The Gratuitous Classic Rock Quoting Thread

[Chichiri]

"Forward he cried from the rear
And the front rank died
The general sat, and the lines on the map
Moved from side to side"
--Pink Floyd, "Us And Them"

[rwenos]

1. And it's One, Two, Three . . .

What're we fighting for?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn;
Next stop is Viet Nam.
Why oh why I wonder why
Are we all gonna die.

[rwenos]

5. Full Text: Country Joe and the Fish

Yeah, come on all of you, big strong men,
Uncle Sam needs your help again.
He's got himself in a terrible jam
Way down yonder in Vietnam
So put down your books and pick up a gun,
We're gonna have a whole lotta fun.

And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

Well, come on generals, let's move fast;
Your big chance has come at last.
Gotta go out and get those reds —
The only good commie is the one who's dead
And you know that peace can only be won
When we've blown 'em all to kingdom come.

And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

Huh!

Well, come on Wall Street, don't move slow,
Why man, this is war au-go-go.
There's plenty good money to be made
By supplying the Army with the tools of the trade,
Just hope and pray that if they drop the bomb,
They drop it on the Viet Cong.

And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam.
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

Well, come on mothers throughout the land,
Pack your boys off to Vietnam.
Come on fathers, don't hesitate,
Send 'em off before it's too late.
Be the first one on your block
To have your boy come home in a box.

And it's one, two, three
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam.
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

[acmavm]

2. Okay

Out here in the fields
I fought for my meals
I get my back into my livin'
I don't need to fight
To prove I'm right
I don't need to be forgiven
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
--The Who, Baba O'Riley

[Initech]

3. One from Frank Zappa

"You know, these days, the church is in a terrible state. The bucks just arent rolling in like they used to. But when the church wants to get your money, they come up with a new gimmick to make you spend to go to heaven. I know you dont know what I'm talking about, but what the fuck. When the church wants to get your money, they remind you about hell. And if you commit a sin, you're going to go to hell. Some people say that if you fuck somebody, this is a sin. This may or may not be true.

Like this boy over here, he not only fucked somebody with his organ,

But he also fucked somebody with a guitar

With an umbrella

With a shoe

With an enema bag

And what else?

Some peoples say this is a sin. And if you sin, you're going to go to hell.

Well, there aint no hell.

There is no hell.

There is no hell.

There is only......... FRANCE!"

[hfojvt]

4. "They decorated all the generals

who fought the war behind the lines
they had forgotten all the soldiers
the brandy puts them way behind the times"
Asia "Wildest Dreams"

is that classic? It should be.

[ForrestGump]

6. The bigger the cushion, the sweeter the pushin'

That's what I said
The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand
Or so I have read
My baby fits me like a flesh tuxedo
I love to sink her with my pink torpedo

Big Bottom - Tap

[Atlas Mugged]

13. I love that song

Talk about mud flaps, my girl's got 'em

[Initech]

19. Our amps go to 11!

[Spider Jerusalem]

7. Time and again I tell myself, I'll stay clean tonight...

but the little green wheels are following me
Oh no, not again

[dbt]

8. Woke up this mornin, I got myself a beer.

Woke up this mornin, I got myself a beer.
The future's uncertain and the end is always near.

"Roadhouse Blues" by The Doors

:smoke:

[Squeech]

9. A short history of Fleetwood Mac

Now when I talk to God I knew he'd understand
He said son stick by me and I'll be your guiding hand

But don't ask me what I think of you
I might not give the answer that you want me to

Oh well...

[tonekat]

10. Another from Zappa

Flakes:

I'm a moron, 'n' this is my wife
She's frosting a cake
With a paper knife
All what we got here's
American made
It's a little bit cheesey,
But it's nicely displayed
Well we don't get excited when it
Crumbles 'n' breaks
We just get on the phone
And call up some flakes
They rush on over
'N' wreck it some more
'N' we are so dumb
They're linin' up at our door
Well, the toilet went crazy
Yersterday afternoon
The plumber he says
*Never flush a tampoon!*
This great information
Cost me half a week's pay
And the toilet blew up
Later on the next day-ay-eee-ay
Blew up the next day
WOO-OOO

[Initech]

18. How about this one

Well I'm about to get sick
From watchin' my TV
Been checkin' out the news
Until my eyeballs fail to see
I mean to say that every day
Is just another rotten mess
And when it's gonna change, my friend
Is anybody's guess

So I'm watchin' and I'm waitin'
Hopin' for the best
Even think I'll go to prayin'
Every time I hear 'em sayin'
That there's no way to delay
That trouble comin' every day
No way to delay
That trouble comin' every day

Wednesday I watched the riot . . .
Seen the cops out on the street
Watched 'em throwin' rocks and stuff
And chokin' in the heat
Listened to reports
About the whisky passin' 'round
Seen the smoke and fire
And the market burnin' down
Watched while everybody
On his street would take a turn
To stomp and smash and bash and crash
And slash and bust and burn

And I'm watchin' and I'm waitin'
Hopin' for the best
Even think I'll go to prayin'
Every time I hear 'em sayin'
That there's no way to delay
That trouble comin' every day
No way to delay
That trouble comin' every day

Well, you can cool it,
You can heat it . . .
'Cause, baby, I don't need it . . .
Take your TV tube and eat it
'N all that phony stuff on sports
'N all the unconfirmed reports
You know I watched that rotten box
Until my head begin to hurt
From checkin' out the way
The newsman say they get the dirt
Before the guys on channel so-and-so

And further they assert
That any show they'll interrupt
To bring you news if it comes up
They say that if the place blows up
They will be the first to tell,
Because the boys they got downtown
Are workin' hard and doin' swell,
And if anybody gets the news
Before it hits the street,
They say that no one blabs it faster
Their coverage can't be beat

And if another woman driver
Gets machine-gunned from her seat
They'll send some joker with a brownie
And you'll see it all complete

So I'm watchin' and I'm waitin'
Hopin' for the best
Even think I'll go to prayin'
Every time I hear 'em sayin'
That there's no way to delay
That trouble comin' every day
No way to delay
That trouble comin' every day

Hey, you know something people?
I'm not black
But there's a whole lots a times
I wish I could say I'm not white

Well, I seen the fires burnin'
And the local people turnin'
On the merchants and the shops
Who used to sell their brooms and mops
And every other household item
Watched the mob just turn and bite 'em
And they say it served 'em right
Because a few of them are white,
And it's the same across the nation
Black and white discrimination
Yellin' "You can't understand me!"
'N all that other jazz they hand me
In the papers and TV and
All that mass stupidity
That seems to grow more every day
Each time you hear some nitwit say
He wants to go and do you in
Because the color of your skin
Just don't appeal to him
(No matter if it's black or white)
Because he's out for blood tonight

You know we got to sit around at home
And watch this thing begin
But I bet there won't be many live
To see it really end
'Cause the fire in the street
Ain't like the fire in the heart
And in the eyes of all these people
Don't you know that this could start
On any street in any town
In any state if any clown
Decides that now's the time to fight
For some ideal he thinks is right
And if a million more agree
There ain't no Great Society
As it applies to you and me
Our country isn't free
And the law refuses to see
If all that you can ever be
Is just a lousy janitor
Unless your uncle owns a store
You know that five in every four
Just won't amount to nothin' more
Gonna watch the rats go across the floor
And make up songs about being poor

- From the song "Trouble Every Day" on Freak Out

The funny thing is, that song was written 35 YEARS before Bush took office.

[Magrittes Pipe]

11. 'Cause I'm a fool for the city

I'm a fool for the city
Fool for the city
I'm a fool for the city


FOGHAT RULES! :bounce:

[Burma Jones]

12. Ramones - Havana Affair and Commando

"Havana Affair"
PT-boat on the way to Havana
I used to make a living, man
Pickin' the banana.
Now I'm a guide for the CIA
Hooray for the USA!

Baby, baby, make me a loco
Baby, baby, make me a mambo

Sent to spy on a Cuban talent show
First stop- Havana au go-go
I used to make a living, man
Pickin' the banana
Hooray for Havana!



"COMMANDO"

They do their best, they do what they can
They get them ready for Viet Nam

From old Hanoi to East Berlin
Commando - involved again

They do their best, they do what they can
They get them ready for Viet Nam

First rule is: The laws of Germany
Second rule is: Be nice to mommy
Third rule is: Don't talk to commies
Fourth rule is: Eat kosher salamis

[Magrittes Pipe]

14. For asthmaticeog:

This old town's been home long as I remember
This town's gonna be here long after I'm gone
East side, West side, give up or surrender
Been down, but I still rock on...

Oh, and this town is my town, alright?
Love or hate it,
It don't matter, 'cause I'm gonna stand and fight
This town is my town
She's got her ups and downs
But love or hate it, it don't matter,
'cause this is my town

This old town is where I learned about lovin'
This old town is where I learned to hate
This town, buddy, has done its share of shovin'
This town taught me that it's never too late

Oh, and this town is my town, alright?
Love or hate it,
It don't matter, 'cause I'm gonna stand and fight
This town is my town
She's got her ups and downs
But love or hate it, it don't matter,
'cause this is my town

THIS IS MY TOWN! THIS IS MY TOWN! THIS IS MY TOWN! THIS IS MY TOWN!

[asthmaticeog]

16. YEEEAAAAAHHHHH!!!

MSB! MSB! MSB! MSB!

[JimmyJazz]

15. Yankee dollar talk

To the dictators of the world
In fact it's giving orders
An' they can't afford to miss a word

I'm so bored with the U...S...A...
But what can I do?

[Strawman]

17. Come down with fire

Lift my spirit higher
Someone's screaming my name
Come and make me holy again
I'm the man on the silver mountain

Rainbow - Man on the Silver Mouintain

[Felix Mala]

20. Life During Wartime - Talking Heads

Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons,
Packed up and ready to go
Heard of some gravesites, out by the highway,
A place where nobody knows
The sound of gunfire, off in the distance,
I’m getting used to it now
Lived in a brownstore, lived in the ghetto,
I’ve lived all over this town

This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco,
This ain’t no fooling around
No time for dancing, or lovey dovey,
I ain’t got time for that now

Transmit the message, to the receiver,
Hope for an answer some day
I got three passports, a couple of visas,
You don’t even know my real name
High on a hillside, the trucks are loading,
Everything’s ready to roll
I sleep in the daytime, I work in the nightime,
I might not ever get home

This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco,
This ain’t no fooling around
This ain’t no mudd club, or c. b. g. b.,
I ain’t got time for that now

Heard about houston? heard about detroit?
Heard about pittsburgh, p. a.?
You oughta know not to stand by the window
Somebody might see you up there
I got some groceries, some peant butter,
To last a couple of days
But I ain’t got no speakers, ain’t got no
Heaphones, ain’t got no records to play

Why stay in college? why go to night school?
C'mon be different this time
Can’t write a letter, can’t send a postcard,
I can’t write nothing at all
This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco,
This ain’t no fooling around
I’d like to kiss you, I’d love you hold you
I ain’t got no time for that now

Trouble in transit, got through the roadblock,
We blended in with the crowd
We got computers, we’re tapping phone lines,
I know that that ain’t allowed
We dress like students, we dress like housewives,
Or in a suit and a tie
I changed my hairstyle, so many times now,
I don’t know what I look like!
You make me shiver, I feel so tender,
We make a pretty good team
Don’t get exhausted, I’ll do some driving,
You ought to get some sleep
Get your instructions, follow directions,
Then you should change your address
Maybe tomorrow, maybe the next day,
Whatever you think is best
Burned all my notebooks, what good are
Notebooks? They won’t help me survive
My chest is aching, burns like a furnace,
The burning keeps me alive
Try to stay healthy, physical fitness,
Don’t want to catch no disease
Try to be careful, don’t take no chances,
You better watch what you say

[ksilvas]

21. Ozzy when in Sabbath-" Oh Lord Yea!" insert when needed.

[Felix Mala]

22. Hair

We starve-look
At one another
Short of breath
Walking proudly in our winter coats
Wearing smells from laboratories
Facing a dying nation
Of moving paper fantasy
Listening for the new told lies
With supreme visions of lonely tunes

Somewhere
Inside something there is a rush of
Greatness
Who knows what stands in front of
Our lives
I fashion my future on films in space
Silence
Tells me secretly
Everything
Everything

Our space songs on a spider web sitar
Life is around you and in you
Answer for Timothy Leary, dearie

Let the sunshine
Let the sunshine in
The sunshine in
Let the sunshine
Let the sunshine in
The sunshine in
Let the sunshine
Let the sunshine in
The sun shine in...

[Tikki]

23. "Bop Helium Bar Tonight"............

.....The Weirdos, "Helium Bar".