Vote for the Stupidest McCartney Lyric
Post it boy
I think in the song "The Other Me" the words "I acted like a dust bin
lid" is the stupidest. Don't get me wrong, McCartney is the
greatest ever period. Anyone else can think of a stupid lyric?
Rob Hughes
On Fri, 20 Dec 1996, Post it boy wrote:
> I think in the song "The Other Me" the words "I acted like a dust bin
> lid" is the stupidest. Don't get me wrong, McCartney is the
> greatest ever period.
I agree "dustbin lid" is fairly inscrutible. However, in general, I think
"The Other Me" has gotten a bum-rap, as the lyrics *as a whole* are
really very good--that is, if you've ever felt remorse at acting like an
ass towards a lover (maybe not an issue for you, Post it boy). Besides,
I'm not sure a single failed simile is a good reason to lambaste a song.
In fact on the strength of the lyrics as a whole, "The Other Me" is among
my favorite Maccasongs between Tug of War and Flowers in the Dirt.
Rather than running a thread that, in spite of your protestations,
really might be interpreted as McCartney-bashing, why not pose a more
productive question like: "I don't understand this lyric. Can anyone
help me understand how 'dust bin lid' actually works in the context
of the song?" Hmmm...
"Something took a hold of me and I acted like a dust bin lid" by...
-letting too much garbage into our space?
-I let myself be taken a hold of and was used by all this trash in
my mood?
-...?
Rob Hughes
-----------------------------------------
Comparative Literature
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322-2290
Steve
>I think in the song "The Other Me" the words "I acted like a dust bin
>lid" is the stupidest. Don't get me wrong, McCartney is the
How many?
I'm a Paul fan, but I find these to be particularly annoying:
Bip Bop- What can you say? Has to be the low spot of
Wild Life. This one just plain sucks.
Let 'Em In - Someone's Knockin' Open the door.
It's okay the first 37 times you hear it,
But after that it kinda grates on you.
Biker Like An Icon - Off an okay album, but I just don't get it.
I Lost My Little Girl - This one was a bootleg recording, supposedly
one of the first Lennon & McCartney wrote together
(it was Paul's song). Lennon always despised it, but
McCartney tried to record it several times during the
Beatles and a few times afterward. You can tell it's
a 15 year old's song.
Anything off McCartney II (except Coming Up and Waterfalls).
Particularly, Temporary Secretary.
And of course, the one you mentioned.
Then again, that's just my opinion - I could be wrong.
Steve
Sean C. Courtney
In a previous article, pos...@xmaseve.com (Post it boy) says:
>I think in the song "The Other Me" the words "I acted like a dust bin
>lid" is the stupidest. Don't get me wrong, McCartney is the
>greatest ever period. Anyone else can think of a stupid lyric?
"I acted like a dust bin lid"?? Heh heh...that made me laugh! Seems
like typical British humour...
Personally, I always thought that the section in Paul & Linda's "Uncle
Albert/Admiral Halsey" that goes "Live a little, be a gypsy, get
around..." was stupid...I dunno if it's the lyrics, or they way they're
sung, tho....
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Scott Raile
In <331c637f...@news.earthlink.net> pos...@xmaseve.com (Post it
boy) writes:
>I think in the song "The Other Me" the words "I acted like a dust bin
>lid" is the stupidest. Don't get me wrong, McCartney is the
>greatest ever period. Anyone else can think of a stupid lyric?
How about that thought-provoking moment in "My Love" :
"Wo wo wo wo...wo wo wo wo...my love does it good."
Yikes.
I love Paul dearly, but unfortunately, I can think of *dozens* of more
examples....I'm afraid that "silly lyrics" is just the tradeoff for the
dynamic music that we *do* get out of the guy. So it goes.
Scott
Rob Hughes
On Fri, 20 Dec 1996, Steve wrote:
> I'm a Paul fan, but I find these to be particularly annoying:
> one of the first Lennon & McCartney wrote together
> (it was Paul's song). Lennon always despised it, but
> McCartney tried to record it several times during the
> Beatles and a few times afterward. You can tell it's
> a 15 year old's song.
Apparently Lennon liked it well enough to record it himself, as on Yellow
Dog's _Get Back & 22 Other Songs_--quite a decent version, actually,
good-humored but not hammed up as if he were making fun of it. But
Lennon's opinion on things tended to fluctuate according to what side of
the bed he got out of, so it seems perfectly Lennon-like for him to have
at some point declared that he (always!) despised the track and then at
another point, have sung and lead a respectable country-blues jam on that
same song.
Phil Miller
"All at once you get love on your mind, and your world is as kind
as a PENNY!"
Perhpas not just any one line, but there is something about the entirety
of "The Big Barn Bed" that makes me squirm.
"Mumbo" and "Bip Bop" were the harbringers.
"Oh, Lazy Dynamite; won't you come out tonight".
"Bobby lived with Penny, but they never told their Daddy what their
love was all about. It will be a seven, and I'll never get to heaven
if I fill my life with gloom -- What's it all about: C MOON!"
"Save for my dear old freind and confidant, Madimosille Kitty, KITTY!"
The entirety of "Mageneto and Titanium Man".
"Spirits of Ancient Egypt: hung on the phone ahhh, hung on the phone
ahhh, hung on the phone again."
Whatever Denny Laine babbles during the "Let 'Em In" fadeout.
"The Lord of Baltimore" (who wants that note that was never wrote)
Ryhming "baby" with "gravy".
The laundry list on "Cook of the House".
The stupid pictures on the back of SPEED OF SOUND.
Denny Laine's vision of elves and faries at the Waterfall.
"My name is Morse Moose and I'm calling you."
"The Life of Cadillac and Ultra for sure, is all that matters to a
Lady Demure". (This one gets my vote for all time worst.)
Any songs which mention curency fluctuations.
As in "The Big Barn Bed", "Dress Me Up Like a Robber" doesn't have
one line I can pin it on, but the whole thing makes me stupified.
"Girls School" has some really bad bits, but I forget them.
Actually, i don't play this stuff often enough to really find yall
some golden nuggets. There's more; lots more -- for those who wish
to wade through it.
philll (Club Sandwich Monkberry)
Carl Christensen
pos...@xmaseve.com (Post it boy) wrote:
>I think in the song "The Other Me" the words "I acted like a dust bin
>lid" is the stupidest. Don't get me wrong, McCartney is the
The entirety of "Monkberry Moon Delight" which I can't even find funny or
clever even in my silliest moments.
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DigiBanana
"My vote for the Stupidest McCartney Lyric"
I'm sorry. I love Paul's writing and I love Free As A Bird *but* I'd have
to agree with George Harrison who refused to sing the second half of:
Whatever happened to the life that we once knew
Can we really live without each other
*We did we loose the touch *
*That seemed to mean so much*
Those 3rd and 4th lines really make me gag.
Paul really didn't put much thought into those.
MHO
Christopher Morley
The Digital Banana Recording Studio
DigiBanana@#aol.com
Dec 20
d.
In article <19961220233...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
digib...@aol.com (DigiBanana) wrote:
> "My vote for the Stupidest McCartney Lyric"
>
> I'm sorry. I love Paul's writing and I love Free As A Bird *but* I'd have
> to agree with George Harrison who refused to sing the second half of:
>
> Whatever happened to the life that we once knew
> Can we really live without each other
> *We did we loose the touch *
> *That seemed to mean so much*
>
> Those 3rd and 4th lines really make me gag.
>
> Paul really didn't put much thought into those.
Sorry to digress, but where did you hear this? These two lines were not
written solely by Paul. They wrote it together. George actually rejected
Paul's original idea on the matter. In last year's _Beatlefan_ Anthology
issue there are interviews with both Paul and Jeff Lynne referring to
this--Jeff Lynn in particular goes on about how great it was to see them
writing lyrics together, referring specifically to "FAAB." Nowhere do
either of these guys say anything about George refusing to sing anything.
Obthread: "dustbin lid"--even though I like the song as a whole--and
"Spirits of Ancient Egypt."
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Geir Hongro
"The Other Me" is stupid, but there are other lyrics on "Pipes Of
Peace" that are even worse, like "Through Our Love" and "So Bad".
I mean, what is this shit?:
- And If you leave my pain will go, but that's no good to me.
- Girl I love you, yes I love you so bad.
......or.....possibly even worse:
- We can go through our love.
- We can do things that we thought were impossible.
- Through our love
- We can do all that we want to do.
I can't believe this is the same person that wrote "Eleanor
Rigby".
Geir Hongro
Malcolm Atkinson
Just to add a new dimension to this discussion, I thought I
might highlight some of the terrible lyrics amongst Macca's
unreleased material. Two songs from the unreleased 1980s 'Cold
Cuts' album, in particular, stand out as gems of McCartney's
particular style of inane lyrics.
'Waterspout' from the London Town sessions in 1977 included
entire verses of drivel.
Woody wouldn't do it
but they said he never blew it
he didn't know what he was hanging out
till he got an answer
out of daddy's dancer
well yes she took him to the waterspout
love comes in, love comes out
at the bottom of the waterspout
Daddy coudn't stand it
so good he was a bad bandit
and they were knocking each other out
till the little dancer
came up with another answer
she took him to the waterspout
only love can get you out of it, and in a minute
you will find yourself swiming in it...
However, my favorite set of 'bad lyrics' comes from another song
off the 'Cold Cuts' LP. 'Cage' was an unreleased song from the
'Back To The Egg' sessions in 1978. With lyrics like these, its
easy to see why it remains unreleased
Provisional licence, I'm under arrest
but if you could get me out
I'd like to take another test
Emotional moments
you left in a rage
but if you could love me now
I won't be in a cage
--
Malcolm Atkinson of New Zealand (atki...@actrix.gen.nz)
_____
"You might very well think that...but of course, I couldn't
possibly comment" - Francis Urquhart, in 'The House Of Cards"
____
CarnyDC
Hmm, I actually like those lyrics from Cage and Waterspout; I think they
fit the songs well.
My vote for one of the worst lyrics is from "Style Style" off of the Off
The Ground CD single and Complete Works CD (I'm not sure if these are the
exact lyrics as I haven't heard the disc in a while...):
She's got an American accent
From her head to her toes
If she's in an accident
You wouldn't see her underclothes
Richard J. Benson
I believe the entire song "Temporary Secretary" qualifies as an
extremely stupid song.
Rick
exm...@worldnet.att.net
for me it's Temporary secretary...whole thing.
Sean C. Courtney
In a previous article, nort...@mindspring.com (d.) says:
>> "My vote for the Stupidest McCartney Lyric"
>>
>> I'm sorry. I love Paul's writing and I love Free As A Bird *but* I'd have
>> to agree with George Harrison who refused to sing the second half of:
>>
>> Whatever happened to the life that we once knew
>> Can we really live without each other
>> *We did we loose the touch *
>> *That seemed to mean so much*
>>
>> Paul really didn't put much thought into those.
>
>Sorry to digress, but where did you hear this? These two lines were not
>written solely by Paul. They wrote it together. George actually rejected
Actually, NONE of the Beatles wrote that part! Watch the movie
_Goodfellas_. You'll hear a song in the background from a '60's girl
group [don't know who--sorry!] WITH THE EXACT SAME LYRICS.
d.
In article <59grrb$h...@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, dau...@prairienet.org (Sean C.
Courtney) wrote:
> In a previous article, nort...@mindspring.com (d.) says:
[someone else wrote:]
> >> Whatever happened to the life that we once knew
> >> Can we really live without each other
> >> *We did we loose the touch *
> >> *That seemed to mean so much*
> >> Paul really didn't put much thought into those.
> >Sorry to digress, but where did you hear this? These two lines were not
> >written solely by Paul. They wrote it together. George actually rejected
> Actually, NONE of the Beatles wrote that part! Watch the movie
> _Goodfellas_. You'll hear a song in the background from a '60's girl
> group [don't know who--sorry!] WITH THE EXACT SAME LYRICS.
Eeeek. You'd think George would've learned to stay completely away from
that girl-group stuf! ;-)
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========= Dorothy A. Northcutt - nort...@mindspring.com ============
===================="Love isn't silly at all."=======================
Scott Raile
In <32BBE4...@worldnet.att.net> exm...@worldnet.att.net writes:
>> Obthread: "dustbin lid"--even though I like the song as a whole
>Me too...I always thought he should have said "little kid"...oh well
For what it's worth....I remember when the album first came out, a lot
of Paul apologists tried to defend the line by claiming that "dustbin
lid" was Cockney rhyming slang *for* "little kid." Still, I think that
unless you're someone who speaks Cockney rhyming slang on a regular
basis, it's still an awful lyric. For more information on rhyming
slang, check out Cary Grant's film "Mr. Lucky."
And I gotta stick up for "Temporary Secretary." Sure, it's annoying as
hell, but I don't think it's *stupid*. I would much rather hear Paul
attempt an unsuccessful but freaky Sparks imitation with surreal lyrics
than sing some sappy love song to his "Golden Earth Girl," or try to
string a pun together around Leica, Nikon and "Biker." Ecchhh.
Scott
John Stewart
Let me see the Stupidest Mc Cartney Lyric?
HMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BIP BOP BIPPITY BOP
BIP BOP BIPPITY BOP
"Bip bop"
"Smile Away"
"Hold me tight" from Red Rose Speedway
Holda me Tight
Hugga me Right
Stupidest Harrison lyric
"When we was Fab"
Stupidest Lennon Lyric
"john Sinclair"
GOT TO GOT TO GOT TO GOT TO
Stupidest Ringo Lyric"
"Gave it all up"
Gave it all up for school
gave it all up to be cool
Doug Morris
Post it boy wrote:
>
> I think in the song "The Other Me" the words "I acted like a dust bin
> lid" is the stupidest. Don't get me wrong, McCartney is the
From "Live and Let Die":
"But if this everchanging world in which we live in..."
huh?
Danny Caccavo
In article
<northcut-211...@user-168-121-27-50.dialup.mindspring.com>,
nort...@mindspring.com (d.) wrote:
Actually, it's John who needed to stay away. The first two lines were
"borrowed" from "Remember (walking in the sand) by the Shangri-las. -DC
--
Danny Caccavo (dan...@interport.net)
"And for Paul, I'll use the eyes of a poodle!!"
Kevin
modr...@netmcr.com (Steve) wrote:
>Anything off McCartney II (except Coming Up and Waterfalls).
>Particularly, Temporary Secretary.
Yes, but that album also contains a few instrumentals which contain
some of his best lyrics.
(Sorry.) :-)
Earl R. Southee
Post it boy wrote:
>
> I think in the song "The Other Me" the words "I acted like a dust bin
> lid" is the stupidest. Don't get me wrong, McCartney is the
> greatest ever period. Anyone else can think of a stupid lyric?
"I saw a monkey that was learning to choke
A guy beside him gave him cigarettes to smoke
And every time that monkey started to cough
The bastard laughed his head off
Do you know what I mean?"
Yea, Right . . .
Earl
Norm Hill
Doug Morris wrote:
>
> From "Live and Let Die":
>
> "But if this everchanging world in which we live in..."
>
> huh?
....makes you give in and cry
you say live and let die
Makes sence to me. <shrug>
Mandy
Philip Tinianov
In article <32BC36...@ix.netcom.com>, Doug Morris <dmor...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>Post it boy wrote:
>>
>> I think in the song "The Other Me" the words "I acted like a dust bin
>> lid" is the stupidest. Don't get me wrong, McCartney is the
>> greatest ever period. Anyone else can think of a stupid lyric?
>
>
>"But if this everchanging world in which we live in..."
>
>huh?
"But if this everchanging world in which we're living..."
which makes a lot more sense and is grammatically better
Phil
ELGOODO1
Phil Miller wrote (quoting 'C-Moon'):
>It will be a seven, and I'll never get to heaven
>if I fill my life with gloom -- What's it all about: C MOON!"
Actually, the line is "it will be L-7...", referring to an expression
meaning "square". C-Moon basically means "hip", or the opposite of square.
Don't know if you think it's any less stupid now, but it should make more
sense! :)
--Vinnie
Rialto
Danny Caccavo (dan...@interport.net)wrote:
<<Actually, it's John who needed to stay away. The first two lines were
<<"borrowed" from "Remember (walking in the sand) by the Shangri-las.
I gotta jump in here and defend John. John never publicly released FAAB.
For all anyone knows, he made the demo tape singing whatever lyrics came
to him to preserve the feel of the song so he can continue working out
lyrics at a later time.
drgnfist
Priestess wears a '7'. C Moon is another expression of part of the
teachings of the people of the craft of the Isles.
Doug Morris
Philip Tinianov wrote:
> "But if this everchanging world in which we're living..."
> which makes a lot more sense and is grammatically better
>
> Phil
That does make more senes. Thank you for clearing that up, its bothered
me for the longest time.
Naz Nomad
Norm Hill <nhi...@popd.ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>Doug Morris wrote:
>>
>
>> From "Live and Let Die":
>>
>> "But if this everchanging world in which we live in..."
>>
>> huh?
>....makes you give in and cry
Actually, it's "give it a cry" according to the _Wings Complete_
Songbook.
Just thought I would throw that in there. Heh heh.
BTW, "Bip Bop" and "Wild Life" are tied for stupidest for me, with
"Morris Moose and the Grey Goose" a close third.
Naz
Brett Vargo
Well, as long as we're correcting people here, the correct name is "MORSE
Moose and the Grey Goose." :) That being said, sorry Paulie, but your
absolute nadir lyrically came on "Press To Play!" Especially "However
Absurd," which I remember Paul saying in the press release for the album was
"Beatle-esque." "Ears twitch, like a dog, breaking eggs in a dish???" Well,
never let it be said that Paul doesn't have a sense of humour.
Bruce Mcintyre
Got to admit though, it's certainly one of his BEST songs. I've always
loved this one, great rhythm to it!! Unusual to boot!!
bruce
Frank
>Doug Morris wrote:
>> From "Live and Let Die":
>>
>> "But if this everchanging world in which we live in..."
>>
>> huh?
The line is:
Frank
The line is:
ever changing world in which WE'RE LIVIN'
Rudolph Santa
Famous groupies sort of sucks a little. But I'd rather listen to a
dumb Paul song that anything that came out after 1983 from anyone
else.
On Fri, 20 Dec 1996 10:01:15 GMT, pos...@xmaseve.com (Post it boy)
Rudolph Santa
Biker Like an Icon I think actually has good lyrics. Watching
precious water drip away.....
On Fri, 20 Dec 1996 19:22:52 GMT, modr...@netmcr.com (Steve) wrote:
>>I think in the song "The Other Me" the words "I acted like a dust bin
>>lid" is the stupidest. Don't get me wrong, McCartney is the
>>greatest ever period. Anyone else can think of a stupid lyric?
>
>How many?
>
>I'm a Paul fan, but I find these to be particularly annoying:
>
>Bip Bop- What can you say? Has to be the low spot of
> Wild Life. This one just plain sucks.
>
>Let 'Em In - Someone's Knockin' Open the door.
> It's okay the first 37 times you hear it,
> But after that it kinda grates on you.
>
>Biker Like An Icon - Off an okay album, but I just don't get it.
>
>I Lost My Little Girl - This one was a bootleg recording, supposedly
>
> one of the first Lennon & McCartney wrote together
> (it was Paul's song). Lennon always despised it, but
> McCartney tried to record it several times during the
>
> Beatles and a few times afterward. You can tell it's
> a 15 year old's song.
>
>
>Anything off McCartney II (except Coming Up and Waterfalls).
>Particularly, Temporary Secretary.
>
>And of course, the one you mentioned.
>
>
>Then again, that's just my opinion - I could be wrong.
>
>Steve
>
>
>
Rudolph Santa
On Sat, 21 Dec 1996 11:13:01 -0800, Doug Morris
<dmor...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>Post it boy wrote:
>>
>> I think in the song "The Other Me" the words "I acted like a dust bin
>> lid" is the stupidest. Don't get me wrong, McCartney is the
>> greatest ever period. Anyone else can think of a stupid lyric?
>
>From "Live and Let Die":
>
>"But if this everchanging world in which we live in..."
>
>huh?
I think that that is a cool lyric.
Rudolph Santa
Yeah that is stupid, but he is trying to do a good thing.
On Sun, 22 Dec 1996 02:37:10 -0400, "Earl R. Southee"
<esou...@erols.com> wrote:
>Post it boy wrote:
>>
>> I think in the song "The Other Me" the words "I acted like a dust bin
>> lid" is the stupidest. Don't get me wrong, McCartney is the
>> greatest ever period. Anyone else can think of a stupid lyric?
>
MikeDuell
If you don't like McCartney, then go elsewhere. Perhaps I can recommend
the poetry of Hole and Dr. Dre.
Brett Vargo
MikeDuell wrote:
>
> If you don't like McCartney, then go elsewhere. Perhaps I can recommend
> the poetry of Hole and Dr. Dre.
I certainly hope that was not directed at me, since you were writing in
response to my particular post! Saying that the lyrics of "However Absurd"
are a bit inane is no way saying that I or anybody else responding to
this thread doesn't like Paul...in fact, I'll defend albums like "Wild Life,"
"Back To The Egg," "McCartney II," "Dark Horse," and "Bad Boy" to death, but
you can't you can't blow a bit of fun criticism out of proportion.
Jeffrey French
In <32BD57...@popd.ix.netcom.com> Norm Hill
<nhi...@popd.ix.netcom.com> writes:
>Doug Morris wrote:
>>
>
>> From "Live and Let Die":
>>
>> "But if this everchanging world in which we live in..."
>>
>> huh?
>
>
>Makes sence to me. <shrug>
>
>Mandy
I think his point (I've always been bothered by this also) is that Paul
says "in" twice--- redundant.
In other words, the line should read:
"But if this everchanging world, in which we live."
The extra "in" is unecessary.
Jeffrey French
In <59l19i$e24$3...@via.one.se> nazn...@wspice.com (Naz Nomad) writes:
>Norm Hill <nhi...@popd.ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>>Doug Morris wrote:
>>>
>>
>>> From "Live and Let Die":
>>>
>>> "But if this everchanging world in which we live in..."
>>>
>>> huh?
>
>>....makes you give in and cry
>
>Songbook.
>
>Just thought I would throw that in there. Heh heh.
>
>BTW, "Bip Bop" and "Wild Life" are tied for stupidest for me, with
>"Morris Moose and the Grey Goose" a close third.
>
>Naz
Add to that, "Temporary Secretary" and "All You Horse Riders".
Not necessarily stupid, but very, very lazy.
Jeffrey French
In <19961224214...@ladder01.news.aol.com> mike...@aol.com
(MikeDuell) writes:
>
>If you don't like McCartney, then go elsewhere. Perhaps I can
recommend
>the poetry of Hole and Dr. Dre.
Yes sir, officer. We were just goffin around, we didn't meant to break
anything.
Jeffrey French
>>"I saw a monkey that was learning to choke
>> A guy beside him gave him cigarettes to smoke
>> And every time that monkey started to cough
>> The bastard laughed his head off
>> Do you know what I mean?"
>>
>>Yea, Right . . .
>>
>>Earl
>
HA! HA! HA! HA! I forgot about that one. It's kinda sad, actually,
because it's another of MACCA's attempts to preach instead of writing
good music. Which means, it probably meant a lot to him.
The image I get is very comical. Because it's very stupid. Some
"bastard laughing his head off" at a coughing monkey is just... too
weird. Terible song, in any regard.
Jeffrey French
In <32C060...@earthlink.net> Brett Vargo <brett...@earthlink.net>
writes:
>MikeDuell wrote:
>>
>> If you don't like McCartney, then go elsewhere. Perhaps I can
recommend
>> the poetry of Hole and Dr. Dre.
>
in
>response to my particular post! Saying that the lyrics of "However
Absurd"
>are a bit inane is no way saying that I or anybody else responding to
>this thread doesn't like Paul...in fact, I'll defend albums like "Wild
Life,"
>"Back To The Egg," "McCartney II," "Dark Horse," and "Bad Boy" to
death, but
>you can't you can't blow a bit of fun criticism out of proportion.
Macca's my fav Beatle. Always has been. Back To The Egg is my fav
album. But, like my closest friends and relatives... Paul is imperfect.
And he sometimes writes incredibly stupid lyrics. Embarrassing lyrics.
But that's okay.
the fact that I've memorized the lyrics to such classics as "All Yu
Horse Riders" and "Bip Bop" should speak for itself.
Chuck Fullerton
How about "ooh, I feel love for you now" (Off The Ground)
or try this one on for size:
"It's the biggest aspidisper in the world"(??? [listen
closely to the fadeout on "Tripping the Live Fantastic", disc two, track
9)]
That Paul, he sure is good at making up new words!
-cHuCk
T Heinis
I thought the line read, "But IN this everchanging
world which we live in". Not IF. Doesn't it depend
on which version you hear?
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Jeffrey French <nice...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in article
<59prbi$g...@sjx-ixn7.ix.netcom.com>...
In <32BD57...@popd.ix.netcom.com> Norm Hill
<nhi...@popd.ix.netcom.com> writes:
>
>Doug Morris wrote:
>>
>
>> From "Live and Let Die":
>>
>> "But if this everchanging world in which we live in..."
>>..snip>>>>
rasm...@aol.com
In article <59qim5$c...@camel5.mindspring.com>, Chuck Fullerton
<nou...@mindspring.com> writes:
> "It's the biggest aspidisper in the world"(??? [listen
>closely to the fadeout on "Tripping the Live Fantastic", disc two, track
>9)]
I didn't know he did this. If he does, it is a reference to a slightly off
color English Music hall record from the 30's, which had that title. So
that's not so stupid, after all.
I'm not sure how the word is spelled, but an aspidaster, as referred to in
the title, is a plant.
Gee, though, I wonder why this threads so popular. two seeks, and we
haven't even scratched the surface.
Roger Wiseman
In article <59ptn3$3...@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com>,
nice...@ix.netcom.com(Jeffrey French) wrote:
>In <19961224214...@ladder01.news.aol.com> mike...@aol.com
>(MikeDuell) writes:
>>
>recommend
>>the poetry of Hole and Dr. Dre.
>
>anything.
Jerry Goffin??????
--
cr...@ovnet.com (Crow(Roger Wiseman)) #(:)o]
Guitarist
__________________________________________
"Love is the answer..." John Lennon
Brett Pasternack
Quoting miller to All re: Re: Vote for the Stupidest McCartney
Lyricmi>From: mil...@sc.hp.com (Phil Miller)
mi>Subject: Re: Vote for the Stupidest McCartney Lyric
mi>"Bobby lived with Penny, but they never told their Daddy what their
mi>love was all about. It will be a seven, and I'll never get to heaven
"It will be L-Seven"--that is, L7, meaning square, the opposite of which is
C-Moon.
mi>if I fill my life with gloom -- What's it all about: C MOON!"
"If I fill my head with glue--what's it all to you?"
If you're going to criticize lyrics, at least know what they are.
At any rate, no one is going to call this profound poetry, but I personally
think the lyrics are fine for a song like this. And Paul has written some
terrific lyrics in his day, but see my piece in the latest 910 for my
thoughts on that...
* Wave Rider 1.20 [NR] *
... UNREGISTERED EVALUATION COPY
rick garvin
it in the pie!.........stupid!
SEA950
I gotta go with The Other Me from Pipes of War or was it Tug of Peace.
Macca is in his own world sometimes, but we must forgive him because he
has given us so much great music.
Brett Pasternack
Quoting exmusic to All re: Re: Vote for the Stupidest McCartney
Lyricex>From: exm...@worldnet.att.net
ex>Subject: Re: Vote for the Stupidest McCartney Lyric
ex>d. wrote:
> Obthread: "dustbin lid"--even though I like the song as a whole
ex>Me too...I always thought he should have said "little kid"...oh well
ex>for me it's Temporary secretary...whole thing.
Actually, "dustbin lid" is Cockney rhyming slang for "kid", so it does
indeed mean "I acted like a little kid", just a funnier way of saying it.
Similarly, Laurence Juber has a solo song called "A Bit Of A George",
referring to the Cockney rhyming slang of "a George Raft" (old movie actor)
for "a draft".
Brett Pasternack
>In article <59grrb$h...@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, dau...@prairienet.org (Sean
>Courtney) wrote:
> In a previous article, nort...@mindspring.com (d.) says:
>[someone else wrote:]
> >> Whatever happened to the life that we once knew
> >> Can we really live without each other
> >> *We did we loose the touch *
> >> *That seemed to mean so much*
> >> Paul really didn't put much thought into those.
> >Sorry to digress, but where did you hear this? These two lines were
> >written solely by Paul. They wrote it together. George actually re
> Actually, NONE of the Beatles wrote that part! Watch the movie
> _Goodfellas_. You'll hear a song in the background from a '60's girl
> group [don't know who--sorry!] WITH THE EXACT SAME LYRICS.
Um, what song would that be? The line "Whatever happened to the life that
we once knew" bears a close resemblence to a line is "Remember (Walkin' In
The Sand)" by The Shangri-Las, both musically and lyrically, and I suspect
that you are thinking of that. I don't think the lines under question, or
anything close to them, appear in that song, though.
Brett Pasternack
Quoting freeko to All re: Re: Vote for the Stupidest McCartney
Lyricfr>From: fre...@concentric.net (John Stewart)
fr>Subject: Re: Vote for the Stupidest McCartney Lyric
fr>Stupidest Harrison lyric
fr>"When we was Fab"
Over "Ding Dong Ding Dong"? Now THAT'S a bad lyric!
fr>Stupidest Lennon Lyric
fr>"john Sinclair"
fr>GOT TO GOT TO GOT TO GOT TO
I've always kind of liked that. What about "Angela". ("Angela, you're one
of the millions of political prisoners in the world..."
fr>Stupidest Ringo Lyric"
fr>"Gave it all up"
fr>Gave it all up for school
fr>gave it all up to be cool
B^)
Brett Pasternack
Quoting tinianov to All re: Re: Vote for the Stupidest McCartney
Lyricti>From: tini...@myna.com (Philip Tinianov)
ti>Subject: Re: Vote for the Stupidest McCartney Lyric
ti>In article <32BC36...@ix.netcom.com>, Doug Morris <dmor...@ix.netc
com> wrote:
>Post it boy wrote:
>>
>> I think in the song "The Other Me" the words "I acted like a dust b
>> lid" is the stupidest. Don't get me wrong, McCartney is the
>> greatest ever period. Anyone else can think of a stupid lyric?
>
>From "Live and Let Die":
>
>"But if this everchanging world in which we live in..."
>
>huh?
ti>Actually, it's"
ti>"But if this everchanging world in which we're living..."
ti>which makes a lot more sense and is grammatically better
That is gramatically better, but, unfortunately, what Doug typed is what
Paul actually sings.
Frank
"T Heinis" <high...@csinet.net> informed us:
>I thought the line read, "But IN this everchanging
>world which we live in". Not IF. Doesn't it depend
>on which version you hear?
You're missing a syllable - "If this ever changing world IN WHICH
we're LIVIN'"
Eric Senabre
--
I would say... Well...
"Well I saw Errol Flynn in a tiger skin..."
(move over busker)
------------------------------------------
Eric Senabre
123, Bd de Valmy
92700 Colombes
email : esen...@club-internet.fr
------------------------------------------
Jeffrey French
In <01bbf231$d96959a0$75101fce@highness> "T Heinis"
<high...@csinet.net> writes:
>
>
>I thought the line read, "But IN this everchanging
>world which we live in". Not IF. Doesn't it depend
>on which version you hear?
Hmm. Now I have to listen to it again. It would be a REAL shame if he's
singing:
"But In this everchanging world In which we live IN."
But not as bad, I suppose as:
"But, otherwise, that is to say, I mean, oh yes, but in this here
everchanging type of world in which we, you and me, live in."
Ava Rosenblum
> And let's not forgot Mac the pop-ditty writer.....
>
> Honey Pie you are making me crazy,
> I'm in love but I'm lazy
> won't you please come home
Aw, I love this side of Mr. McCartney . . .it's like Martha My Dear . .
. . . kinda 1920ish. very sweet to me -- conjures up images of old radio
singers.
a.r.
Bbrother
>>
>> HA! HA! HA! HA! I forgot about that one. It's kinda sad, actually,
>> because it's another of MACCA's attempts to preach instead of writing
>> good music. Which means, it probably meant a lot to him.
>>
>> The image I get is very comical. Because it's very stupid. Some
>> "bastard laughing his head off" at a coughing monkey is just... too
>> weird. Terible song, in any regard.
And let's not forgot Mac the pop-ditty writer.....Ebony & Ivory????
Honey Pie you are making me crazy,
I'm in love but I'm lazy
won't you please come home
Press????
Jeffrey French
In <32C175...@concourse.net> rick garvin <ri...@concourse.net>
writes:
>Jeffrey French wrote:
>>
>> >>"I saw a monkey that was learning to choke
>> >> A guy beside him gave him cigarettes to smoke
>> >> And every time that monkey started to cough
>> >> The bastard laughed his head off
>> >> Do you know what I mean?"
>> >>
>> >>Yea, Right . . .
>> >>
>> >>Earl
>> >
>>
>> because it's another of MACCA's attempts to preach instead of
writing
>> good music. Which means, it probably meant a lot to him.
>>
>> The image I get is very comical. Because it's very stupid. Some
>> "bastard laughing his head off" at a coughing monkey is just... too
>> weird. Terible song, in any regard.
>And the butter pie...butter pie? Yea the butter would'nt melt so I put
>it in the pie!.........stupid!
Yes, but when I was a child, that was one of the most fun parts of the
song to sing. In fact that whole song had me "doing voices" at a very
early age. Hmm. Maybe it's not so ironic that as a child I loved
Macca's lyrics best? (I'm talking 5-10 years old BTW)
BradGG
In <59va6k$a...@sjx-ixn5.ix.netcom.com> nice...@ix.netcom.com(Jeffrey
French) writes:
I don't mind stupid lyrics, per se, but the grammatical mangling of the
English language has always been a sore spot for me. Yes, Macca really is
singing "in which we live in", and I cringe every time I hear it. It's
not stupid so much as it's.... *wrong*. But, (slipping into dialect) "it
mightn't just be roight that whay".
Ah well, what can you do - have governmental control over artistic
licensing? (Yes sir, I'd like to apply for a permit for a dangling
preposition - and a license for my pet fish Eric....")
Brad
-------------------!!!
"Intel spends an average of $8,000 a year per for each PC to keep its internal PC network running, and that figure is probably close to what other corporations spend, Intel spokesman Tom Waldrop said."
>>>>OK, tell me that one about the PC vs. Mac Price advantage again.....
===================!!!
Mr.Kite
> fr>Stupidest Lennon Lyric
> fr>"john Sinclair"
>
> fr>GOT TO GOT TO GOT TO GOT TO
>
Wasn't that the song (or album) where John sang, "Free the prisoners, jail
the judges".
I never understood that. I would hate to see the day they decide to let
all the prisoners go free.
Murderers, rapists, thieves, etc.
Mr.Kite
Pat Wigfull
"I'm gonna love you 'til the cows come home"
BradGG
Brett Pasternack
Quoting freeko to All re: Re: Vote for the Stupidest McCartney
Lyricfr>From: fre...@concentric.net (John Stewart)
fr>Subject: Re: Vote for the Stupidest McCartney Lyric
fr>Stupidest Harrison lyric
fr>"When we was Fab"
Over "Ding Dong Ding Dong"? Now THAT'S a bad lyric!
fr>Stupidest Lennon Lyric
fr>"john Sinclair"
fr>GOT TO GOT TO GOT TO GOT TO
I've always kind of liked that. What about "Angela". ("Angela, you're one
of the millions of political prisoners in the world..."
fr>Stupidest Ringo Lyric"
fr>"Gave it all up"
fr>Gave it all up for school
fr>gave it all up to be cool
B^)
* Wave Rider 1.20 [NR] *
... UNREGISTERED EVALUATION COPY
Brett Pasternack
Brett Pasternack
ex>d. wrote:
LMH
Bbrother wrote:
>
> >>
> >> HA! HA! HA! HA! I forgot about that one. It's kinda sad, actually,
> >> because it's another of MACCA's attempts to preach instead of writing
> >> good music. Which means, it probably meant a lot to him.
> >>
> >> The image I get is very comical. Because it's very stupid. Some
> >> "bastard laughing his head off" at a coughing monkey is just... too
> >> weird. Terible song, in any regard.
>
>
> Honey Pie you are making me crazy,
> I'm in love but I'm lazy
> won't you please come home
>
> Press????
is still curling over that one.
Ramona
Kevin
Pat Wigfull <pwig...@rideau.carleton.ca> wrote:
>"I'm gonna love you 'til the cows come home"
Yeah, kind of hard to top that one.
Mr.Kite
> fr>Stupidest Lennon Lyric
> fr>"john Sinclair"
>
> fr>GOT TO GOT TO GOT TO GOT TO
>
Wasn't that the song (or album) where John sang, "Free the prisoners, jail
Pat Wigfull
T Heinis
I thought that way too at first. Then I listened to the lyrics.
When you put what he says before it, it makes sense.
"She loves her 'Biker Like An Icon'"
-----------------------------
LMH <sarahc...@psbnewton.com> wrote in article
<32C5CF...@psbnewton.com>...
Kevin
"Mr.Kite" <dis...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>I never understood that. I would hate to see the day they decide to let
>all the prisoners go free.
>Murderers, rapists, thieves, etc.
Well, I doubt if he was talking about people like Manson, etc. I think
he was refering to drug users, political aggitators, etc. Haven't
heard that song in a long time though.
Doug Morris
Kevin wrote:
>
> Pat Wigfull <pwig...@rideau.carleton.ca> wrote:
>
> >"I'm gonna love you 'til the cows come home"
>
"'Til the cows come home" is an old (stupid) americanism that John
probably picked up off of one of his american blues 45's back in his
Liverpool days.
Ron Drake
In article <5a4bdr$5...@nr1.vancouver.istar.net>, br...@cjbbs.com (Brett
Pasternack) wrote:
[ snip ]
>
> Over "Ding Dong Ding Dong"? Now THAT'S a bad lyric!
[ snip ]
Which brings to mind the worst Billy Preston lyric:
"...Just like a ping that's played without its pong..."
"(I Feel Like A) Sad Sad Song"
--Billy Preston "The Kids & Me"
D. Chisholm
..about his foot
Toot toot toot toot.
(London Town)
Norm Hill
So what? It's still stupid.
Mandy
Phil Miller
D. Chisholm (dand...@icons.net.ca) wrote:
: ..about his foot
: Toot toot toot toot.
: (London Town)
Don't it go: "Lazing on a sofa, on a Sunday afternoon, I was accosted
by a robber wearing a pink balloon about his foot -- toot,
toot. Silver rain was pouring through Benchly's coffee
grounds of London Town."
And then the next one goes: "Tiny crowd of Frenchmen, drinking German
beer, watching Charles De Gaulle wash his
feet. Cafe on the Left Bank, Oriental wine,
watching Paris girls ain't no crime."
Queen Elizabeth: "And for writing poetry essential to the *Crown*,
I dub thee Knight Maccus."
philll
Erik Van Nimwegen
Jeffrey French wrote:
>
> In <01bbf231$d96959a0$75101fce@highness> "T Heinis"
> <high...@csinet.net> writes:
> >
> >
> >I thought the line read, "But IN this everchanging
> >world which we live in". Not IF. Doesn't it depend
> >on which version you hear?
>
Well the lyrics go on to say: "makes you give it/in and cry.."
(not sure about that one right now myself).
To me this makes it clear that it should be "But iF this
everchanging...". I'm not a native speaker so maybe I'm mistaking here
but the syntax of the sentence doesn't make any sense to me if it says "
iN"... how would you place the "makes you give it and cry" otherwise?
--
Erik
Frank
br...@cjbbs.com (Brett Pasternack) informed us:
>That is gramatically better, but, unfortunately, what Doug typed is what
>Paul actually sings.
Ok...Ok...I disagree, but do you have to post it 59 times?
KWise
Norm Hill <nhi...@popd.ix.netcom.com> wrote in article
<32C821...@popd.ix.netcom.com>...
Oh, actually it's not stupid -- dairy cows get milked twice a day, and
between milkings they go out to pasture, at least during warm weather.
When "milking time" comes around (roughly 6am and 6pm), the cattle "come
home" of their own volition (they get fed during the process, and cattle
are very dumb and schedule-oriented). The cattle walk right in from the
pasture, and line up to wait to get into the barn.
So John was telling his girl that he would "love her" until 6am! Pretty
impressive! Hahahahahahaha....
Hey, it was only 1964. A much higher percentage of people lived out in the
country then...
K. Wise
PS: I bet PAUL likes that line!
DC...@mycomp.com
mil...@sc.hp.com (Phil Miller) wrote:
[stuff deleted]
>Don't it go: "Lazing on a sofa, on a Sunday afternoon, I was accosted
> by a robber wearing a pink balloon about his foot -- toot,
> toot. Silver rain was pouring through Benchly's coffee
> grounds of London Town."
HUH? I thought it was "Crawling down the pavement on a Sunday
afternoon I was arrested by a rozzer wearing a pink balloon about his
foot--toot toot toot toot Silver rain was falling down upon the dirty
ground of London Town."
But, then again, I guess you are just funning.
DC...@mycomp.com
nice...@ix.netcom.com(Jeffrey French) wrote:
>>>"I saw a monkey that was learning to choke
>>> A guy beside him gave him cigarettes to smoke
>>> And every time that monkey started to cough
>>> The bastard laughed his head off
>>> Do you know what I mean?"
>>>
>>>Yea, Right . . .
>>>
>>>Earl
>>
>HA! HA! HA! HA! I forgot about that one. It's kinda sad, actually,
>because it's another of MACCA's attempts to preach instead of writing
>good music. Which means, it probably meant a lot to him.
>The image I get is very comical. Because it's very stupid. Some
>"bastard laughing his head off" at a coughing monkey is just... too
>weird. Terible song, in any regard.
Oh STOP! I like this song.
I read like 20 responses to this question and no one has yet mentioned
the absolute worst:
"And I acted like a dustbin lid" from The Other Me from Pipes of Peace
which was a terrible follow up to the great Tug Of War.
Roger Wiseman
In article <59mjgc$8...@news.dowjones.com>, f...@worldnet.att.net (Frank) wrote:
>>Doug Morris wrote:
>>> From "Live and Let Die":
>>>
>>> "But if this everchanging world in which we live in..."
>>>
>>> huh?
>
Hmmmmmmmmm......nice going!...LOL!
Pat Wigfull
Phil Miller <mil...@sc.hp.com> wrote:
> Don't it go: "Lazing on a sofa, on a Sunday afternoon, I was accosted
> by a robber wearing a pink balloon about his foot -- toot,
> toot. Silver rain was pouring through Benchly's coffee
> grounds of London Town."
I thought it was:
"Hiding in a sideboard from a pursuant racoon, I was arrested by
a parka, flaying a dimpled moon covered with soot -- toot, toot,
toot, toot. Hilda Crane was boring Al upon the shakey grounds
of London's crown."
Those are the lyrics, aren't they?
Pat Wigfull
DC...@MyComp.Com wrote:
> I read like 20 responses to this question and no one has yet mentioned
> the absolute worst:
You should have read the first 20 responses... this was hit on right away!
Sorry, I didn't mean to blatantly point this out. I mean, it IS rather
pedantic and pretentious of me, and I feel quite bad about it. It's just
sometimes I lack the tact and sophistication required to make it in this
civilized society. I try and try, but often I just act like a dustbin lid.
Oh no! What did I just say?
Adrian305
"Dust Bin Lid" is an example of Cockney rhyming slang which means "kid".
So he was really saying: I acted like a kid. Its no more obscure than
that.
Michael J. Hess Jr.
That's funny,I could have sworn that a 'dust-bin' was a trash can and
that what he was saying was that he acted like the lid of a trash can. I
know this makes no since at all...so I guess this WOULD be his worst
lyric. Please,someone back me up on the English slang for 'trash can'
being 'dust bin'.
ANDREW B
In article <32C8FA...@pop.iquest.net>, "Michael J. Hess Jr."
<duck...@pop.iquest.net> writes
bin how ever the original post is correct too as dust bin lid is in fact
cockney ryming slang for KID
--
ANDREW B
rasm...@aol.com
In article <5aaafg$a...@bertrand.ccs.carleton.ca>, Pat Wigfull
<pwig...@rideau.carleton.ca> writes:
>I thought it was:
> "Hiding in a sideboard from a pursuant racoon, I was arrested by
> a parka, flaying a dimpled moon covered with soot -- toot, toot,
> toot, toot. Hilda Crane was boring Al upon the shakey grounds
> of London's crown."
>
>
Paul Wishes he could write lyrics that well. Sorta reminds me of that
other guy he used to work with.
peter tucker
SEA950 wrote:
>
> I gotta go with The Other Me from Pipes of War or was it Tug of Peace.
> Macca is in his own world sometimes, but we must forgive him because he
> has given us so much great music.
I've sometimes seen the "I acted like a dustbin lid" lyric from
"The Other Me" being laughed at, but I think it's rather sweet. Also in
the UK to call someone a dustbin lid is to be gently mocking to that
person - it's actually a colloquialism, not something that Mac made up.
I like the rest of the song lyrics too, and the melody. For me it's a
terrific track on an otherwise disappointing record.
Pete.
DC...@mycomp.com
rasm...@aol.com wrote:
How about his 1980 smash Hang It Up from McCartney II?
"You want a song with clever lyrics
One like the Beatles used to play
If you expect me to supply it
Then I just have to say
Hang it up (That's a riot)
Hang it up
You want the Beatles reunited,
Well you may as well forget it chum
I don't need John, George or Ringo
With Linda here to hum
Hang it up (That's a riot)
Hang it up"
No I didn't write it.
Kevin Lewis
Frank
digib...@aol.com (DigiBanana) informed us:
>"My vote for the Stupidest McCartney Lyric"
>I'm sorry. I love Paul's writing and I love Free As A Bird *but* I'd have
>to agree with George Harrison who refused to sing the second half of:
>Whatever happened to the life that we once knew
>Can we really live without each other
>*We did we loose the touch *
>*That seemed to mean so much*
>Those 3rd and 4th lines really make me gag.
Is English your first language?
If I thought the words were - "**We** did we **loose** the touch", I'd
probably gag too, because that doesn't make any sense.
Eric Hartvigsen
"I was there, I really was. At the centre of a love vibration."
Maybe it's not a bad line. Perhaps I'm just jealous because it is just
so tough to find a really good "love vibration" anymore (let alone to
find the *centre* of it!)...
DC...@mycomp.com
peter tucker <peter_...@hp-unitedkingdom-om2.om.hp.com> wrote:
> Pete.
Paul is smart enough to know that he sells more albums in the states
than in the UK. He should be smart enough to know that some of us
dumb Yankess (like me) think that he is talking about being a trach
can cover. As for best song on the album? Easily Pipes of Peace,
Keep Under Cover or Through Our Love beats The Other Me. I still
dislike the dust bin lid lyric. It surpassed "Like somebody had taken
the wheels off your car when you had somewhere to go" as dumbest line.
Norm Hill
KWise wrote:
>
>
> Oh, actually it's not stupid -- dairy cows get milked twice a day, and
> between milkings they go out to pasture, at least during warm weather.
> When "milking time" comes around (roughly 6am and 6pm), the cattle "come
> home"
> K. Wise
>
> PS: I bet PAUL likes that line!
Well, I'm not a cattle expert.
Mandy
rasm...@aol.com
In article <32CAC7...@popd.ix.netcom.com>, Norm Hill
<nhi...@popd.ix.netcom.com> writes:
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!