Pharaoh Overlord’s 5th album opens with the line “THIS IS PHAROAH OVERLORD 5” shouted by Aaron Turner.
Pharoah Overlord’s 6th album does have a song than begins with “THIS IS PHAROAH OVERLORD SIX!” but is in the middle of the album.
I’ve seen the bright lights of Memphis
And the Commodore Hotel
And underneath a street lamp, I met a southern belle
Oh, she took me to the river, where she cast her spell
And in that southern moonlight, she sang this song so well…
I see Elvis Costello has been mentioned a few times, so I offer this of his:
“Sheep to the slaughter, oh I thought this must be love”
- “Big Sister’s Clothes”
I don’t make no money
I don’t make no money
Because I make
Bad decisions
- Piss Test - No Money
(yep, thinking about it because it’s one of my N entries in the MMM song polls)
Well, when you’re sitting there in your silk upholstered chair
Talking to some rich folks that you know
- Dead Flowers, Mick & Keith
I come from down in the valley, where mister when you’re young,
They bring you up to do, like your daddy done
- The River, Springsteen
Johnny’s in the basement mixing up the medicine,
I’m on the pavement thinking ‘bout the government
- Subterranean Homesick Blues, Dylan
Oh, why does she sing her sad songs for me?
I’m not the one to tenderly bring her soft sympathy
I’ve just begun to see my way clear and it’s plain if I stop I will fall
I can lay down a tear for her pain, just a tear and that’s all
- For the Sake of the Song, Townes Van Zandt
My lover comes to me with a rose on her bosom
The moon’s dancin’ purple
All through her black hair
- Our Mother the Mountain, Townes Van Zandt
Won’t you lend your lungs to me, mine are collapsing
- Lungs, Townes Van Zandt
Admittedly, I’m partial to Townes
One I remembered a little while ago. Oh Mr Peanut by Ian Dury And The Blockheads.
Oi , rotten hat, where’d you get that haircut?
Brent Cross Shopping Centre?
I bet your mother feeds you with a catapult
j
Actually I shave my head bald.
" (Idiot Giggle)…Wipe Out"
The Surfaris “Wipe Out”
ornges … the word is ornges
this somehow triggered:
I jumped out the window,
To get to the parking-lot,
Living Color “Flying”, and yes, the context makes this possibly the most cynic song ever
Well, my friends are gone and my hair is grey
I ache in the places where I used to play
Tower of Songs, L. Cohen
Kern River (Merle Haggard)
I’ll never swim kern river again
It was there that i met her it was there i lost my best friend
And now i live in the mountains i drifted up here with the wind
And i may drown in still water
But I’ll never swim kern river again
The Story (Brandi Carlile)
All of these lines across my face
Tell you the story of who I am
So many stories of where I’ve been
And how I got to where I am
I love your choices.
“Stereo” by Pavement
Pigs they tend to wiggle when they walk
Propulsive late 90’s electronica provides a constant background to a frantic 20 minute quest, starting with these lines whisper/sung in the background:
I wish I was a hunter in search of different food
I wish I was the animal which fits into that mood
I wish I was a person with unlimited breath
I wish I was a heartbeat that never comes to rest