Lyr Req: Top Forty (of the Lord) (from Sha Na Na)

Subject: Are u in the Top 40 of the Lordy, Lordy,
From: GUEST,D_hand
Date: 15 Nov 00 - 11:18 AM

One of those song that is so bad it's good. 'Are you in the top 40 of thr Lordy, Lordy, Lordy. Will you be a hit in Heaven Like you were on Earth?' Any more lyrics?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Are u in the Top 40 of the Lordy, Lo
From: GUEST,Me again!!
Date: 21 Nov 00 - 09:58 AM

No luck here then ???

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Are u in the Top 40 of the Lordy, Lo
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 21 Nov 00 - 10:31 AM

Never actualy heard the song but I believe there is a "Drop kick me, Jesus, through the goal posts of life!"

DtG

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Are u in the Top 40 of the Lordy, Lo
From: SINSULL
Date: 21 Nov 00 - 10:33 AM

and "Did Jesus Wear A Rolex On His Radio Show?"

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Are u in the Top 40 of the Lordy, Lo
From: SINSULL
Date: 21 Nov 00 - 10:35 AM

and "Nobody Wants to Play Rhythm Guitar Behind Jesus"...Everybody wants to be the lead singer in the band...

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Are u in the Top 40 of the Lordy, Lo
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler
Date: 21 Nov 00 - 10:39 AM

OK we have a thread hijack takig place, is there a trained negotiator in the house?
RtS (Come back, Praise, you could have anwered the real question)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Are u in the Top 40 of the Lordy, Lo
From: GUEST,Russ
Date: 21 Nov 00 - 10:45 AM

Yes it is a real song. A friend sings it. I'll ask him for details when next I see him.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Are u in the Top 40 of the Lordy, Lo
From: mousethief
Date: 21 Nov 00 - 10:50 AM

My wife's ex-husband used to be a DJ. He worked at a country station, and the songs to play were recorded by the program manager on cartridges ("carts" in radiobizspeak), which were stacked on a rolling tray for him to play. His job was to play a cart, make announcements or play commercials, then take the next cart off the tray and shove it in.

On the day that Pope John Paul I died, he got the announcement off the wire, and read it, and then stuck in the next cart.

Unfortunately, it was "Drop Kick Me, Jesus, Through the Goalposts of Life."

Needless to say the phones lit up immediately with people complaining about the tasteless juxtaposition and he nearly lost his job.

For some reason he shortly thereafter quit radio and went to law school, and is now a successful prosecuting attorney in Nashville, but that's another story!

Alex
O..O
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Are u in the Top 40 of the Lordy, Lo
From: GUEST,CraigS
Date: 21 Nov 00 - 07:50 PM

".. and your mama does the Lordy, Lord" Hey, 21st C and all that - can't we admit to the "Dirty Dozens"? I've got a record of a country song called "there stands the glass" which is pretty sickening, but for sheer self-pity and self-indulgence you can't beat "The Little Things" sung by Willie Nelson. Praise the Lord, nothing to do with folk music!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Are u in the Top 40 of the Lordy, Lo
From: GUEST,D_hand
Date: 22 Nov 00 - 04:49 AM

Thanks Russ, would appreciate that.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Are u in the Top 40 of the Lordy, Lo
From: GUEST,Russ
Date: 22 Nov 00 - 09:11 AM

I am trying to entice my informant into joining this thread.

Subject: Lyr Add: TOP FORTY (OF THE LORD) (from Sha Na Na)
From: GUEST,Russ
Date: 29 Nov 00 - 09:05 AM

Sorry this took so long. My source was unavailable during a long Thanksgiving break.

Cho: Are you on the top 40 of your Lordy, Lordy, Lordy
Will you be a hit in heaven 'cause you were a hit on earth
Are you on the top 40 of your Lordy, Lordy, Lordy,
Are you on the top 40 of the Lord

Vs. Your rise to fame was fast and made you dizzy
Your head it seems was burstin' at the seams
But did you realize what you'd be losin'
By winning all your rock and rollin' dreams

Cho:

Vs. Your songs took off saddled on a bullet
And soon upon the charts were ridin' high
But will you be among them golden oldies
In that great big silver juke box in the sky.

Cho.

HTML line breaks added. --JoeClone, 31-Jul-02.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Are u in the Top 40 of the Lordy, Lo
From: GUEST,D_hand
Date: 29 Nov 00 - 10:20 AM

Much appreciated Russ - shall add it to my party pieces