As with Gdub's excellent lyrics game, this one is about guessing the origins of lyrics, but with a twist:

I'll print a line of lyrics (not necessarily prog, the SILLIER the better) and the next person must name the band and song, print the next line/phrase of the lyric, then put down another (completely different) lyric to be identified & completed by the next player, and so on.

Things are too "quiet" around here -- let's see if we can have some fun!

Remember: silly/lame (but not outright pornographic) lyrics are best.

Googling when stuck is permitted -- keep it moving!

Here we go:

"There's a certain kind of lovin' that my wife don't know..."

Dick Heath wrote: Means manoevring the reindeer in the sleet and snow

I'm pretty sure Danbo knows this one....

  C'mon, you lazy louts. Use Google!

OK, here's a hint: The band is Guadalcanal Diary, and I'm sure I've sent the song to Danbo and/or Jim in the past!

I just put that exact phrase into Google, and it lead my back to an earlier post of mine here, where I quote the entire lyric.

I also found it (eventually) on a website for the band, though some of the lyrics have errors there.

C'mon, Reedy-boy! YOU can do it!

April 5th 2004

"Dirty deeds, done with sheep.... electric fences! High voltage!"

And is anyone else familiar with Guadalcanal Diary's immortal sensitive love ballad, "Cattle Prod?" 

"There's a certain kind of lovin' that my wife don't know -- rump so tender it just falls off the bone.... Got a cattle prod!"

One for the download list -- pure prog majesty! 

(Whoops! My conduct is slipping -- again!)

 i forgot to put the " " in when i searched!

Er so next lines are:There's a certain kind of loving that my wife don't know
Love so tender just falls off the bone
When I raise my hand I see the cattle shake
I got to have a heaping helping of that sweet plank steak
I got a cattle prod, I got a cattle prod

Song is "Cattle Prod" from "Jamboree"

 My go:

But strange things happened on their wedding night as they lay in their bed.
Was that the trees a-rustling? Or the hinges of the gate

Reed Lover wrote: (Whoops! My conduct is slipping -- again!)  i forgot to put the " " in when i searched! Er so next lines are:There's a certain kind of loving that my wife don't know Love so tender just falls off the bone When I raise my hand I see the cattle shake I got to have a heaping helping of that sweet plank steak I got a cattle prod, I got a cattle prod Song is "Cattle Prod" from "Jamboree"  My go: But strange things happened on their wedding night as they lay in their bed. Was that the trees a-rustling? Or the hinges of the gate

Well played sir! (Though, as I said, I believe there are errors in those "unofficial website lyrics.) I hear "Rump so tender" and "flank steak," not "plank steak."

Yours is from "Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)" by English funnyman Benny Hill:

"Was that the trees a-rustling? Or the hinges of the gate? Or Ernie's ghostly gold tops a-rattling in their crate?"

^ Funny little ditty....

Try this obscure one. (Some of you Brits must have been fans of this guy):

"Keep neat, stay clean -- your harmony likes to be seen...."

"Go West, get laid, and never join the fire brigade", Brian Prothrow.

You like to make them obscure Peter!

Here's an easier one (from these archives),

"Follow these rules....."

Peter Rideout wrote: Dick Heath wrote: Means manoevring the reindeer in the sleet and snow Nope -- nice try, though, and the real lyric has a similar sentiment. I'm pretty sure Danbo knows this one....

Peterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

You mean you're being serious in the Trivia section?

Dick Heath wrote: Peterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr You mean you're being serious in the Trivia section?

Yes sir! Real lyrics, real silliness, real fun and chuckles, hopefully....

Jim Garten wrote: Easy Livin wrote: "Follow these rules....." That's got to be - "in case of sonic attack in your district, follow these rules" Hawkwind, Sonic Attack. Hows about this little gem, then..... "A starfish leads the dance, He dreams he is a human, And falls into a trance"

Next lines are: "A hole inside my body/Is wired up to a charge/Chemical imbalance/Tells me who you are"

Had to "Google" that one, but people just aren't trying out there. (Perhaps the proggin' public want another "Who's the BEST" or "Prog or Not" poll....

Try this then: "... I turn myself on all the time. I'm alone, like a queen in bed...."

Thats Robyn Hitcock's ' The Man with a Lightbulb Head'

next lines are..... With a barrel of vodka and lime .And how's about you, my pretty one? Do you still smear yourself with jam?

Okay do you know this one ?

The silly clown's red nose is runny
And it's tragic that it's all so funny

Loudon Wainwright III

SO Damn Happy (Little Ship)

It's crucial that it doesn't matter
Vows of love are idle chatter
To feel this good has to be bad
I'm so damn happy that it's sad
Dear listener would you like to slap me
And the sad thing is I'm so damn happy
Yes the sad thing is I'm so damn happy.

Try this:

The waters ebb and flow.
The changing seasons come and go.
Ireland's eye...

Reed Lover wrote: Try this: The waters ebb and flow. The changing seasons come and go. Ireland's eye...

Sorry, Rede, I looked it up, and That's not SILLY, silly!

Silly! Funny! Loopy!

  Try this: "Life's a piece of sh*t, when you look at it...."

Artist & next line please?

Peter wrote: Reed Lover wrote: Try this: The waters ebb and flow. The changing seasons come and go. Ireland's eye... Sorry, Rede, I looked it up, and That's not SILLY, silly! Silly! Funny! Loopy!   Try this: "Life's a piece of sh*t, when you look at it...." Artist & next line please?

No but it is crap!

Obviously you couldnt know that i think Mike Oldfield is a sandwich short of a picnic!

Life's a laugh and death's a joke it's true.
You'll see it's all a show.
Keep 'em laughing as you go.
Just remember that the last laugh is on you.
And...
Monty Python (Eric Idle)

Next something apt I think:

Say, we can act if want to
If we don't nobody will

....I'm Mandy, Fly Me...... (10cc)

still on a seventies kick....

'As twenty cannibals have hold of you, they need their protein just like you do...'

(must admit I didn't recognise my lyric - and I love this song!)

onion3000 wrote: ....I'm Mandy, Fly Me...... (10cc)     still on a seventies kick....   'As twenty cannibals have hold of you, they need their protein just like you do...'   (must admit I didn't recognise my lyric - and I love this song!)

That's old Sparks -- This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us. (Next comes the chorus, I believe: "This town ain't big enough for both of us -- and it ain't me who's gonna leave!")

Great stuff, Bunion, and tres silly! Ron Mael wrote some clever, twisted lyrics!

Try this on: He didn't do the Mona Lisa -- that was an Italian geezer....

Jim Garten wrote: That'll be the master of English rudery, himself, Mr Ian Dury RIP "There aint half been some clever b*stards" How's this one then - "that was the sound of Roger's wah wah rabbits eating endives, very reasonable at this time of year" Sorry - very easy I know, but I'm at work & have little time to think of a bad 'un

"...and I'm standing here in Willesden Green, brrrr it is a bit chilly..." from 'Shirt' by the immortal Bonzos.

"...the story of your life in all its minute and tedious attention to detail and was is a Tuesday or a Wednesday? Who cares, I do not, so Norman if you're normal then I intend to be a freak for the rest of my life and baffle you with cabbages and rhinoceroses in the kitchen and insects and quotations from Now We Are Six through the mouthpiece of Lord Snooty's giant poisoned electric head - so therrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre."

But all this time, Velvetclown had been sitting on the fence, scowling!
sitting on the fence, scowling! Kangaroo were hopping mad at this sort of ta

But all this time, Velvetclown had been sitting on the fence, scowling!
sitting on the fence, scowling! Kangaroo were hopping mad at this sort of ta

Kangaroo were hopping mad at this sort of talk.
She thought herself far superior in intelligence to the others.
She was their leader, their guru. She had the answer

Jethro Tull-Passion Play

Try this:

 On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, A beer. (in my tree)
 On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, Two turtle-necks
 And a beer in a tree.

MarxNutz wrote: "...On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me, three french toast, two turtle necks..." Bob & Doug, The Mackenzie Brothers (Rick Moranis & Dave Thomas of SCTV fame) eh... Here's an easy one... the song sounds silly too, but i always liked it... "You got the money back, that's okay Who needs a Cadillac anyway I got the medicine, make you see the light Call me in Alaska if it all turns out right (Alright)"

That's from Gabriel's 1st album, isn't it? (USED to have it on vinyl. Wasn't that Excuse Me?

How about:

"There's evidence of settlements, and one-lane village streets.

Houses shops and little towns -- the framework was complete

By the ti-ime (of the Norman Conquest!)...."

^ That was vintage vinyl Monty Python -- you lose again!

OK, try this, if you're brave enough:

= "The ones that go in, are lean and thin -- the ones that come out are fat and stout

Your eyes fall in, and your teeth fall out -- your brains go tumbling down your snout...."

Later, o sheepish ones!

P.