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3 minutes ago, Grahambythesea said:

I remember reading that Bob Dylan used to write down lines he thought would make good openings to songs, but didn’t use them. So he put them altogether into one song, but I can’t remember which one! 🥴 

All of them...

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Er? O.o

 

It's one o'clock and time for lunch (hum de dum, de dum)
When the sun beats down and I lie on the bench
I can always hear them talk

There's always been Ethel
"Jacob, wake up, you've got to tidy your room now"
And then Mister Lewis
"Isn't it time that he was out on his own?"
Over the garden wall, two little lovebirds
Cuckoo to you
Keep them mowing, blades sharp

I know what I like
And I like what I know
Getting better in your wardrobe
Stepping one beyond your show (your show)
Your show

Sunday night, Mr. Farmer called, said
"Listen son, you're wasting time"
"There's a future for you in the fire escape trade"
"Come up to town"

But I remembered a voice from the past
"Gambling only pays when you're winning"
Had to thank old Miss Mort for schooling a failure
Keep them mowing blades sharp

I know what I like
And I like what I know
Getting better in your wardrobe
Stepping one beyond your show

I know what I like
And I like what I know
Getting better in your wardrobe
Stepping one beyond your show

When the sun beats down and I lie on the bench
I can always hear them talk
Me, I'm just a lawnmower
You can tell me by the way I walk

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On 17/04/2023 at 11:23, Waddo Soqable said:

It's the old write some random stuff on a bit of paper, cut it up, rearrange, blah blah... 

I remember David Bowie demonstrating how he did this in a televised interview.

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Going back to 1971, my Oxford group 'Ravin' Mick and Hiz Band' was breaking up as we'd all done our Finals and had gone home to sort out the rest of our lives (ha!) We agreed to record a few of our original numbers as a souvenir so I booked a one-day session at a 2-track (yes) studio near Tower Bridge (Tower Studios?) I played bass and sax and did loony vocals, my brother was on trumpet, Mike Unwin on piano, Don Hedges on drums (killed in a car crash shortly after alas), Andy Brown on guitar, with production help and keys from Dave Jarrett (Quiet Sun progger).

 

Having only two tracks meant a lot of bouncing down - the track named 'The Saxophone Snork' that's challenging for first prize in idiotic words in the link below was er, 'composed'  by me and was done in one backing band take, bounced onto track one, then sax and my vocals dropped in onto track 2, also in one take. Be kind if you can re the quality of the sound - this MP3 was re-recorded from an acetate disk master 50 years after the disk was cut.

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0ghi4xv1pvf0nxs/Rmick_Saxophone_Snork.mp3?dl=0

 

The words:

Chorus 1: 'Come, down to my little cabin in the woods

                  Said my old Grandfather to me,

                  When I was just ninety-four...'

 

Chorus 2: 'Come, and I'll show you the goods,

                   So I rolled off my six-jointed knee,

                   And took off the floor!'

 

I'm still rather pleased with my sax solo in the middle - it's been a downward spiral for 50 years ever since! How nice to be 21 with everything still in front of you...

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On 19/04/2023 at 12:48, tauzero said:

Aaaaaaa

Gaaaaaa

Do, do, do, push pineapple, shake a tree

Agado, do, do, push pineapple, grind covfefe

 

Sorry, "coffee".

 

One, two, one, two, three go

Clap your hands

Sleep

Wave your hands

Hitch a ride

Sneeze

Go for a walk

Lets see you swim

Now ski

Spray

Macho man!

Sound your horn

Ring the bell

Okay

Kiss

Comb your hair

Wave your hands come on wave your hands

Superman!

Wooooo

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