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12 Sep 25 - 02:25 PM (#4228462) Subject: Songs with a twist inat the end From: Sol The first couple that came to my mind were "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" and "My Girl Bill". Any more?
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12 Sep 25 - 02:46 PM (#4228465) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: Robert B. Waltz 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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12 Sep 25 - 04:01 PM (#4228468) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: Pappy Fiddle 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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12 Sep 25 - 04:10 PM (#4228470) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: RTim Bob Davenport's......"Down the Long Road" Tim Radford |
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12 Sep 25 - 05:42 PM (#4228478) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: BrooklynJay Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree? |
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12 Sep 25 - 05:47 PM (#4228479) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: GerryM The Red Corvette, recorded by John McCutcheon. https://youtu.be/b62oflU7kFE?si=QL7r1jV5vSpk3BNS |
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13 Sep 25 - 04:40 AM (#4228489) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: G-Force 'Get Up Jake' by Robbie Robertson (The Band). |
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13 Sep 25 - 08:34 AM (#4228501) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: GUEST,PHJim How about LIVE FREE OR DIE written by Bill Morrissey and Trigger Cook and sung by Hayes Carll. |
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13 Sep 25 - 09:58 AM (#4228506) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: GUEST,gillymor 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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13 Sep 25 - 10:47 AM (#4228510) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: The Og "Ah Woe, Ah Me" by the Kingston Trio. ...gets 'em every time! |
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13 Sep 25 - 01:24 PM (#4228515) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: GUEST 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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13 Sep 25 - 02:08 PM (#4228523) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: Robert B. Waltz 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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13 Sep 25 - 03:55 PM (#4228530) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: The Sandman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s03Ph2O3dNw The Handsome Cabin Boy |
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13 Sep 25 - 06:10 PM (#4228532) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: GerryM Frankie Armstrong, Nine Times a Night |
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15 Sep 25 - 08:57 PM (#4228629) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: GUEST,Joe in MN 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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15 Sep 25 - 10:30 PM (#4228630) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: Hagman Daoiri Farrell's "Fergie McCormack" |
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16 Sep 25 - 12:50 AM (#4228632) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: GerryM 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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16 Sep 25 - 02:59 AM (#4228633) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: The Sandman The Game of All Fours |
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16 Sep 25 - 03:49 AM (#4228635) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: GUEST,Jerry 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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16 Sep 25 - 07:48 AM (#4228642) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: Dave the Gnome The vicar and the frog by Fred Wedlock |
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16 Sep 25 - 10:42 AM (#4228646) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: GUEST,Georgina Boyes 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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16 Sep 25 - 08:28 PM (#4228662) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: JennieG What about 'Eighteen yellow roses'......it was a bit too cutesy-poo for my taste, though. |
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17 Sep 25 - 05:56 AM (#4228675) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: GUEST,Ray Didn’t think FW wrote VatF. How about “The Nurse” by the late Jake Thackray? |
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17 Sep 25 - 10:13 AM (#4228679) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: The Og 1950 Ames Brothers hit ..."The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" |
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17 Sep 25 - 11:31 AM (#4228681) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: GUEST,gillymor 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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17 Sep 25 - 02:00 PM (#4228688) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: Cool Beans "Tucumcari," sung by (1950s pop star) Jimmie Rodgers, written by Bill Olofson and Mark McIntyre (father of Patience and Prudence). |
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17 Sep 25 - 03:18 PM (#4228690) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: Robert B. Waltz 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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18 Sep 25 - 02:30 AM (#4228705) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: Dave the Gnome Thanks Georgina. I had in mind that Fred did not write it but never knew who did! |
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18 Sep 25 - 04:59 AM (#4228778) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: GUEST,Georgina Boyes 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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18 Sep 25 - 05:25 PM (#4228804) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: Mark Ross 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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19 Sep 25 - 03:03 AM (#4228809) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: GUEST,RA Child Maurice (Child 83). |
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20 Sep 25 - 04:33 PM (#4228952) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: BrooklynJay Anything by Chubby Checker? (I can hear the groaning.) Jay |
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21 Sep 25 - 07:27 AM (#4228978) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: GUEST,saulgoldie 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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24 Sep 25 - 07:28 AM (#4229136) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: clueless don There's Robbie O'Connell's "The Mistress". |
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24 Sep 25 - 11:00 AM (#4229139) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: meself Someone mentioned Dylan above: Boots of Spanish Leather. |
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13 Oct 25 - 08:40 AM (#4230096) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: The Sandman Willie of the Winesbury |
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13 Oct 25 - 10:35 AM (#4230100) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: Beer How about "A Boy Name Sue". Adrien |
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14 Oct 25 - 09:34 AM (#4230143) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: mayomick The Molecatcher |
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14 Oct 25 - 12:16 PM (#4230152) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: Backwoodsman ‘Alive and Well’ written by the late, great Jack Hudson. |
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14 Oct 25 - 02:32 PM (#4230157) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: Georgiansilver 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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14 Oct 25 - 02:42 PM (#4230158) Subject: RE: Songs with a twist at the end From: The Sandman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njK4FkfiP4o Allan Smethurst |