The second was a solo effort. He later went on to record his Hearts and Boner album, featuring the single Rene and Georgia Magritte with Their Dog After the Bar, the subject of which I really don’t want to discuss…
Boring day at work. Here are some more:
Willie and Julio buy a truck and try another line of work. Their advertising jingle: To All The Girls We’ve Moved Before
Sam and Dave sing about a ballplayer who can’t hit a fair ball: Foul Man
Tennesee Ernie Ford sings about a meeting of organized crime bosses: Sixteen Dons
Lobo’s song of teenage woes: A Pimple Man
Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s sing about their favorite Olympic race event: Relay
Randy Newman’s tribute to the crew cut: Shorn People
The song where the Sex Pistols forget the words: Anarchy in the Um…
When I forget to shower, I get The Rind Beneath my Wings
There’s always Survivor’s tribute to Winnie the Pooh, Eye of the Tigger
House of Pain promoted promiscious sex with their song Hump Around
Little known fact: The Byrds were also pyromaniacs, as demonstrated by their song, Burn, Burn Burn and Fecalphieliacs (sp?) shown by the sequal Turd, Turd, Turd
Lastly,it was recently reveald that the BeeGees were actually communists, as we find in their hit single, Stalin Alive
Billy Idle’s foray into interior decorating - White Bedding
Martin Paige’s idolatry - Mouse of Stone and Light
Men At Work’s staggering portrayal of. . .solo. . .activities - Hand Down Under
The Proclaimers’ ode to the mason - I Would Wall Five Hundred Miles
REO Speedwagon, making sure their stoned buddy is still alive - Keep On Moving, You
There’s always this theme of love, isn’t there? Let’s start with Edgar Bergman’s love for Charlie McCarthy: Dummy, Dummy, Dummy, I’ve Got Love In My Tummy…The Cure achieved a minor hit with their paen to Anne Rice, Love Bats…Cyndi Lauper resolved the sapphic side of her catholic childhood with her Girls Just Wanna Have Nun…Bonnie Tyler reimagined the geometry of love in Total Ellipse of the Heart…Sting’s autoerotic near-drowning inspired the Police’s number-one effort, King of Vain…
And then there are the those that are just odd, like Dusty Springfield’s interwining jealousy and the search for alternative energy sources in Windmills of Your Minx…David Byrne must have been a bit peckish when he recorded the Talking Heads version of Take Me to the Liver, which Bed Bath & Beyond now uses as subliminal music under the title Take Me to the Ricer…And finally, speaking of advertising, Ford and Firestone have joined together on a new ad campaign using the Doors’ Light My Tire…
Darn you people! Once I was content to be a casual lurker on this board. Now this game has invaded my consciousness. Resistance is futile. So, my first post. Please be kind if my coding isn’t spot on.
“Cuff the Magic Dragon.” Whaddya know! The song WAS about marijuana after all. Book 'im, Dano.
“If You Could Bread My Mind.” Gordon Lightfoot gets into Hannibal Lecter territory.
“Stranglers in the Night.” Ditto Frank Sinatra.
“Hang on, Sloppy.” The McCoys offer succor to the organizationally impaired.
“Smackwaiter Jack.” Carol King sings about a guy who finally got fed up with the snooty staff of a French restaurant.
“That’s Amon-Re.” Dean Martin teaches a course in Egyptian mythology.
“The Girl from Ip-enema.” Tubes and pans and gloves and jelly, The girl from Ip-enema goes walking. And when she passes, each one she passes goes – AHHHHHH!!!
“Invisible Couch.” Genesis can’t figure out where to crash.
“Up, Up and Awry.” The Fifth Dimension’s balloon trip goes horribly wrong.