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“Lovin’ yo-oo is easy 'cause you’re byooti-fulll”
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I will defend this song on the following grounds:
Full pardon from the governor…case closed!
People, we’ve done this before.
I know, and you know, that there is only one song that holds this position.
I give you “Dear Mr. Jesus.”
[QUOTE=lobotomyboy63]
I will defend this song on the following grounds:
Full pardon from the governor…case closed!
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I’m sending in the National Guard to stop this travesty…that song is a danger to eardrums and spinal cords.
[QUOTE=ArizonaTeach]
I think he’s referring to…
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One of the most perfect opportunities for song parody, and “Weird Al” nailed it.
Easily among the best of his parody songs.
[QUOTE=lobotomyboy63]
I will defend this song on the following grounds:
Full pardon from the governor…case closed!
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I did not know this (the daughter part). I was wondering why she got to do so many of the black female characters (she’s good too). I defend this song too on the grounds that:
So there.
[QUOTE=Mr. Miskatonic]
I’m sending in the National Guard to stop this travesty…that song is a danger to eardrums and spinal cords.
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5-4 and I see your National Guard and raise you a full battalion. Don’t make us get out the starship cruiser!
Actually today I was in Walgreens and I knew we had left one out when it came across the store speakers:
And sometimes when we touch
The honesty’s too much
I actually said “NO!” out loud.
[QUOTE=Chris Moise]
It’s an autobiographical song based on a period in composer Jimmy Webb’s life when he lost a great love of his life. At the time Webb lived near MacArthur Park in Los Angeles and he and his love used to go there together. In the song he is going back there alone after she has gone, thinking about where they went and what they did, replaying everything in his head and mourning the loss of the relationship, wondering if he’ll ever love anyone as much or if this was love of his life.
People tend to take the line “Someone left a cake out in the rain” a little too literally, it is just symbolic of something wonderful and sweet that has been destroyed because of neglect. The lyrics can be a little overly romantic and overwrought, but that just captures the way love and loss can be blown completely out of proportion by the person involved. Hope that helps.
The songfacts website is a festival of misinformation.
Nope. See above. It also has nothing to do with Hashish. Webb has discussed this many times in interviews.
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Thanks for this!
That’s 3 different interpretations I’ve heard so far. This one, the wedding one and one that says it’s an environmental protest song.
Doesn’t matter. It’s still the cheesiest.
Don’t Give Up On Us Baby, David Soul. Cheesy lyrics and sung by someone whose primary career is (was) acting.
Love it though.
[QUOTE=Nzinga, Seated]
Dammit, I just realized my post was clear as mud. I mean they did a take on the MacArthur Park song.
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I was kinda hoping it was Disco Duck, actually.
Ernie, Who Drove The Fastest Milkcart In The West.
Two of the cheesiest songs that popped into my head were from when I was a young girl. Wildfire by Michael Martin Murphy (Wiiiiiiiiiiiiild-fire) already metioned by Xema and
~drumroll~
Coward of the County by Kenny Rogers. My friends and I loved that song when it came out – but at least we had the excuse of being young and pre-teen girls. That song spent 2 weeks at Number 1 – what was everybody else’s excuse?
Oh, and Mr. Miskatonic, what’s really fun is discovering Punk Covers of some of these songs. Talk about cognitive dissonance…