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Mon Jan-12-04 12:26 PM
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Edited on Mon Jan-12-04 12:26 PM by NightTrain
As you may know, my workplace plays a godawful Lite Rock station all goddamned day. A little while ago, I was unlucky enough to have heard them play Neil Diamond's "I Am...I Said," whose refrain has to be one of the stupidest ever written! To wit....
I am, I said to no one there. But no one replied at all, not even the chair.
Now let me get this straight: Diamond found it worth noting that the chair didn't reply to him? Do the man's word usually elicit a response from the living-room furniture? Or is Neil Diamond just a hack who couldn't write a good shopping list?
Perhaps I'm being too hard on the man. Maybe I need to turn on my heartlight and get some love on the rocks from Cracklin' Rosie or Sweet Caroline. :puke:
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Mon Jan-12-04 12:28 PM
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Mon Jan-12-04 12:31 PM
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4. That license ought to be revoked! |
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Mon Jan-12-04 12:28 PM
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2. Pack up the babies and grab the old ladies...cuz everyone |
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know's...
It's Brother Love's show.
I love Neil Diamond. Catchy tunes...good housecleaning stuff. :hi:
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Mon Jan-12-04 12:29 PM
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3. Have you read Dave Barry's book |
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Edited on Mon Jan-12-04 12:36 PM by wtmusic
"The Worst Pop Songs"? He quotes that song and many other chestnuts, like "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro...xcuse me :puke:
It's VERY funny.
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Mon Jan-12-04 12:31 PM
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5. Oh come on, not Honey. That song has made me sob since I |
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was 8. I don't care if it's cheesy...it's a tearjerker. :(
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Mon Jan-12-04 12:37 PM
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the line about 'she hugged my neck'? Well, to each his/her own... :-)
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Mon Jan-12-04 12:38 PM
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15. Hey, I hug my husband's neck all the time. Somethimes really |
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Mon Jan-12-04 12:31 PM
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and the book is so hilarious it's almost impossible to read it.
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Mon Jan-12-04 12:36 PM
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Mon Jan-12-04 12:31 PM
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7. No. Never even heard of it! |
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Sounds like I oughta check it out, though.
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Mon Jan-12-04 12:53 PM
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20. The book is a result of a survey Barry did. |
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With the warning, introduction, survey results and credits, only 94 pages. But it is hilarious.
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Mon Jan-12-04 12:37 PM
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13. Do you mean Dave Barry's " Book of Bad Songs" ? |
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Edited on Mon Jan-12-04 12:40 PM by Kerryfan
It is a scream. My favorite is: A Horse With No Name. You are in a desert. You got nothin' else to do. NAME THE FREAKEN' HORSE.
This (booklet really) is so funny, I keep it handy just to pick up when I want to laugh out loud.
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Mon Jan-12-04 12:32 PM
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8. Chairs are often mentioned in pop hits of the 60s, 70s, and 80s... |
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1980s, Billy Jean by Michael Jackson, "But the chair is not my son..."
1970s, I Am I Said by Neil Diamond, "Not one heard at all, not even the chair..."
1960s, Chairs by the Association, "Chairs is the word I use to describe, all the feeling that I have hiding here for you inside..."
I think it's some kind of musical tradition.
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Mon Jan-12-04 12:38 PM
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I need some more coffee :silly:
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Mon Jan-12-04 12:39 PM
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17. That's "The *kid* is not my son." |
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I bought THRILLER on vinyl 20 years ago. It included a lyric sheet.
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Tue Jan-13-04 08:56 AM
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22. Wow, for 20 years, I thought he was saying the chair was not his son |
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I always wondered what he meant by that, but I would not put it past Michael to try to breed himself with a piece of furniture.
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Mon Jan-12-04 02:17 PM
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21. And the Association had another hit with " Cherish " |
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Edited on Mon Jan-12-04 02:19 PM by Kerryfan
that said " Cherish is the word that I use to describe " etc.
Sorry it I screwed up your attempt at writing another funny bad songs book.
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Mon Jan-12-04 12:33 PM
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9. He sings nice Christmas songs though. |
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Mon Jan-12-04 12:37 PM
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12. Hot & Cold, NightTrain |
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Some stuff of his i really liked. (Souliman, Brother Love, Cherry Cherry)
Other stuff i loathed. (Forever in Bluejeans! Coming To America! Ack!)
The one you picked is between those, for me. Don't hate it, don't really like it either. The Professor
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Mon Jan-12-04 12:50 PM
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18. Actually the lyric says. . . |
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No one HEARD at all, not replied.
Not that a chair can hear, but let's be accurate when discussing cheese master singers :)
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Mon Jan-12-04 12:53 PM
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19. Anybody who slicks back his sideburns is cool in my book. |
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