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themagicwand wrote:Down in the Tubestation at Midnight by the Jam, circa 1979. It's long so most of you will just scroll past, but those of you who actually read it will be rewarded with the greatest song lyric known to man ever.

The distant echo of faraway voices boarding faraway trains,
To take them home to the ones that they love and who love them forever.
The glazed, dirty steps repeat my own and reflect my thoughts
Cold and uninviting, partially naked
Except for toffee wrapers and this morning's paper - "Mr. Jones Got Run Down"
Headlines of death and sorrow - they tell of tomorrow - "Madmen on the Rampage!"
And I'm down in the tube station at midnight.

I fumble for change and pull out the queen, smiling, beguiling.
I put in the money and pull out a plum.
Behind me
Whispers in the shadows - gruff blazing voices
Hating, waiting
"Hey boy!" they shout. "Have you got any money?"
And I said, "I've a little money and a take away curry,
I'm on my way home to my wife.
She'll be lining up the cutlery, you know shes expecting me,
Polishing the glasses and pulling out the cork."
And I'm down in the tube station at midnight

I first felt a fist, and then a kick, I could now smell their breath.
They smelt of pubs and wormwood scrubs and too many right wing meetings.
My life swam around me, it took a look and drowned me in its own existence.
The smell of brown leather, it blended in with the weather
It filled my eyes, ears, nose and mouth
It blocked all my senses
Couldn't see, hear, speak any longer
And I'm down in the tube station at midnight
I said I was down in the tube station at midnight

The last thing that I saw as I lay there on the floor
Was "jesus saves" painted by an atheist nutter
And a British Rail poster read "Have an Awayday - a Cheap Holiday - Do it Today!"
I glanced back on my life and thought about my wife
because they took the keys - and she'll think its me.

And I'm down in the tube station at midnight.
The wine will be flat and the curry's gone cold.

One of my favourite songs of all time! Brings back some fantastic memories!

note so self : no one cares. your voice is average
in worried piles I typed for miles and noone noticed
I will begin
I will put right
this morning terror
I have been kissed
between the ears
by human error
leave me here to my devices
I need a word to change my life

When Down By Law covered The Proclaimers...

When I haver,
Whatever that means,
I'm gonna be the man that havers next to you

Frank Zappa - Packard Goose

Information is
Not knowledge
Knowledge is
Not wisdom
Wisdom is not truth
Truth is not beauty
Beauty is not love
Love is not music
Music is the best...
Wisdom is the domain
Of the wis
(which is extinct).


Frank Zappa - Cosmick debris

The mystery man came over
And he said Im outta sight!
He said for a nominal service charge
I could reach nirvana tonight
If I was ready, willing and able
To pay him his regular fee
He would drop all the rest of
His pressing affairs and devote
His attention to me

But I said look here brother
Who you jiving with that cosmik debris?
Now who you jiving with that cosmik debris?
Look here brother, dont waste your time on me

The mystery man got nervous
And he fidget around a bit
He reached in the pocket of his mystery robe
And he whipped out a shaving kit
Now I thought it was a razor
And a can of foaming goo
But he told me right then when the top popped open
There was nothin his box wont do
With the oil of aphrodite, and the dust of the grand wazoo
He said you might not believe this, little fella
But itll cure your asthma too

And I said look here brother
Who you jiving with that cosmik debris?
Now what kind of a guru are you, anyway?
Look here brother, dont waste your time on me
(dont waste your time)

Ive got troubles of my own, I said
And you cant help me out
So, take your meditations and your preparations
And ram it up your snout!
But I got the crystal ball, he said
And held it to the ligh
So I snatched it, all away from him
And I showed him how to do it right

I wrapped a newspaper round my head
So I looked like I was deep
I said some mumbo-jumbo, then
I told him he was going to sleep
I robbed his rings and pocketwatch
And everything else I found
I had that sucker hypnotized
He couldnt even make a sound
I proceeded to tell him his future, then
As long as he was hanging around
I said the price of meat has just gone up
And your old lady has just gone down!

And I said look here brother-who you
Jiving with that cosmik debris?
Now is that a real poncho or is that a sears poncho?
Dont you know, you could make more money as a butcher?
So, dont waste your time on me
Dont waste it, dont waste your time on me

"I saw two shooting stars last night,
I wished on them, but they were only satelites,
It's wrong to wish on space hardware,
I wish, I wish, I wish you cared"

New England by Kirsty MacColl but ackchewlly written by Billy Bragg.

Chokes me up every time.

Seeing as we've had some Bragg, one of my favs of his

Shirley,
it's quite exciting to be sleeping here in this new room
Shirley,
you're my reason to get out of bed before noon
Shirley,
you know when we sat out on the fire escape talking
Shirley,
what did you say about running before we were walking

Sometimes when we're as close as this
It's like we're in a dream
How can you lie there and think of England
When you don't even know who's in the team

Shirley,
your sexual politics have left me all of a muddle
Shirley,
we are joined in the ideological cuddle

I'm celebrating my love for you
With a pint of beer and a new tattoo
And if you haven't noticed yet
I'm more impressionable when my cement is wet

Politics and pregnancy
Are debated as we empty our glasses
And how I love those evening classes

Shirley,
you really know how to make a young man angry
Shirley,
can we get through the night without mentioning family

The people from your church agree
It's not much of a career
Trying the handles of parked cars
Whoops, there goes another year
Whoops, there goes another pint of beer

Here we are in our summer years
Living on icecream and chocolate kisses
Would the leaves fall from the trees
If I was your old man and you WAS my missus

Shirley,
give my greetings to the new brunette

VoodooMick wrote:"I saw two shooting stars last night,
I wished on them, but they were only satelites,
It's wrong to wish on space hardware,
I wish, I wish, I wish you cared"

New England by Kirsty MacColl but ackchewlly written by Billy Bragg.

Chokes me up every time.

Bloody brilliant stuff!

Billy Bragg also wrote:Thanks all the same,
But I just can't bring myself to answer your letters.
It's not your fault,
But your honesty touches me like a fire.
The polaroids that hold us together,
Will surely fade away.
Like the love that we spoke of forever,
On St. Swithin's day...

Complete choker, that. Covered very nicely by Dubstar.

Warren Zevon: Splendid Isolation

I want to live alone in the desert
I want to be like Georgia O'Keefe
I want to live on the Upper East Side
And never go down in the street

Splendid Isolation
I don't need no one
Splendid Isolation

I just identify with it some times.

link for that song and a few others here

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=awhGI0_o90s
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nre64whxt4A
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky-JTAPhmUo

The Real Thing by Faith No More, in particular:

To touch the roots of experience
The most basic ingredients
To see the unseen glitter of life
And feel the dirt, grief, anger and strife
Cherish the certainly of now

and

Like the echoes of your childhood laughter, ever after
Like the first time love urged you to take it's guidance, in silence
Like your heartbeat when you realize you're dying, but you're trying
Like the way you cry for a happy ending, ending...

Before, I would've let you know
Your intentions seem right
For now I feel content with what we've done
For now I feel content with what we've...
Thank you for the answers
At the bottom of that
You said all the things you could say
What about the base runners
We've settled on a distance
It's glorious
It's glorious
This is my reaction to your mistake
Just lead the way to your fate
I'm begging for attention I've opened the door
Your picture frame is cracked
And we've warned you
The picture frame is cracked
I keep on wanting you to find
Your picture frame is cracked
I give one more year

Thank you for the answers
At the bottom of that
You said all the things you could say
What about the base runners
We've settled on a distance
It's glorious
It's glorious
This is my reaction to your mistake
Just lead the way to your fate
I'm begging for attention I've opened the door


Maybe it's just me but I love this song.

Frank Zappa

"If god made man in his image then god is dumb all over and a little ugly on the side"

Johnny Cash

"When I was just a baby my momma told me son, always be a good boy and don't ever play with guns, so I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die"

Roger Waters, (just about everying he wrote, but..."

"It all makes perfect sense when explained in dollars and cents..."

Joe Walsh

"I have an office called records on the wall, just leave a message maybe I'll call"

The name of this one eludes me at the moment.

"It's the end of the world and I know it, and I feel fine."

"I am gonna make it through this year if it kills me"

The Mountain Goats

VoodooMick wrote:"I saw two shooting stars last night,
I wished on them, but they were only satelites,
It's wrong to wish on space hardware,
I wish, I wish, I wish you cared"

New England by Kirsty MacColl but ackchewlly written by Billy Bragg.

Chokes me up every time.

Also from the same song:

I put you on a pedestal,
You put me on the pill

From Rod Stewarts Youre in my Heart

..the high class lady with the Dutch accent
Tried to change my point of view
Her ad libbed lines were well rehearsed
but my heart goes out to you

This song always makes me incredibly sad - "I Fought in a War" by Belle & Sebastian.


I fought in a war
And I left my friends behind me
To go looking for the enemy
But it wasn't very long

Before I was there
With another boy infront of me
And a corpse that just fell into me
With the bullets flying round.

And I reminded myself of the words you said
When we were getting on
And I bet you're making shells back home
For a steady boy to wear
Round his neck, well it won't hurt to think of you
As if you're waiting for
This letter to arrive, because I'll be here quite a while.

great thread. I have just spent hours down memory lane. there is just too much stuff ou there.
My faves have to be pink floyd and led zep
plus an abscure band from the seventies called van de graph generator

ALL, every word of dark side of the moon is exquisite.
A better album than this just does not exist. I did not however say that there are not some of equal excelence

from have a ciger by pink floyd the lines

The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think.
Oh by the way, which one's Pink?

always make me laugh

led zep i like the lyrics for ramble on and thank you

frank zappa is genius

bob dylan also

gosh need to lock myself away for a few days now with my record collection