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

15 Nov 00 - 11:18 AM (#341111)
Subject: Are u in the Top 40 of the Lordy, Lordy,
From: GUEST,D_hand

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?


21 Nov 00 - 09:58 AM (#344467)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Are u in the Top 40 of the Lordy, Lo
From: GUEST,Me again!!

No luck here then ???


21 Nov 00 - 10:31 AM (#344495)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Are u in the Top 40 of the Lordy, Lo
From: Dave the Gnome

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

DtG


21 Nov 00 - 10:33 AM (#344498)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Are u in the Top 40 of the Lordy, Lo
From: SINSULL

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


21 Nov 00 - 10:35 AM (#344503)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Are u in the Top 40 of the Lordy, Lo
From: SINSULL

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


21 Nov 00 - 10:39 AM (#344511)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Are u in the Top 40 of the Lordy, Lo
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler

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)


21 Nov 00 - 10:45 AM (#344516)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Are u in the Top 40 of the Lordy, Lo
From: GUEST,Russ

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


21 Nov 00 - 10:50 AM (#344520)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Are u in the Top 40 of the Lordy, Lo
From: mousethief

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
=o=


21 Nov 00 - 07:50 PM (#344847)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Are u in the Top 40 of the Lordy, Lo
From: GUEST,CraigS

".. 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!


22 Nov 00 - 04:49 AM (#344992)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Are u in the Top 40 of the Lordy, Lo
From: GUEST,D_hand

Thanks Russ, would appreciate that.


22 Nov 00 - 09:11 AM (#345060)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Are u in the Top 40 of the Lordy, Lo
From: GUEST,Russ

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


29 Nov 00 - 09:05 AM (#348185)
Subject: Lyr Add: TOP FORTY (OF THE LORD) (from Sha Na Na)
From: GUEST,Russ

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.


29 Nov 00 - 10:20 AM (#348231)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Are u in the Top 40 of the Lordy, Lo
From: GUEST,D_hand

Much appreciated Russ - shall add it to my party pieces