Topic: THE ELUSIVE BUTTERFLY OF LOVE (Read 35005 times)

Stuart · « **Reply #30 on:** June 08, 2004, 07:53:59 AM »

Most reviled song (stage category): "Motherhood" (by Jerry Herman and/or Bob Merrill)

Most reviled song (pop category): "Laughter in the Rain" (by Neil Sedaka)

Most reviled song (holiday category): "Frosty the Snowman" (Prevenance unknown, and I don't care enough to research it, but I am thinking Johnny Marks)

Matt H. · « **Reply #31 on:** June 08, 2004, 07:57:27 AM »

I remember hearing an old Rosie Clooney song back in my youth that I didn't like but my parents loved: "Where Will the Dimple Be."

Stuart · « **Reply #32 on:** June 08, 2004, 07:57:40 AM »

Page Two Dance:

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bk · « **Reply #33 on:** June 08, 2004, 08:00:10 AM »

We are now a mere 2000 posts away from our next major landmark: 50,000 posts. Let me tell you what a celebration that will be.

I agree about "Hurry Back" from Applause. One of the worst songs ever written.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #34 on:** June 08, 2004, 08:09:19 AM »

TOD: just give us your all-time loser songs and include examples of their lyric content if possible.

OK - you asked for it!

WARNING - REALLY DIGUSTING LYRICS FOLLOW!
WARNING - SENSITIVE EYES GO NO FURTHER
WARNING - JANE!!! DO NOT READ THIS

GO NO FUTHER

YOU'VE BEEN WARNED - DEAD ANIMALS AHEAD

LAST CHANCE - TURN BACK!

DEAD PUPPIES

Dead puppies aren't much fun
When you call them they don't come
Dead puppies aren't much fun

My puppy died last fall
That's him lying in the hall
Dead puppies aren't much fun

You can't make them beg for food
You can try - it's no good
Dead puppies aren't much fun
They won't roll over, they won't play ball
They'll play dead, that's all
Dead puppies aren't much fun

When you pick them up they sag
When you walk them it's a drag
Dead puppies aren't much fun
Mummy isn't feeling well
I think she doesn't like the smell
Dead puppies aren't much fun
Not much fun

der Brucer (the author has the good taste to remain anonymous)

Jason · « **Reply #35 on:** June 08, 2004, 08:18:33 AM »

That reminds me of this "fun" little ditty:

Fish heads
Fish heads
Roly, poly fish heads

Fish heads
Fish heads
Eat them up...
Yum!

Jennifer · « **Reply #36 on:** June 08, 2004, 08:35:32 AM »

Good morning. My computer would not let me read the posts. So I am just getting to them now.

For some reason, even though I slept well, I am incredibly tired and not feeling quite right. I think I need some vitamin C or echinachea or something.

Jennifer · « **Reply #37 on:** June 08, 2004, 08:37:46 AM »

It is supposed to get VERY hot today (I think 30C++).

I will probably tape "The Jury" since there isn't too much on tv these days. Although that will be changing in the upcoming weeks.

Dan-in-Toronto · « **Reply #38 on:** June 08, 2004, 08:43:49 AM »

Yes, "Hurry Home" is pretty dreadful. And from the same show I cringe when I hear the very forced:

I feel half Tijuana, half Boston;
Partly Jane Fonda, and partly Jane Austen

Another show that mixes the good and the ugly is Henry Sweet Henry. I don't mind "Pillar to Post," in which "Jack the Ripper" is rhymed with "Yom Kippur." But how did "To Be Artistic" wind up in a Bob Merrill musical? Someone else had to have written that one. The producer's kid, maybe?

JMK · « **Reply #39 on:** June 08, 2004, 08:49:22 AM »

DRs DerBrucer and Noel: the world needs a medley of your two dog songs, sent in MP3 format, to the aforementioned Mr. Newport of RATM.

Stuart · « **Reply #40 on:** June 08, 2004, 08:49:27 AM »

Quote from: Dan-in-Toronto on June 08, 2004, 08:43:49 AM

I feel half Tijuana, half Boston;
Partly Jane Fonda, and partly Jane Austen

Funny, I always thought that couplet was one of the more clever lyrics in the show. Of its time, certainly, but also clever, IMHO. (In my humble opinion, in internet lingo.)

Emily · « **Reply #41 on:** June 08, 2004, 08:57:51 AM »

It is positively roastable outside. Yea! Summe is finally here! (if I weren't in air conditioned bliss I'm sure I wouldn't be as happy

)

The worst song lyrics in the world?

THE HAMSTER DANCE

DA-DEE-DEE-DA-DEE-DA-DOUGH-DOUGH-DEE-DA-DEE-DA-DOUGH
DOO-DOO-DOO-DA-DOO-DOO-DA-DA-DEE-DA-DEE-DA-DOUGH
COME ON EVERYBODY IT'S THE HAMMTER DANCE!

Those are the only lyrics. And at one point it was the number one song in Canada (back when I was in highschool)

Oy.

I'm off to eat myself some sushi-goodness and bask in the sun before work

Emily · « **Reply #42 on:** June 08, 2004, 08:59:29 AM »

Oh... and Jrand were you as terribly disappointed that Calgary lost last night as I was?

Sigh.

I'm just hoping it won't be ANOTHER ten years before we see another Canadian team in the final.

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #43 on:** June 08, 2004, 09:00:53 AM »

This morning I went for a walk and this is what I saw:
(The two on the right are babies)

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #44 on:** June 08, 2004, 09:01:39 AM »

Quote from: Stuart on June 08, 2004, 07:53:59 AM

Most reviled song (holiday category): "Frosty the Snowman" (Prevenance unknown, and I don't care enough to research it, but I am thinking Johnny Marks)

Close, but no Clinton Playtoy:

Johnny Marks gets the blame for Rudolph, Frosty belongs to Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins (1951):

Extract from Xmas Songs website:

The perennial nature of Frosty has greatly aided his public acceptance and commercial success. The clever story by Walter E. "Jack" Rollins (1906-1973) and the rather good melody by Steve Edward Nelson (1907 - ) of course are the key building blocks of "Frosty's" tremendous popularity (New Yorkers Rollins and Nelson also developed another musical holiday character, "Peter Cottontail" (1949), which is the best-known Easter personality.)

der Brucer (who always cares enough to research questions of world-shaking import)

Panni · « **Reply #45 on:** June 08, 2004, 09:10:52 AM »

Thanks for the interesting info, derBrucer. Moura Budberg brings to mind a whole other category to invite/discuss -- women who've been mistresses to a series of very interesting men. There are quite a few.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #46 on:** June 08, 2004, 09:16:09 AM »

Yes Emily I was. Calgary and Tampa Bay both played seven fine games - and I thought we might go into overtime....oh well.

I don't enjoy FUTURAMA and never watched a complete episode, but MR BK - you may make it through one. Not as clever or literate as THE SIMPSONS, just cruder.

About 40 years ago - I bought a 45 rpm record for ten cents...it was a lovely country song written and sung by Jenny Clay. Its title was TREASURES WITH THE TRASH. My sisters and I still sing it. It is a song that should have been included in NASHVILLE.

To wit:

I found you in the arms of my very best girlfriend
And my world fell down with a crash.
I sent you on your way with my very best girlfriend.
I threw out my treasures with the trash.

Took your ring from my finger
And your coat from the hall.
Your only suit from the closet
And your pitcher from the wall.

And I burned everything
That I couldn't smash.
I threw out my treasures
With the trash.

Thanks to you, and her, too
I cain't pick up the pieces.
There was nothing left after the crash.
Just some odds and some ends
And some used-to-be friends
I threw out my treasures....with the trash.

The flip side was just as wonderful, something called Another....there'll always be another, and another, and another, just like YEW!

Never heard of Jenny Clay again, never saw a pitcher of her, but I hope she plays her 45 for herself where ever she is!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #47 on:** June 08, 2004, 09:16:37 AM »

My least favorite song (or, my favorite song to hate) is "You Light Up My Life" in all its forms, followed swiftly and closely by "My Heart Will Go On."

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #48 on:** June 08, 2004, 09:19:37 AM »

Quote from: Stuart on June 08, 2004, 07:53:59 AM

Most reviled song (stage category): "Motherhood" (by Jerry Herman and/or Bob Merrill)

Most reviled song (pop category): "Laughter in the Rain" (by Neil Sedaka)

Most reviled song (holiday category): "Frosty the Snowman" (Prevenance unknown, and I don't care enough to research it, but I am thinking Johnny Marks)

I totally ADORE "Motherhood" -- such fun, such gaiety, such joyfulness!!

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #49 on:** June 08, 2004, 09:23:51 AM »

Quote from: Jason on June 08, 2004, 08:18:33 AM

That reminds me of this "fun" little ditty:

Fish heads
Fish heads
Roly, poly fish heads

Fish heads
Fish heads
Eat them up...
Yum!

But that's just the refrain - here are the verses:

In the morning,
Laughing happy fish heads,
In the evening,
Floating in the soup,
...
Ask a fish head,
Anything you want to,
They won't answer,
They can't talk
...
I took a fish head,
Out to see a movie,
Didn't have to pay
To get it in
...

They cant play baseball,
They dont wear sweaters,
There not good dancers,
They dont play drums
...
Roly poly fish heads are never seen
Drinking cappucino in Italian resturants,
With oriental women, yeah
...
Fish heads fish heads,
Roly poly fish heads,
Fish heads fish heads,
Eat them up yum,

Yea..

der Brucer (glad to meet another Dr. Demento fan)

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #50 on:** June 08, 2004, 09:39:05 AM »

One of the most damnably addictive -- and maddening -- songs to ever enter my head is "Teddy Bears Picnic."

If you go down in the woods today,
You're sure of a big surprise.
If you go down in the woods today,
You'd better go in disguise.

For every bear that ever there was
Will gather there for certain because
Today's the day the Teddy Bears have their picnic.

Every Teddy Bear who's been good
Is sure of a treat today.
There's lots of marvelous things to eat
And wonderful games to play.

Beneath the trees where nobody sees
They'll hide and seek as long as they please
'Cause that's the way the Teddy Bears have their picnic.

If you go down in the woods today,
You'd better not go alone.
It's lovely down in the woods today,
But safer to stay at home.

For every bear that ever there was
Will gather there for certain because
Today's the day the Teddy Bears have their picnic.

Picnic time for Teddy Bears...
The little Teddy Bears are having a lovely time today.
Watch them, catch them unawares,
And see them picnic on their holiday.

See them gaily gad about.
They love to play and shout.
They never have any care.

At six o'clock their Mummies and Daddies
Will take them home to bed,
Because they're tired little Teddy Bears.

And if the melody eludes you, turn on your speakers and visit this URL:

http://www.northern-pine.com/songs/tbpicnic.html

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #51 on:** June 08, 2004, 09:41:05 AM »

Quote from: JMK on June 08, 2004, 08:49:22 AM

DRs DerBrucer and Noel: the world needs a medley of your two dog songs, sent in MP3 format, to the aforementioned Mr. Newport of RATM.

Maybe he's enjoy this one:

Squirrels

squirrels
all we really are is squirrels
we're being hunted we are squirrels
we are applealing we are squirrels

we want to gather nuts
but people splatter our guts
when they're on a country drive
it isn't easy to survive

back in the other day
i saw a squirrel get blown away
they served him on a dinner tray
they baked him into a suflay
squirrel season opens up today
if your a squirrel run away
i dont know what else i should say
please call the ASPCA

fur coats from us are made
fur is nice but i like swade
they scrape our fur off with a blade
and never bother with first aid
we squirrels mainly like to play
and we like to catch some rays
please dont kill us this we pray
we're cute and harmless anyway

squirrels we're not delicious
squirrels we are not racoons
squirrels dont live in palm trees
squirrels or in your bathroom

squirrels
thats all we really are is
squirrels
isnt it fine i am a squirrel
please help em save us we are
squirrels
i wanna whip out my
squirrel
squirrels x8

der Brucer (not resposible for i, suflay, swade, etc - I'm just a cut-and-paste junky!)

Jason · « **Reply #52 on:** June 08, 2004, 09:43:22 AM »

One of my distant relatives wrote THE TEDDY BEAR PICNIC. Go figure.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #53 on:** June 08, 2004, 09:53:26 AM »

Quote from: JRand53 on June 08, 2004, 09:16:09 AM

About 40 years ago - I bought a 45 rpm record for ten cents...it was a lovely country song written and sung by Jenny Clay. Its title was TREASURES WITH THE TRASH.

It was relased in 1966. You can buy another copy for $3.50 (inflation you know) from 45 Archive:

CLAY, JENNY
COLUMBIA 43328 Treasures With The Trash | Another 66 VG $3.50

der Brucer

bk · « **Reply #54 on:** June 08, 2004, 10:00:37 AM »

As always, excellent choices.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #55 on:** June 08, 2004, 10:05:29 AM »

Thanks DB....well, my investment has increased by 350%, not bad. I would encourage any lover of "bad" country music to purchase it!

"Motherhood" I like...."Ribbons Down My Back" is a time waster and show stopper (not in the good sense) - hate it, but I suppose to get some bitch to play the part, they had to give her a solo.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #56 on:** June 08, 2004, 10:07:34 AM »

Here is your Allison Hayes Picture of the Day!

I think Bed, Bath & Beyond should use this pose in its ads.

Joey · « **Reply #57 on:** June 08, 2004, 10:14:06 AM »

Re: The Puppets in Avenue Q question posted yeterday. It wouldn't let me quote $:-\$

As already mentioned, it is a lot like Sesame Street for older audiences. The things the puppets talk about are very risquee to many people. People love puppets though. (Well unless they have pupaphobia) If it were just human actors talking about these things, people wouldn't be nearly as receptive to these controversial themes. Imagine an all human cast singing "Everyone's a Little Bit Racist". We wouldn't have the whole monster conceit to start out the song. I think that is the perfect way to start that particular song because it offers a fictional type of racism to ease the audience into discussing racism. The puppets are what make it easy for the audience to handle all these issues which they would probably be uncomfortable dealing with if it was coming strictly from human actors. The actors being visible is actually feedback they got from the audience when they did the workshops I believe. They weren't planning on them being visible, but because everything was so minimal at first, they didn't have anything to hide the puppeteers behind. The puppeteers felt wierd standing in plain view with no expression or anything in front of an audience (because they were actors too) so they made their facial expressions to reflect the emotions of the puppets. The puppets range of emotion is limited so the puppeteers/actors face filled in for what the puppets couldn't do. The feedback from the audience was that they loved being able to see the puppeteers/actors and told them they should keep it that way so they scrapped the plans to hide the puppeteers/actors. I hope that helps and if I got something wrong please let me know.

Panni · « **Reply #58 on:** June 08, 2004, 10:20:59 AM »

To add to the Teddy Bears Picnic lore... Dear Daughter is one of the tykes on a Lamb Chops Play-Along Video - "Get Your Teddy Ready" (it's in all your collections, I'm sure) in which I believe she takes part in the Teddy Bears Picnic production number.

William E. Lurie · « **Reply #59 on:** June 08, 2004, 10:26:27 AM »

Jason - Thanks for the info on WAS. I think I'll read it. And no it wasn't AVENUE X. It was called ALONG THE WAY and was written by most of the cast. The two numbers done were (1) a song on the subways that perfectly showed how horrible the NY subways can be and (2) a song sung and written by Kristin Anderson-Lopez, wife of the the AVENUE Q songwritter, about working temp jobs while trying to audition (I thought of you). Both were good, but as I said before I don't know if they can keep it interesting enough for a full evening.

BK - The Amanda Green show (written with Tom Kitt) is a musical version of the film "High Fidelity". It may or may not be the one you saw. Another song was called "I'm Tired So I May As Well Sleep With You." It all reminded me of the score to LET MY PEOPLE COME without the nudity. It's a shame Ms. Green inherited her father's looks and not his talent.

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