of places in excess of a multihued bend, the firmaments are cerulean.
Additionally, the imaginings, that you taunt to reverie move toward fact.
Sooner or later, I will desire about a luminary and stir elevated in a location whereas the throngs are following distantly of me.

Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true.

Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far
Behind me.

[edeevee]

As night approaches and the temperatures lower, when all around seems like something from the 60's
I use the phone to connect with you and implore you to accompany me to the cinema
In the beginning you answer in the negative, your agenda is full
Then you cease that line of reasoning and agree
A romantic relationship with a frightening diminutive lass like you is insane.

I'm always questioning because of you, there's not a time when I understand your thought processes
On the chance a man casts a glance your way, it's certain your small eyelid will be twitching
I become addled due to not being able to ascertain the location of my upright position
Then your lips reconfigure and you make your digits combine with mine
A romantic relationship with a frightening diminutive lass like you is insane.
Frightening!

If you should ever come to the conclusion to desist in this short amusement you're undertaking
In the future I will speak that which my blood pump's been expiring to express
When I sleep I have visions of you that are similar to a specter
And if that happens, I'll beg you to pledge me your troth ... Today.
A romantic relationship with a frightening diminutive lass like you is insane.

Frightening,
Frightening,
Frightening,
Exclamation-stop, affirmative
I communicated frightening!

[edeevee]

Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true.

Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far
Behind me.

james is all about the rainbow songs.

[blue adept]

Here's an easy one for the older generation


please don't rain
please don't rain
please don't rain
my house leaks
i could die
A bent man
had a bent smile
had a bent coin
strolled a bent mile
had a bent cat
had a bent mouse
they lived in a bent domicile

[evilkumquat]

Here's an easy one for the older generation


please don't rain
please don't rain
please don't rain
my house leaks
i could die
A bent man
had a bent smile
had a bent coin
strolled a bent mile
had a bent cat
had a bent mouse
they lived in a bent domicile


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwncrfHNEQQ

[evilkumquat]

As night approaches and the temperatures lower, when all around seems like something from the 60's
I use the phone to connect with you and implore you to accompany me to the cinema
In the beginning you answer in the negative, your agenda is full
Then you cease that line of reasoning and agree
A romantic relationship with a frightening diminutive lass like you is insane.

I'm always questioning because of you, there's not a time when I understand your thought processes
On the chance a man casts a glance your way, it's certain your small eyelid will be twitching
I become addled due to not being able to ascertain the location of my upright position
Then your lips reconfigure and you make your digits combine with mine
A romantic relationship with a frightening diminutive lass like you is insane.
Frightening!

If you should ever come to the conclusion to desist in this short amusement you're undertaking
In the future I will speak that which my blood pump's been expiring to express
When I sleep I have visions of you that are similar to a specter
And if that happens, I'll beg you to pledge me your troth ... Today.
A romantic relationship with a frightening diminutive lass like you is insane.

Frightening,
Frightening,
Frightening,
Exclamation-stop, affirmative
I communicated frightening!


Santana: Spooky Little Girl

I couldn't find it on YouTube (except for a cover version, and as a rule, cover versions usually make cute puppies die).

[blue adept]

got another for you Evil, but I won't put in all the lyrics


feed my pet friend
feed my pet
he's dangerous

chain up my pet buddy
chain up my pet
chain up my pet buddy
chain up my pet



make sure you listen to the whole thing once you find it!

[evilkumquat]

got another for you Evil, but I won't put in all the lyrics


feed my pet friend
feed my pet
he's dangerous

chain up my pet buddy
chain up my pet
chain up my pet buddy
chain up my pet



make sure you listen to the whole thing once you find it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPu-C5vvzU4

My mom used to sing this to me when I was a kid.

It made as little sense then as it does now. :D

[blue adept]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPu-C5vvzU4

My mom used to sing this to me when I was a kid.

It made as little sense then as it does now. :D

When I was ten, we had an Australian come and live with a neighbor, and he told us what each thing meant. You just have to know the slang.

[bigbass]

OK, no rainbows in this one.

One evening while in slumber
I experienced a stunning delusion
Of worldwide harmony
Of universal assistance
Currently in this delusion collective affection was the premise of the sunlight hours
Tranquility and accepting as it occurred

The ill, the famished had grins upon their countenances
The drained and the dispossessed had kin surrounding
The roads and the municipalities were all gorgeous places
Additionally the borders fell

Inhabitants of the earth were in concert
In concert for the young males and young females
Additionally the youth inhabiting the planet viewed into the upcoming

[evilkumquat]

When I was ten, we had an Australian come and live with a neighbor, and he told us what each thing meant. You just have to know the slang.

When I listen to Australians, I get the impression they're just making up words as they go along.

"Oy, there me soddy dingo! D'ya narl the kobloingy on the dadidgery this bladderblaster?"

The only ostensibly English-speaking subgroup that's harder to understand at times are denizens of the Smurf village.

[evilkumquat]

OK, no rainbows in this one.

One evening while in slumber
I experienced a stunning delusion
Of worldwide harmony
Of universal assistance
Currently in this delusion collective affection was the premise of the sunlight hours
Tranquility and accepting as it occurred

The ill, the famished had grins upon their countenances
The drained and the dispossessed had kin surrounding
The roads and the municipalities were all gorgeous places
Additionally the borders fell

Inhabitants of the earth were in concert
In concert for the young males and young females
Additionally the youth inhabiting the planet viewed into the upcoming

First I thought it was Imagine, but the lyrics didn't sync.

Then I thought about that Coca-Cola commercial with the hippies. No dice.

Then, as usual, Google reared its ugly head:

Stevie Ray Vaughan - "Tick Tock"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXJg8G02PD0

[blue adept]

All hail, all hail the mighty Quat. And I'm a Stevie Ray fan!

[evilkumquat]

The chorus in this one is a dead give-away, so I "hid" that text somewhat.

Try and guess it from the rest of the words first.

As Luna resides in a lucky home,
Perseus' Roman father makes war.
Tranquility leads solar spheres,
While affection handles their guides.

Morning now greets the time of the water-bearer,
The time of the water-bearer.
The water-bearer!

Peace and knowledge,
Understanding and faith overflowing.
An end to lies and sneering,
A wealth of illusions.
Arcane mineral truths,
Freedom of thought unsullied.

The water-bearer!

[blue adept]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up2Ln_CrO7Y



would this be it?

[james_t]

Salutations ancient bosom buddy void,
My arrival springs from a desire to converse yet another time
The result of an illusion slithering quietly
Which impregnated as I was in a state of somnolence
Thus the hallucination cemented into my cerebral matter endures
At the interior of an auditory oxymoron

[blue adept]

Salutations ancient bosom buddy void,
My arrival springs from a desire to converse yet another time
The result of an illusion slithering quietly
Which impregnated as I was in a state of somnolence
Thus the hallucination cemented into my cerebral matter endures
At the interior of an auditory oxymoron

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhdGkZ6Fngw

[james_t]

Yup. Good job.

By the way, I mentioned this game in my column for this Sunday as well as the fact that, to this point, no one's been able to stump the board. We'll have to see if we get any newbies trying to take us on.

[evilkumquat]

Yup. Good job.

By the way, I mentioned this game in my column for this Sunday as well as the fact that, to this point, no one's been able to stump the board. We'll have to see if we get any newbies trying to take us on.

I'm starting to wonder if we'll get some smart Alec in here posting nonsense words from no real song, just to see some of us in here squirm.

I know I'd be one of them.

Squirming, I mean.

[evilkumquat]

Relaxing on Battle Creek's famous export,
Anticipating a large vehicle.
Legal entity, casual wear,
Moronic injured weekday,
Dude, misbehaving junior,
Looking like the horse who went into the bar.

[matt_s]

Relaxing on Battle Creek's famous export,
Anticipating a large vehicle.
Legal entity, casual wear,
Moronic injured weekday,
Dude, misbehaving junior,
Looking like the horse who went into the bar.

Tell me you aren't quoting a bad Tori Amos song. I don't know the lyrics, I just know that the title would work with the first line

I know Battle Creek's famous export, does that get me some extra credit though it doesn't help me with the rest.

[armyda]

Relaxing on Battle Creek's famous export,
Anticipating a large vehicle.
Legal entity, casual wear,
Moronic injured weekday,
Dude, misbehaving junior,
Looking like the horse who went into the bar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqOKvonLrH8

sorry matt it isn't Tori

[matt_s]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqOKvonLrH8

sorry matt it isn't Tori

No no, don't be sorry. I'm thankful.

I'm an idiot, I totally forgot that line and that song even popped into my head at one point.

[armyda]

No no, don't be sorry. I'm thankful.

I'm an idiot, I totally forgot that line and that song even popped into my head at one point.

At least it wasn't a wussy show tune :dancing2:

[matt_s]

At least it wasn't a wussy show tune :dancing2:

Careful there, I like some show tunes. I'm a happily married heterosexual male who enjoys musical theater (from time to time) and I'm proud of it. For example, I would love to go see Spamalot.

[armyda]

Work on this one for a bit:

a TV comedians first name promontory casa, a personal controlled substance
roost of spirt if you understand
Whatever your opinion
ingress, capitulate personal melancholy
when discontent comes to the door
a rosier outlook comes from music
One overlook’s discord when in the groove

[edeevee]

If you're like me, you're frustrated because you think you kinda sorta know the song army posted but you CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT. grrrr.

Here's an easier one to get your brain juices goin':

I've been traveling since the sun set, my palm sweats on a circle
I'm hearing voices that tell my foot to press on
It's my lover telling me she requires my presence
It's getting close to dawn and I'm modifying the output of a machine
When she's separated from everyone & her desire is excessive
The woman transmits a telegraph that arrives from the heavens
There is no need for telephonics
She and I share an intimacy that we've named after electromagnetic technology
She and I share signals through the atmosphere
Electromagnetic Technological Romance

[armyda]

If you're like me, you're frustrated because you think you kinda sorta know the song army posted but you CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT. grrrr.

Here's an easier one to get your brain juices goin':

I've been traveling since the sun set, my palm sweats on a circle
I'm hearing voices that tell my foot to press on
It's my lover telling me she requires my presence
It's getting close to dawn and I'm modifying the output of a machine
When she's separated from everyone & her desire is excessive
The woman transmits a telegraph that arrives from the heavens
There is no need for telephonics
She and I share an intimacy that we've named after electromagnetic technology
She and I share signals through the atmosphere
Electromagnetic Technological Romance


Yep, that wasn't too hard:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeRa3RtBiIU

Radar Love

[james_t]

Work on this one for a bit:

a TV comedians first name promontory casa, a personal controlled substance
roost of spirt if you understand
Whatever your opinion
ingress, capitulate personal melancholy
when discontent comes to the door
a rosier outlook comes from music
One overlook’s discord when in the groove

Think you've got me on this one. Anyone else come up with it?

[armyda]

Think you've got me on this one. Anyone else come up with it?

Well on to the next post for someone for now. But I didn't think you'd give up on the same day as your article on us.

[edeevee]

Think you've got me on this one. Anyone else come up with it?
He's got me too. I give.

[armyda]

Work on this one for a bit:

a TV comedians first name promontory casa, a personal controlled substance
roost of spirt if you understand
Whatever your opinion
ingress, capitulate personal melancholy
when discontent comes to the door
a rosier outlook comes from music
One overlook’s discord when in the groove

(chorus)...

(next verse)

Each weekend a spectacle,
one of the attractions.
A 1940's Chicago car comes in
In pursuit of progeny
(Sorry, I had to skip this line)
who has abandoned her
She’ll return him to the abode
since the day you never reach is doctrine
the promontory casa is detested
positive that evil rules it


besides evilk hasn't cried uncle yet

[blue adept]

Either I have never heard this song, or I just can't fathom the switches.

[evilkumquat]

besides evilk hasn't cried uncle yet

Uncle, Aunt, cousins, mother, father, sister, brother and all relatives going back to Australopithecus afarensis.

I can only hope the song is one that I've never heard of, or my children will have a sad Christmas after the discovery of my swinging corpse dangling from a specially-reinforced closet rod.

[armyda]

Work on this one for a bit:

a TV comedians first name promontory casa, a personal controlled substance
roost of spirt if you understand
Whatever your opinion
ingress, capitulate personal melancholy
when discontent comes to the door
a rosier outlook comes from music
One overlook’s discord when in the groove

The Show is "Everybody loves Raymond" or you can click the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekYKnKHp9uI

[blue adept]

Never in a million years could I have got that one!

[evilkumquat]

Oh, thank god! I never watch that show!

*whew

I may live to see Christmas this year after all!

[armyda]

Ok, back on track everyone. Here is a new one which shouldn't be too difficult.

the community of my nascency
was a seafaring man
he told us personal tales
of a world immersed
we traveled towards a amber orb
to find marine malachite
we existed subjugated to the ridges and swells
all in a cowardly deliberately sunken boat

[evilkumquat]

Ok, back on track everyone. Here is a new one which shouldn't be too difficult.

the community of my nascency
was a seafaring man
he told us personal tales
of a world immersed
we traveled towards a amber orb
to find marine malachite
we existed subjugated to the ridges and swells
all in a cowardly deliberately sunken boat

I think the odds are slim that any Beatles song will get past James and NULL to get past me. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCsYDZ2M04M

[evilkumquat]

The obscured emblem on the shoulder reads,
One score and four kilometers to the amity shanty.
Traversing the road to the heart of the Peach State,
Seeking affection's escape.
Bearing toward affection's escape.
My piece of Henry Ford's legacy is a leviathan,
On route to the amity shanty.
A score fits my vehicle with the pentagon logo,
Make haste with your Wurlitzer funds!

[armyda]

The obscured emblem on the shoulder reads,
One score and four kilometers to the amity shanty.
Traversing the road to the heart of the Peach State,
Seeking affection's escape.
Bearing toward affection's escape.
My piece of Henry Ford's legacy is a leviathan,
On route to the amity shanty.
A score fits my vehicle with the pentagon logo,
Make haste with your Wurlitzer funds!

Reminiscent of the 60's lifestyle I believe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8NhJNpQlsY

[edeevee]

It's a stretch, I know -- both lyrically and politically.
And it's really not meant as a slam. I used to really like McCain -- until he compromised his principles. At least it should be pretty easy to guess:


Like that song about hillbillies, but add kids
It's been around for a while
Tells of some people who take the high road
And some who don't.

There was something of tremendous value along the high road
hidden in the depths encased in rock
And those people who took the low road $%@#!
They were takin' it.

You might as well treat the people around you with disdain
You might as well screw the people who believed in you
Say you did it for God
You can just make some other ****** up later
The horn section won't be workin'
The day the Big Guy comes around
When the dawn comes you can see the carnage ...
John McCain's leaving town.

So the low-roaders
Said to those guys who took the high road
We want it
All of it, and we don't care what we have to do to get it.

A message came from high above
"There's enough for everyone.
We'll tell you how we think we can
Get the things we all value."

But feel free to treat the people who surround you with disdain
Feel free to screw the people who believed in you
Say you did it for God
You can just make some other ****** up later
The horn section won't be workin'
The day the Big Guy comes to town
When the dawn comes you can see the carnage ...
Obama's on a plane to Washington.

The lowest of them shouted,
"Obfuscate the Truth! Spread nasty rumors!"
And they made a lot of good people look bad
But what goes around comes around.

They were so close they could almost touch it
Up there, in the aftermath.
But no matter how many rocks they looked under
A message of hope was all they found.

You can treat the people around you with disdain
You can screw the people who believed in you
Say you did it for God
Then just make some other ****** up later
The horn section won't be workin'
The day the Big Guy comes around
When the dawn comes you can see the carnage ...
Is that John McCain leaving town?

You can treat the people around you with disdain
You can screw the people who believed in you
Say you did it for God
Then just make some other ****** up later
The horn section won't be workin'
The day the Big Guy comes around
When the dawn comes you can see the results ...
Barack Obama dons his shining armor and heads for Washington.

[blue adept]

It's a stretch, I know -- both lyrically and politically.
And it's really not meant as a slam. I used to really like McCain -- until he compromised his principles. At least it should be pretty easy to guess:


Like that song about hillbillies, but add kids
It's been around for a while
Tells of some people who take the high road
And some who don't.

There was something of tremendous value along the high road
hidden in the depths encased in rock
And those people who took the low road $%@#!
They were takin' it.

You might as well treat the people around you with disdain
You might as well screw the people who believed in you
Say you did it for God
You can just make some other ****** up later
The horn section won't be workin'
The day the Big Guy comes around
When the dawn comes you can see the carnage ...
John McCain's leaving town.

So the low-roaders
Said to those guys who took the high road
We want it
All of it, and we don't care what we have to do to get it.

A message came from high above
"There's enough for everyone.
We'll tell you how we think we can
Get the things we all value."

But feel free to treat the people who surround you with disdain
Feel free to screw the people who believed in you
Say you did it for God
You can just make some other ****** up later
The horn section won't be workin'
The day the Big Guy comes to town
When the dawn comes you can see the carnage ...
Obama's on a plane to Washington.

The lowest of them shouted,
"Obfuscate the Truth! Spread nasty rumors!"
And they made a lot of good people look bad
But what goes around comes around.

They were so close they could almost touch it
Up there, in the aftermath.
But no matter how many rocks they looked under
A message of hope was all they found.

You can treat the people around you with disdain
You can screw the people who believed in you
Say you did it for God
Then just make some other ****** up later
The horn section won't be workin'
The day the Big Guy comes around
When the dawn comes you can see the carnage ...
Is that John McCain leaving town?

You can treat the people around you with disdain
You can screw the people who believed in you
Say you did it for God
Then just make some other ****** up later
The horn section won't be workin'
The day the Big Guy comes around
When the dawn comes you can see the results ...
Barack Obama dons his shining armor and heads for Washington.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLMjL9Nvd0E


very fitting E!

[armyda]

Now that everyone has had their Turkey, I feel safe posting this:

As I sleep I see alabaster images of a winter holiday
Similar to the ones from my memory
The heights of the woods are twinkling
Small people are attentive
For the sound of a vehicle’s audio devices as it travels through the crystallized water

[james_t]

Now that everyone has had their Turkey, I feel safe posting this:

As I sleep I see alabaster images of a winter holiday
Similar to the ones from my memory
The heights of the woods are twinkling
Small people are attentive
For the sound of a vehicle’s audio devices as it travels through the crystallized water

Best Bing Crosby voice here:

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten,
and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow