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Comment on What Would Be On Buddy Holly’s iPod? by amylee

amylee — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 03:42:38 +0000

Can’t find it online right now, but one of my favorites is by Issa and goes something like:

A pheasant cries
How I long
For my dead parents

That just breaks my heart.

I love this one by Issa too -

Don’t worry, spiders
I keep house
casually.

Comment on Spill Challenge Vol 2 Number 7 – The Most Annoying Lyric Ever ! ! ! by amylee

amylee — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 03:27:02 +0000

I’ve been in the odd position of having to defend Liam to some British folks who seemed sort of ashamed of him on CiF. I think the guy is hilarious.

Comment on Spill Challenge Vol 2 Number 7 – The Most Annoying Lyric Ever ! ! ! by wyngatecarpenter

wyngatecarpenter — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:30:20 +0000

“I actually could not understand a lot of the words in this track his voice is really hard for me to understand.”
Hard for you …and everyone else! This is how he can get away with some of his lyrics!

Comment on Spill Challenge Vol 2 Number 7 – The Most Annoying Lyric Ever ! ! ! by wyngatecarpenter

wyngatecarpenter — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:28:07 +0000

“Imaginary friends, hmm, is Noel our troll?”
Nice theory! But no, I can rule Noel out
- He would have targetted the openly declared Beatlephobes such as myself – he hasn’t done so yet.
- In fact he would have been uable to resist the urge to nominate at least a couple of Beatles songs
-I’ve seen Noel interviewed several times, and whatever else, he is actually quite witty.

Comment on Spill Challenge Vol 2 Number 7 – The Most Annoying Lyric Ever ! ! ! by wyngatecarpenter

wyngatecarpenter — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:21:53 +0000

Reminds me tangientally of the Varukers, a band who’ve written many anti war songs, but it’s fair to say aren’t in competition with Bob Dylan in lyrical terms. One of their early songs is called Soldier Boy, and is fairly bog standard but still one of their most popular songs live. I was at one of their gigs once and saw the set list with, scrawled in as the last song, “Soldier Shit”!!

Comment on Spill Challenge Vol 2 Number 7 – The Most Annoying Lyric Ever ! ! ! by wyngatecarpenter

wyngatecarpenter — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:14:30 +0000

“So does he sing that live with a straight face?”

You mean Jaz? You understimate the man – here’s some of his onstage patter, he goes way beyond keeping “a straight face”

Somewhere a particularly scary cult is missing a leader!

Comment on Spill Challenge Vol 2 Number 7 – The Most Annoying Lyric Ever ! ! ! by wyngatecarpenter

wyngatecarpenter — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:08:11 +0000

“If I go there will be trouble
And if I stay it will be double

Well go then. No debate. End of song.”

Yep! That struck me the first time I ever heard the song, aged 12.

Comment on Spill Challenge Vol 2 Number 7 – The Most Annoying Lyric Ever ! ! ! by wyngatecarpenter

wyngatecarpenter — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:51:29 +0000

The trouble for some such artists is that they become insulated from criticism. Can you imagine a member of Lou Reed’s band daring to say to him “We need a word about those lyrics”.
I suspect Mark E Smith went up his own arsehole a long time ago for similar reasons.

Comment on Portlandia by panthersan

panthersan — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:02:16 +0000

Every sketch is a little gem and is usually spot-on!

It makes Portland look a lot like Brighton……

Comment on What Would Be On Buddy Holly’s iPod? by SpottedRichard

SpottedRichard — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:41:22 +0000

That’s a sad, angry song