Subject: RE: Leader of the Pack - and similar songs From: SINSULL Date: 06 Aug 08 - 12:39 PM Honey hehehehehehehe |
Subject: RE: Leader of the Pack - and similar songs From: Hamish Date: 06 Aug 08 - 11:40 AM Early 10cc - who did a number of parodies like Donna - did Johnny don't do it: "Johnny was an angel/An angel dressed in black...". |
Subject: RE: Leader of the Pack - and similar songs From: GUEST,Pete Date: 06 Aug 08 - 09:35 AM Has anyone mentioned Oh Sha La La sung by Fred Wedlock but possibly written by someone else? |
Subject: RE: Leader of the Pack - and similar songs From: GUEST,Gerry Date: 05 Aug 08 - 08:23 PM Another parody of Leader of the Pack was Leader of the Laundromat. Very silly, but it actually got some airplay way back when. Lyrics available at http://digitaldreamdoor.nutsie.com/pages/lyrics2/nov_leaderlaun.html and elsewhere. The original thread subject was Dead Teenager Songs, so Bonny Boy (also known as The Trees They Grow High, and other variants) qualifies on the basis of this stanza: At the age of sixteen years he was a married man, And at the age of seventeen the father of a son, But at the age of eighteen, o'er his grave the grass grew green; Cruel death put an end to his growing. |
Subject: RE: Leader of the Pack - and similar songs From: Geordie-Peorgie Date: 05 Aug 08 - 06:43 PM Wasn't there also a TREMENDOUS song caalled 'Teenage Cremation' Alanabit! Aah heard Neil Lewis and John Luce dee 'Packer Of The Leads' very funny parody aboot a roadie for a rock band - They also did a parody of 'In The Ghetto' about an over-eating kid it was 'It's The Gateaux' |
Subject: RE: Leader of the Pack - and similar songs From: patriot1314 Date: 05 Aug 08 - 05:04 PM alanabit, thanks for that clue. I'll try do do a bit more digging |
Subject: RE: Leader of the Pack - and similar songs From: alanabit Date: 05 Aug 08 - 03:07 PM Maybe "The Packer of the Leads" had something to do with Neil Lewis. It is a song, which I had heard of, but never actually heard. I think it actually defies parody, because the original is funny enough! |
Subject: ADDPOP: Black Denim Trousers (Leiber/Stoller) From: Joe Offer Date: 05 Aug 08 - 01:56 PM Well, Ferrara posted her recollection of this in another thread, but I verified this with the recording. -Joe- Black Denim Trousers Words and Music by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller as sung on "The Diamonds Collection" -- Stardust CD-1010 -charted by The Cheers at # 6 in 1955 He wore black denim trousers and motorcycle boots And a black leather jacket with an eagle on the back He had a hopped-up 'cicle that took off like a gun That fool was the terror of Highway 101 Well, he never washed his face and he never combed his hair He had axle grease imbedded underneath his fingernails On the muscle of his arm was a red tattoo A picture of a heart saying "Mother, I love you" He had a pretty girlfriend by the name of Mary Lou But he treated her just like he treated all the rest And everybody pitied her and everybody knew He loved that doggone motorcycle best He wore black denim trousers and motorcycle boots And a black leather jacket with an eagle on the back He had a hopped-up 'cicle that took off like a gun That fool was the terror of Highway 101 Mary Lou, poor girl, she pleaded and she begged him not to leave She said "I've got a feeling if you ride tonight I'll grieve." But her tears were shed in vain and her every word was lost In the rumble of his engine and the smoke from his exhaust Then he took off like the Devil and there was fire in his eyes!! He said "I'll go a thousand miles before the sun can rise." But he hit a screamin' diesel that was California-bound And when they cleared the wreckage, all they found Was his black denim trousers and motorcycle boots And a black leather jacket with an eagle on the back But they couldn't find the 'cicle that took off like a gun And they never found the terror of Highway 1 oh 1. Lyrics transcribed by "Robin Hood" (a legendary transcriber of lyrics), copied from http://uk.geocities.com/hyohsilver/words.htm which plays the recording over and over and over..... |
Subject: RE: Leader of the Pack - and similar songs From: patriot1314 Date: 05 Aug 08 - 11:06 AM The Springsteen song is probably "The wreck on the highway" from the album "The river" I remember a parody from the early '70's of the Shangri-La's song. It concerned a roadie and was called "the packer of the leads" Does anyone remember it or even have the words? I don't recall who the artist was but I remember it was quite funny. |
Subject: RE: Leader of the Pack - and similar songs From: clueless don Date: 05 Aug 08 - 08:14 AM I remember it as He had a hunk of cycle [pronounced "sickle"] that took off like a gun I have it on an old LP. I remember that the last verse ends something like But he hit a screaming diesel that was California [possibly pronounced "Californee"] bound and when they cleared the wreckage all they found ... were his black denim trousers (etc.) Don |
Subject: RE: Leader of the Pack - and similar songs From: GUEST Date: 05 Aug 08 - 07:07 AM The chorus went: "He wore black denim trousers And motorcycle boots And a black leather jacket With an eagle on the back He had a hopped up cycle That went off like a gun That fool was the terror of highway 101" |
Subject: RE: Leader of the Pack - and similar songs From: Zen Date: 05 Aug 08 - 06:59 AM Ah yes Emma... one of my favourites as well. But at least James didn't crash his bike though like the Leader... Zen |
Subject: RE: Leader of the Pack - and similar songs From: Emma B Date: 05 Aug 08 - 06:32 AM My all time favourite of the 'genre' Richard Thompson's 1952 Vincent Black Lightning |
Subject: RE: Leader of the Pack - and similar songs From: Beer Date: 05 Aug 08 - 06:22 AM There is one by Bruce Springsteen but the title escapes me. |
Subject: RE: Leader of the Pack - and similar songs From: Murray MacLeod Date: 05 Aug 08 - 04:47 AM off the top of my head, and not having heard the song in over 40 years. probably sung in G [Sung] [C]I met him at the candy store [Bm]He turned around and smiled at me - you get the picture (Yes, we see.) [Am]That's when I [D]fell for - the leader of the[G] pack [G]My folks were always putting him down (down, down) They said he came from the wrong side of [F]town[D] (What'dya mean when you say that he came from the wrong side of town?) [C]They told me he was bad [Bm]But I knew he was sad [Am]That's why I [D]fell for - the leader of the [G]pack. and so on ad infinitum ... |
Subject: Lyr Add: TERRY (Twinkle) From: Paul Burke Date: 05 Aug 08 - 03:28 AM Terry By Twinkle Terry, Terry He said to me he wanted to be near to me He said he never wanted to be out of my sight But it's too late to give this boy my love tonight Please wait at the gate of heaven for me, Terry. He said to me he wanted to be close by my side We had a quarrel, I was untrue on the night he died And it's too late to tell this boy how great was Please wait at the gate of heaven for me, Terry. He rode into the night, accelerated his motorbike I cried to him in fright, don't do it, don't do it, don.t do it. He said to me you are the one I want to be with He said to me you are the one who my love I shall give One day he'll know how hard I prayed for him to live Please wait at the gate of heaven for me, Terry. He rode into the night, accelerated his motorbike I cried to him in fright, don't do it, don't do it, don't do it. He said to me you are the one I want to be with He said to me you are the one who my love I shall give One day he'll know how hard I prayed for him to live Please wait at the gate of heaven for me, Terry. Terry, Terry, Terry Twinkle, one hit wonder of 1964. And of course the inevitable parody: He rode into the muck, Accelerated his dumper truck, I cried to him oh f***, don't do it, don't do it, don't do it. |
Subject: RE: Dead Teenager Songs From: catspaw49 Date: 05 Aug 08 - 01:26 AM "She Choked to Death on His First Boner"(aka "His Bone Stuck in Her Throat") ---Words and Music by Hugh G. Reckshun ---Performed by Harry Tool and the Lollipop Kids |
Subject: RE: Dead Teenager Songs From: Rowan Date: 05 Aug 08 - 01:14 AM Talk about "Blasts from the past!" And they reckon nostalgia isn't what it used to be? Keep it up. Cheers, Rowan |
Subject: RE: Dead Teenager Songs From: Bill D Date: 04 Aug 08 - 11:06 PM arrrrgggghhhhhhh............................... |
Subject: RE: Dead Teenager Songs From: GUEST,Gerry Date: 04 Aug 08 - 10:55 PM He was sixteen when he loved Sixteen when he cried Sixteen when he robbed a train And sixteen when he died Last stanza of Willie Seton, written by Tom Paxton, recorded by Chad Mitchell Trio, not in the DT so far as I can see. Full lyrics available at http://lyricwiki.org/Chad_Mitchell_Trio:Willie_Seton |
Subject: RE: Dead Teenager Songs From: SouthernCelt Date: 04 Aug 08 - 10:19 PM RE: Emma B's comment: "Arghhhh! Adrien, how did we get THAT old? :)" Well, as they say, it's better than the alternative. SC |
Subject: RE: Dead Teenager Songs From: Emma B Date: 04 Aug 08 - 09:48 PM 'EBONY EYES - 02/03/1961' Arghhhh! Adrien, how did we get THAT old? :) |
Subject: RE: Dead Teenager Songs From: Beer Date: 04 Aug 08 - 09:36 PM Thanks Emma. An all time favorite. Adrien |
Subject: RE: Dead Teenager Songs From: Joe Offer Date: 04 Aug 08 - 09:23 PM I gotta work on this one.... Oh where, oh where, can my baby be? The Lord took her away from me. She's gone to heaven, so I've got to be good. So I can see my baby when I leave this world. Oh, that's Last Kiss... |
Subject: Lyr Add: EBONY EYES (John D. Loudermilk) From: Emma B Date: 04 Aug 08 - 09:23 PM well if you insist and.... while we're at it ..... EBONY EYES The Everly Brothers On a weekend pass I wouldn't have had time To get home and marry that baby of mine So I went to the chaplain and he authorized Me to send for my ebony eyes My ebony eyes was coming to me From out of the skies on Flight 12-03 In an hour or two I would whisper I do To my beautiful ebony eyes The plane was way overdue, so I went inside to the airlines desk and I said Sir I wonder why 12-03 is so late He said Aww, they probably took off late Or they may have run into some turbulent weather and had to alter their course I went back outside and I waited at the gate and I watched the beacon light from the control tower as it whipped through the dark ebony skies as if it were searching for (my ebony eyes) And then came the announcement over the loudspeaker Would those having relatives or friends on flight number 12-03 please report to the chapel across the street at once Then I felt a burning break deep inside And I knew the heavenly ebony skies Had taken my life's most wonderful prize My beautiful ebony eyes If I ever get to heaven I'll bet The first angel I'll recognize She'll smile at me and I know she will be My beautiful ebony eyes sniff sniff :) |
Subject: ADDPOP Tell Laura I Love Her From: Joe Offer Date: 04 Aug 08 - 09:20 PM And that's not all.... Tell Laura I Love Her Words and music by Jeff Barry and Ben Raleigh, 1960 As recorded by Ray Peterson, 1960 Laura and Tommy were lovers. He wanted to give her everything: Flowers, presents, And most of all, a wedding ring. He saw a sign for a stock-car race. A thousand-dollar prize, it read. He couldn't get Laura on the phone, So to her mother, Tommy said: "Tell Laura I love her. Tell Laura I need her. Tell Laura I may be late. I've something to do, that cannot wait." He drove his car to the racing ground. He was the youngest driver there. The crowd roared as they started the race. Around the track they drove at a deadly pace. No one knows what happened that day, How his car overturned in flames, But as they pulled him from the twisted wreck, With his dying breath, they heard him say: "Tell Laura I love her. Tell Laura I need her. Tell Laura not to cry. My love for her will never die." Now in the chapel where Laura prays For her poor Tommy, who passed away-- It was just for Laura he lived and died-- Alone in the chapel, she can hear him cry: "Tell Laura I love her. Tell Laura I need her. Tell Laura not to cry. My love for her will never die. "Tell Laura I love her. Tell Laura I love her....[FADE] |
Subject: ADDPOP: Teen Angel From: Joe Offer Date: 04 Aug 08 - 09:15 PM But why stop there???? TEEN ANGEL (words & Music by Red & Jean Surrey, 1960) popularized by Mark Dinning Teen angel, teen angel, teen angel, oooo That fateful night, the car was stalled Upon the railroad track I pulled you out and we were safe But you went running back Teen angel, can you hear me? Teen angel, can you see me? Are you somewhere up above? And am I still your one true love? What was it you were looking for That took your life that night? They say they found my high school ring Clutched in your fingers tight Teen angel, can you hear me? Teen angel, can you see me? Are you somewhere up above? And am I still your one true love? Just sweet sisteen, and now you're gone They've taken you away I can no longer kiss your lips They buried you today Teen angel, can you hear me? Teen angel, can you see me? Are you somewhere up above? And am I still your one true love? Teen angel, teen angel, teen angel, oooo |
Subject: ADDPOP: Leader of the Pack From: Joe Offer Date: 04 Aug 08 - 09:12 PM Well, I haven't found chords, but at least we ought to have the lyrics: Leader of the Pack (George Morton, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, 1964) Recorded by The Shangri-las [Spoken] Is she still goin' out with him? I dunno. Here she comes. Let's ask her. Hey, Betty, is that Jimmy's ring you're wearin'? Uh-huh. Is he pickin' you up after school today? Nunh-unh. By the way, where'd you meet him? [Sung] I met him at the candy store He turned around and smiled at me - you get the picture (Yes, we see.) That's when I fell for - the leader of the pack My folks were always putting him down (down, down) They said he came from the wrong side of town (What'dya mean when you say that he came from the wrong side of town?) They told me he was bad But I knew he was sad That's why I fell for - the leader of the pack. One day my dad said "find someone new" I had to tell my Jim we were through He stood there and asked me why But all I could do was cry I'm sorry I hurt you - the leader of the pack. [Spoken] He sort of smiled and kissed me goodbye The tears were beginning to show And as he left me on that rainy night I begged him to go slow But whether he heard, I'll never know Look out! Look out! Look out! [Sung] I felt so helpless - what could I do? Remembering all the things we'd been through At school they all stop and stare I can't hide the tears, but I don't care I'll never forget you - the leader of the pack. The leader of the pack - now he's gone The leader of the pack - now he's gone The leader of the pack - now he's gone..... |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Teenage Cremation From: Joe Offer Date: 04 Sep 03 - 04:42 PM As a public service, I would like to provide a link to this Dead Teenager Song Website. Very inspiring. -Joe Offer- |
Subject: CHORDS PLEASE: Leader of the Pack From: Keith Rawlings Date: 23 Apr 97 - 11:49 PM I appreciate very much if someone would give me the guitar chords for "Leader of the Pack" by The Shangi-Las. A few chosen lyrics also along with the chords would help me in placing them in the song itself. Thanks! |
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