"Seasons in the Sun."
We had joy, we had fun
We went streaking in the sun
But the cops had the gun
And they shot us in the bun
At least that's how it went on our schoolyard.
How's it sit? Pretty cunning, don'tchya think?
Jayne ,'The Message'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
tommyrot - Mar 10, 2004 9:04:18 am PST #1482 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
DavidS - Mar 10, 2004 9:06:31 am PST #1483 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
At least that's how it went on our schoolyard.
I'll have to teach that one to Emmett.
The original was by Jacques Brel, of course. Rod McKuen did the translation into English. Terry Jacks, who had the big hit with it, was in a band called The Poppy Family (which my co-editor, Kim, wrote a big piece about in Scram).
Scrappy, if you ever got around to watching that Cassavetes movie I loaned you on tape, its got a Bobby Darin TV special on it afterwards with The Poppy Family.
Fred Pete - Mar 10, 2004 9:20:26 am PST #1484 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
Terry Jacks, who had the big hit with it, was in a band called The Poppy Family (which my co-editor, Kim, wrote a big piece about in Scram).
And your bubblegum book had a piece about the Poppy Family. "Which Way You Goin', Billy?" is a personal favorite -- great sound, but I keep thinking I'm missing something in the lyrics.
erinaceous - Mar 10, 2004 9:20:42 am PST #1485 of 10003
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
Boggling at Jacques Brel having written "Seasons in the Sun." But it all makes a weird kind of sense ...
DavidS - Mar 10, 2004 9:21:35 am PST #1486 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Boggling at Jacques Brel having written "Seasons in the Sun." But it all makes a weird kind of sense ...
Hey, its about death. It might be less sentimental in French.
Jesse - Mar 10, 2004 9:31:56 am PST #1487 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
"My Way"? Also French.
Alicia K - Mar 10, 2004 9:32:58 am PST #1488 of 10003
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
My only opinion of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs is very shallow. Every time I see a picture of the singer, I think she looks incredibly strange. There's something off about her face.
Hayden - Mar 10, 2004 9:34:31 am PST #1489 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Never heard the Memphis Goons, Hec, but I think I oughta.
Sean K - Mar 10, 2004 9:37:38 am PST #1490 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I had similar thoughts looking over the pictures at their web site, Alicia. There's some shots that make her look very attractive, and others that make her look completely wrecked.
DavidS - Mar 10, 2004 9:44:20 am PST #1491 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Never heard the Memphis Goons, Hec, but I think I oughta.
I remember Robot Hull's byline in Creem. Didn't realize he was so young, of course.