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Songs with a twist at the end
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Subject: Songs with a twist inat the end From: Sol Date: 12 Sep 25 - 02:25 PM The first couple that came to my mind were "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" and "My Girl Bill". Any more?
-Joe Offer- |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: Robert B. Waltz Date: 12 Sep 25 - 02:46 PM I don't know those two songs, but my first though of a song with a twist is "William Taylor"/"Billy Taylor," in which the jilted lover emphatically shows what she thinks of the man who abandoned her. :-) |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: Pappy Fiddle Date: 12 Sep 25 - 04:01 PM I remember a little bit of a song recorded by Roger Whittaker, something about the narrator getting all excited about a girl, "what we going to do?" and the reply, "...I'm Danny Larue" |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: RTim Date: 12 Sep 25 - 04:10 PM Bob Davenport's......"Down the Long Road" Tim Radford |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: BrooklynJay Date: 12 Sep 25 - 05:42 PM Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree? |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: GerryM Date: 12 Sep 25 - 05:47 PM The Red Corvette, recorded by John McCutcheon. https://youtu.be/b62oflU7kFE?si=QL7r1jV5vSpk3BNS |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: G-Force Date: 13 Sep 25 - 04:40 AM 'Get Up Jake' by Robbie Robertson (The Band). |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: GUEST,PHJim Date: 13 Sep 25 - 08:34 AM How about LIVE FREE OR DIE written by Bill Morrissey and Trigger Cook and sung by Hayes Carll. |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: GUEST,gillymor Date: 13 Sep 25 - 09:58 AM Saginaw, Michigan. Lefty Frizell had a hit with it in 1963. Written by Bill Anderson and Don Wayne it was covered by quite a few country artists, plus Leo Kottke. |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: The Og Date: 13 Sep 25 - 10:47 AM "Ah Woe, Ah Me" by the Kingston Trio. ...gets 'em every time! |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: GUEST Date: 13 Sep 25 - 01:24 PM Nine times a Night. If you don’t know it, you’re missing out. Nic Jones’ version is great, think he got it from Bert Lloyd; there are others. Roberts & Barrand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4e3UmTr0rU |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: Robert B. Waltz Date: 13 Sep 25 - 02:08 PM A guest wrote: Nine times a Night. Roud #18411. I learned it from Roberts and Barrand. But it is an unusual bawdy song in that there are a substantial number of broadsides. Unfortunately, most of them are in collections that aren't publicly viewable right now, such as the Bodleian. And they tend to be anonymous, so they're hard to date.... |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: The Sandman Date: 13 Sep 25 - 03:55 PM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s03Ph2O3dNw The Handsome Cabin Boy |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: GerryM Date: 13 Sep 25 - 06:10 PM Frankie Armstrong, Nine Times a Night |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: GUEST,Joe in MN Date: 15 Sep 25 - 08:57 PM Another Jim Stafford song, Wildwood Weed," ends with the reveal that the "feller from Washington" didn't actually destroy all the singer's weed. Memphis, TN by Chuck Berry sounds like it's about a distant lover until he gets to the end and you realize he's singing about his 6-year-old daughter. |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: Hagman Date: 15 Sep 25 - 10:30 PM Daoiri Farrell's "Fergie McCormack" |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: GerryM Date: 16 Sep 25 - 12:50 AM Ballad of Weaverville by Mary McCaslin, https://youtu.be/4l1_Wz_p3Lk?si=DgYbasER8trHMN9u also recorded by Kate Wolf, https://youtu.be/GAx_wtTQt8c?si=2abl0Hpvsvn8cdC3 The twist is a little bit subtle, you could miss it if you don't pay attention. |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: The Sandman Date: 16 Sep 25 - 02:59 AM The Game of All Fours |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: GUEST,Jerry Date: 16 Sep 25 - 03:49 AM Love him or hate him, Dylan was once a master of the twist idea, looking at something from another angle - The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll, With God on Our Side, Only a Pawn in their Game, Who Killed Davy Moore, etc. - when others were penning straightforward songs empathising with victims of misfortune, but not questioning the hows and whys.. |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: Dave the Gnome Date: 16 Sep 25 - 07:48 AM The vicar and the frog by Fred Wedlock |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: GUEST,Georgina Boyes Date: 16 Sep 25 - 10:42 AM To honour a very funny song, it's worth saying that "The vicar and the frog" was sung by Fred Wedlock, but it was written by Rotherham's Stan Crowther. |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: JennieG Date: 16 Sep 25 - 08:28 PM What about 'Eighteen yellow roses'......it was a bit too cutesy-poo for my taste, though. |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: GUEST,Ray Date: 17 Sep 25 - 05:56 AM Didn’t think FW wrote VatF. How about “The Nurse” by the late Jake Thackray? |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: The Og Date: 17 Sep 25 - 10:13 AM 1950 Ames Brothers hit ..."The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: GUEST,gillymor Date: 17 Sep 25 - 11:31 AM Me and My Uncle had a particularly nasty twist at the end. Written by John Phillips it was covered by a number of folkies but I really was drawn to the Grateful Dead's version on the "Skull and Roses" LP. Grateful Dead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trJcxc55YvM |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: Cool Beans Date: 17 Sep 25 - 02:00 PM "Tucumcari," sung by (1950s pop star) Jimmie Rodgers, written by Bill Olofson and Mark McIntyre (father of Patience and Prudence). |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: Robert B. Waltz Date: 17 Sep 25 - 03:18 PM I'm not sure if this counts as twist or tragedy (well, it is tragedy, but it's also a twist), but what about "The Stable Lad" (Words by Peter Cape, music by Phil Garland)? The first verse repeats at the end, but the meaning is very differet.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ8nNUIjjNA |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: Dave the Gnome Date: 18 Sep 25 - 02:30 AM Thanks Georgina. I had in mind that Fred did not write it but never knew who did! |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: GUEST,Georgina Boyes Date: 18 Sep 25 - 04:59 AM No problems Dave. I was lucky enough to see what was probably the song's first performance at The Taverners' Folk Club in Rotherham. Stan wrote some very good songs. |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: Mark Ross Date: 18 Sep 25 - 05:25 PM Me And My Uncle written by John Phillips of the The Mamas & The Papas. here's Joni Mitchell; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp3lJg07u4w |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: GUEST,RA Date: 19 Sep 25 - 03:03 AM Child Maurice (Child 83). |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: BrooklynJay Date: 20 Sep 25 - 04:33 PM Anything by Chubby Checker? (I can hear the groaning.) Jay |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: GUEST,saulgoldie Date: 21 Sep 25 - 07:27 AM This one comes to mind: "RUFUS AND BEVERLY" written by Mark Graham and sung by Bryan Bowers. It's in DIGITRAD. Saul |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: clueless don Date: 24 Sep 25 - 07:28 AM There's Robbie O'Connell's "The Mistress". |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: meself Date: 24 Sep 25 - 11:00 AM Someone mentioned Dylan above: Boots of Spanish Leather. |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: The Sandman Date: 13 Oct 25 - 08:40 AM Willie of the Winesbury |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: Beer Date: 13 Oct 25 - 10:35 AM How about "A Boy Name Sue". Adrien |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: mayomick Date: 14 Oct 25 - 09:34 AM The Molecatcher |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: Backwoodsman Date: 14 Oct 25 - 12:16 PM ‘Alive and Well’ written by the late, great Jack Hudson. |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: Georgiansilver Date: 14 Oct 25 - 02:32 PM https://youtu.be/PEs-nMSLHuc?si=2qtHCvkLMNSZTuqo I used to sing this as a Folk song in Lancashire area in the 1970/80s it does have a twist..... |
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Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: The Sandman Date: 14 Oct 25 - 02:42 PM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njK4FkfiP4o Allan Smethurst |
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