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Unusual words in songs (a quiz!!)

Allen Toussaint, Dylan, Damon Albarn
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Re: Unusual words in songs (a quiz!!)

Postby NormanD » Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:44 pm

Dunno about old Kevin. Did he use it?

The Duke played (and someone sang)
"You never want to be cuddled
You never want to be kissed
You're just an old anti-dis-es-tablishment-arian-ism-ist.."
(anti as in 'ant eye')
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Re: Unusual words in songs (a quiz!!)

Postby gary booth » Wed Mar 16, 2011 6:22 pm

The someone singing was Ray Nance.
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Re: Unusual words in songs (a quiz!!)

Postby NormanD » Wed Mar 16, 2011 7:20 pm

I hope he never had to do time.
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Re: Unusual words in songs (a quiz!!)

Postby will vine » Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:18 pm

moving on..............Pataphysical (science) from Maxwell's Silver Hammer
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Re: Unusual words in songs (a quiz!!)

Postby DavidM » Sun Mar 20, 2011 11:27 am

Nostaglia alert - You have been warned.

Back when I was growing up in Melbourne, Australia, there was a really good band, The Sports, who's singer, Stephen Cummings, was a dab hand at singing unusual words . And, hey, one of their first singles was the aforementioned "When You Walk in the Room";

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR8ceNDKN14

In one of their later singles, "Who Listens to the Radio", he sings the word Logorithms without missing a beat;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAVzYLPgUlc

Then, in another song, for which I can't remember the title, he had the wonderful phrase "You're so abstract, like Robert Rauschenberg". Not many people can get away with that.
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