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threefates ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: June 30 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 4215 |
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Yeh, Greg actually showed up at Pete's one concert... and sang on the song with him... and Pete's album was on Manticore.. so there was a few connections. Even some of the lyrics he wrote were PFM were off the wall... its a good thing their English wasn't all that good then... |
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I didn't mean Greg sang it, he was on it..... I bought that years ago and went the way of my other LPs.... Used record store. I didn't listen to it much, except the GL tune. I just remember that it was wierd. |
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threefates ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: June 30 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 4215 |
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It is from Pete's solo album... but Greg only sang on the chorus of 1 of the songs.."Still". Of course, thats the best song on the album.. and a proving point that Greg had the best voice in the business.. When he comes in on that chorus... my knees generally give way.... Pete's lyrics have always gone from one extreme to the other. For instance, he wrote those lyrics before that we were quoting as bad.. from "Love Beach".... "Taste of my Love". But then he co-wrote the words to KE9 and Pirates. But Pete's website is a very interesting place to hang out.. .http://www.songsouponsea.com/ |
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Dan Bobrowski ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 02 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 5243 |
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Isn't that from Pete Sinfield's solo album with Greg Lake?
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threefates ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: June 30 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 4215 |
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Actually one of my favorite lyricists has always written the strangest stuff...Generally tho, once you knew how to read in between his lines, he became a lot more clearer... "The sea goat casts Aquarian runes through beads of
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er that first one is Mmm Bop by Hanson, isn't it?
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Actually I'm a big fan of Music Hall music - not necessarily listening to it, but performing it is certainly great fun. I went round to a series of old people's homes with some people at college - the idea being to provide some entertainment on a dull Wednesday. I didn't realise quite how much the music meant to them - it was truly moving, especially to hear their 1st hand accounts of the War(s plural in some cases!). I then joined a semi-pro theatre group that put on a couple of weeks of fully-fledged Music Hall with melodrama, compere, the works. It was a total scream! I particularly enjoyed the Can-Can, as I was persuaded to play the piano for that. Best seat in the house A lot of the music is a straight development from Rag Time, and was "pop music" to several generations, not to mention social commentary, as a large proportion are about aspects of War. I must have a think about those, Fitz and Danbo - you're digging up the more obscure ones now (well, they're obscure to me at any rate - but oddly familiar...). |
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I remember finding an old 78 of my dad's featuring this one: Hut-Sut Rawlson on the rillerah and a brawla, brawla sooit, |
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That song can be heard in all its glory (!) here: http://www.firstworldwar.com/audio/Collins%20&%20Harlan% 20-%20Aba%20Daba%20Honeymoon.mp3 Sophisticated stuff. Moving forward 40 years but keeping the tropical theme, do the lyrics: "Look. See. Nice? Agree." ring any bells?
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How about this one:
i have a sad story to tell you |
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That makes me think of this; Way down in the Congoland "Aba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab," I don't know about you, but those lyrics give me the screaming ab-dabs
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threefates ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: June 30 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 4215 |
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Good Morning Starshine... from the musical Hair... as performed by Oliver... I've got the 45... Edited by threefates |
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Sorry, guys, but I've got all of you beat by a mile... Try these: "Gliddy gloop gloopy, nibby nabby noopy, la la la lo lo. Sabba sibby sabba, nooby abba nabba, le le lo lo. Tooby ooby walla, nooby abba nabba..." They are from a well-known song, in english. Go for it... |
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threefates ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: June 30 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 4215 |
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No problem, Fitz... I was actually quoting them as bad lyrics. However, in ELP's defense.. they were meant to be corny and extreme... sort of Pete and Greg's way of getting back at the record company that was forcing them to make this album. Believe me, I'm sure that during that recording, the band was probably trying very hard not to laugh themselves out of the studio.... |
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Sorry, threefates, but I can't stand the ELP lyrics you quoted either. My personal opinion only, but I find them corny in the extreme. Each to his/her own.
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That'll be "Hooch" by the Melvins - notorious for "incomprehensible" lyrics, and yet there's an alluring rhythm and curious pathos to it when you consider the whole song; Los ticka toe rest. Maybe it's just me, but I quite like those! I can't see any such saving graces in the ELP lyrics, however - good call, threefates Nasty! |
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"Milk maid dud bean. Master a load a head. Pill pop a dope a well run general hash pump a gonna led. Cuz I can ford a red eed only street a wide a ree land. Die-mond make a mid-evil bike a sake a like a ree caste." Yes, it's (supposedly) English. All I can make of it is: when you don't want to write lyrics - make words up! |
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threefates ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: June 30 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 4215 |
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Hey thats the best singer Prog ever had... Anyway, since it was skipped over, I thought I'd answer it.. its ELP's OFficer and A Gentleman.. from Love Beach. I can't believe those lines bothered you.. and yet you didn't mention these; "Take all you need from the taste of my love |
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I deliberately picked Cheddar, because it's produced in Wiltshire, which is where Salisbury is Good old UH - an easy target for lyrics that suck - but GREAT music! "Me and my magic man Kinda feeling fine" - does that sound gay to you? (Note; absolutely no offence meant to folk who flick the other side of the coin, as it were... |
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