Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: catspaw49 Date: 23 May 02 - 08:17 AM The Rolling Stones / (I Can't Get No) Enema Action Led Zeppelin / Escalator To Heaven Bruce Springsteen / Born To Roll The Beach Boys / Good Defecations The Beatles / Hey Nurse Marvin Gaye / What's Going In (The I.V. Song) Don McLean / American Cream Pie The Beatles / A Day In The Life James Brown / I Got You (I Feel Fair) Jimi Hendrix / Purple Haze (Way ahead of it's time) The Kinks / You Really Got Me Constipated Roy Orbison / Oh, Pruney Woman The Beatles / Let Me Be Aerosmith / Walkers Are This Way Marvin Gaye / I Heard It Through My Bel-Tone Creedence Clearwater Revival / Once Proud Mary Steppenwolf / Born To Be Mild Buddy Holly and The Crickets / That'll Be The Day (that I move my bowels) The Mamas & The Papas / Florida Dreaming Van Morrison / Brown Eyed Girl Donovan / Mild Thing Crosby, Stills and Nash / Suite: Judy Cataract Eyes Jerry Lee Lewis / Great Balls Of Dough Bee Gees / Stayin' Alive (perfect) Elton John / Your Song Elvis Presley / Heart By-Pass Hotel Bob Dylan / Tangled Up In IV Tubing Ben E. King / Sit By Me Jerry Lee Lewis / Whole Lot Of Nothin' Going On Spencer Davis Group / Gimme Some Darvon Spaw |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: MikeofNorthumbria Date: 23 May 02 - 07:35 AM And don't forget those early Elvis classics like "Blue Suede Slippers", "Good Waltzin' Tonight", and "Lawdy, Miss...what was your name again?" Wassail! |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: Genie Date: 22 May 02 - 11:18 PM "Are Your Teeth Out Tonight? ( I Only Have Eyes For You) "Do Your Dentures Lose Their Luster On The Bedstead Overnight?" "I Can't Get No Satisfaction...Without Viagra" |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: Deda Date: 22 May 02 - 06:52 PM Hey -- You've got to hide your teeth away.... |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: The Walrus Date: 22 May 02 - 06:19 PM Another "Who" song "(Talkin' 'bout) My Old Age Pension" "Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll... Ah well, one out of three..." "Little (Grand)Children" or from the Bay City Rollers "Bye bye braincells (braincells bye bye)" Walrus |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: Gareth Date: 22 May 02 - 04:12 PM Then there is that fine old Fred Whitlock song "The Oldest Swinger in Town" How apt! or -
"Nana Bailey had a Zimmer, "Have you ever saw etc." Gareth |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: Genie Date: 22 May 02 - 03:17 PM "Twist and...OUCH!" "Flush Dance -- What A Feelin!" (Sorry about duplicating that Whiter Shade Of Hair, Amos.)
Then there's that old standard
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Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: Genie Date: 22 May 02 - 03:01 PM Then there's
"Metamucilville" by Jimmy Buffett Genie |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: TheBigPinkLad Date: 22 May 02 - 02:57 PM Tom Jones: It IS unusual Cat Stevens: I love my Guide Dog Led Zeppelin: Bin a long time since I (insert verb) ELO: Hold On Tight Rolling Stones: 4,719th Nervous Breakdown Jimmy Osmond: Long-haired lover with liver spots The Who: Magic Bus Pass Johnny Kid & the Pirates: Creakin' All Over Perry Como: It's Impossible John Lennon: Instant Carnation Spinners: Leaving of Liversalts Mungo Jerry: In the Zimmerframe Dionne Warwick: Do you know the way to (insert noun) Cliff Richard: The Old Ones Yardbirds: For your drugs |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: Genie Date: 22 May 02 - 02:53 PM Love it, Deda! You, too, Walrus, Mark C. (and a bunch more of ya)! LMOFAO* Folks, don't forget Genie *"laughing my old flabby ass off" |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: GUEST,Sonja Date: 22 May 02 - 02:36 PM Another country hit: I Can't Help It If I'm Fillin' Up My Pants |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: GUEST,Sonja Date: 22 May 02 - 02:33 PM Thanks, Joe Clone. The version deleted above was actually my 'final draft' (to date, anyway), and the one that's still up there is an earlier draft. The only difference, I think is that verses 2 and 3 in the 'final' (or just alternate) version are:
br>Come, you couch potatoes who sit on your cans
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Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: greg stephens Date: 22 May 02 - 02:27 PM Surely the distinguishing feature of folk music as opposed to say classical or pop music is the way it is transmitted er hang on a minute can't remember what this thread is meant to be about |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: Jeri Date: 22 May 02 - 02:20 PM Yesterday I remembered where my wallet lay I can't even find my ass today But I think I had it Yesterday |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: The Walrus at work Date: 22 May 02 - 02:14 PM "Tap Turn on the Water(er, will you excuse me for just a moment.. I'll be right back...)" T-Rex's "Ride a White Bath Chair" At it's extreme I suppose thre's always "Telegram (from the Queen) Sam" I have vague memories of an instrumental "light" piece from the early '60s called "Careless Rapture" which I always think of as "Careless Rupture" (so it fits here). Walrus
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Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: Deda Date: 22 May 02 - 02:02 PM Will you still know me tomorrow? |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: greg stephens Date: 22 May 02 - 01:47 PM Four to four thirty party people |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: Amos Date: 22 May 02 - 12:46 PM "Over the Hill, and Far Away" "Thanks for Which Memories?" "One O'Clock, Two O'Clock, Four O'Clock Pee" "Shake, Strain and Feed" "When a Man Loves A Woman, But He Thinks She's Somone Else" "You, Who Are On the Dole" "Hit the Elevator, Jack"
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Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: DMcG Date: 22 May 02 - 12:05 PM Elton John's Saturday Night's all Right for a quiet night in with a cup of cocoa |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: Lonesome EJ Date: 22 May 02 - 12:01 PM "Me and Julio Down by the Shuffleboard Court" |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: Amos Date: 22 May 02 - 11:33 AM The Morning Sun is Shinging Like a Red Rubber Hot Water Bottle.
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Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: Deda Date: 22 May 02 - 11:07 AM Sleeping Potion Number Nine. |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: Amos Date: 22 May 02 - 09:10 AM LOL!!! A |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: The Walrus at work Date: 22 May 02 - 08:53 AM "Stairlift to Heaven" ? "Hand Me Down My Walkin' Cane" "What Becomes of the Bloke Who Farted" and, of course "My Degeneration" Walrus |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: Big Mick Date: 22 May 02 - 08:50 AM "I Can't Get a Rise with You" The Temptations |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: Mark Cohen Date: 22 May 02 - 05:16 AM Beatles: "P.S. Who are You?" The Who: "Pinball Geezer" Otis Redding: "Waitin' for the Doc of the Day" Excuse me, but I have to lie down now. Aloha, Mark |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: greg stephens Date: 22 May 02 - 04:58 AM Getting addictive, this. How about Cyril Tawney's "Sammy's Tea-Shoppe"? |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: greg stephens Date: 22 May 02 - 04:53 AM Bit more Lonnie Donegan: "Putting on the Slippers"; "Does your drip lose it's flavour on the bedpost overnight"; "Worried Man Blues"(that's OK as it is);"Cumberland Nap"; "Teatime Special"; "I'm Cemetery Bound";"Don't you shock me Sonny-O"; "The Wreck of the Old 97-year old". |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: DMcG Date: 22 May 02 - 04:27 AM And don't forget the musicals! From the Sound of Music we have, some of which need no alteration at all:
I am sixty, going on seventy And (black humour alert) So long, farewell, Auf Weidersein, Goodbye |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: greg stephens Date: 22 May 02 - 04:21 AM Mama's gotta brand new bag |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: Amos Date: 22 May 02 - 01:21 AM ROTFLMAO!! You guys are puree-dee!! "Your Skipping Heart Will Tell On You...." A |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: GUEST,Sonja Date: 22 May 02 - 12:00 AM Then there's that classic country boomer tune "Please Help Me, I've Fallen." |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: Big Mick Date: 21 May 02 - 11:18 PM "Darling, Prune Juice, soon" Lovin Spoonful |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: Amos Date: 21 May 02 - 08:07 PM Not to mention "Just Like an Old Lady","All Along the Croquet Court", and "Subterranean Retirement Home-Sick Blues". A |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 21 May 02 - 08:04 PM Then there's Dylan's "Everybody Must Get Old" and Buddy Holly's "Everyday I'm a-getting slower"
I'm getting more and more like that sodding Dutchman - "long ago I used to be a young man." But as young John put it "I'm not the only one..." |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: Jeri Date: 21 May 02 - 07:43 PM Some JoeClone deleted the 2nd set of Sonja's lyrics before noticing they were different, but I'll bet big bucks the JoeClone saved the lyrics someplace. (Anybody want to take me up on the wager?) Which set should be up there? |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: harvey andrews Date: 21 May 02 - 07:31 PM Eddie Cochran "one flight rock" Tom Paxton "hold on to me babe" Everley Bros "bye bye teeth" "Mrs Brown you've got a lovely granddaughter" Beatles "Yesterday..or was it Monday?" For British Health service victims "The trolley song" Elvis "Uh huh..Ow!" Litle Richard "A wop bop a loo...where is it?" Gene Vincent "Be bop a loo..quick..tell me"
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Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: GUEST,Van Lingle Date: 21 May 02 - 07:12 PM Thirty Days in the Can Life in the Slow Lane The Incontinental |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: Deda Date: 21 May 02 - 06:37 PM How about "My blue hairdo"? I was thinking of Blue Hair, instead of Blue Moon. ;o> Thanks all, this is fun. Not the aging, but the songs. |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: Amos Date: 21 May 02 - 06:13 PM CS&N: "Our Home, Is a very very fine Home, With two docs on the floor, But the social room's a bore..." "You've Got to Hide Your Dad Away" Oh, dear!! This is getting depressing!!! LOL! A
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Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: GUEST,Melanie Date: 21 May 02 - 05:29 PM Tom Paxton: "Bottle Of Tums"
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Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: GUEST,Genie Date: 21 May 02 - 05:25 PM Sonja, it looks like you posted TWO VERSIONS of the parody, not a duplicate posting of the same one. Some of the lines are different from one to the other. Genie How about "Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely Walker"? I know My Blue Heaven is a pre-boomer song, but how about "My Blue Beehive"? (dedicated to Marge Simpson, of course) |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: catspaw49 Date: 21 May 02 - 05:16 PM Mac, wouldn't that be "Grumpy Jack Flush?" Spaw |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: Sorcha Date: 21 May 02 - 05:14 PM I knew we were all nuts-o, this just confirms it......... |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 21 May 02 - 05:13 PM Beatles: Please Push me Stones: Grumpy Jack Flash Elvis: A whole lot of shakin' going on (still) |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: GUEST,Sonja Date: 21 May 02 - 05:10 PM Looks like I accidentally cut and pasted two pages, thinking the document was only one page. (So you got a bit of my rhyme search there, too.) Oops! If a Joe clone wants to delete all but the song itself, it'd be 'preciated. Anyway, other titles: Brenda Lee: "I'm Saggy" Everly Brothers: "Bye, Bye, Chin" (or "Bye, Bye, Buns") Bill Haley & The Comets: "Meds Around The Clock" Deda, I LIKE that T-Bird one!
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Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: GUEST,Sonja Date: 21 May 02 - 05:00 PM Well, here's one I wrote (belatedly) in tribute to Mr. Zimmerman for his 60th birthday. Sonja
Like Bob Dylan, We Are All Aging Removed 2nd copy of song. --JoeClone |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: Deda Date: 21 May 02 - 04:15 PM The 59th (Cross out "Street") dental bridge song. |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: Deda Date: 21 May 02 - 04:07 PM (I'm the)Little old lady from Pasadena We'll have fun, fun, fun till the grandkids take the T-Bird away |
Subject: RE: BS: Rewriting the Boomer Songs...:>) From: Ebbie Date: 21 May 02 - 04:03 PM I Found My Thrill on Boothill- Fats Domino Rebel Rouser- Placid Napper Raunchy- Raised Eyebrow (The Very) Last Date- Floyd Cramer
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