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08 Oct 08 - 03:56 PM (#2460495) Subject: Lyr Req: Song about 'mismatched' couple From: frogprince This will be another one of those somewhat vague rquests. I think it's by a contemporary writer, and it's been around for a few years, but I've lost track of the specifics. The song repeatedly refers to each spouse by name, giving a characteristic of one and an "incompatible" characteristic of the other. It finally concludes that, whatever everyone else thinks, "John and Marsha" (whatever the names really are) just don't care. I have a few words to say at a wedding in a few days, and I want to throw a little of this in for fun, if anyone can figure out what the heck I'm referring to. Dean |
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08 Oct 08 - 04:37 PM (#2460532) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about 'mismatched' couple From: TheSnail This one? Let's Call The Whole Thing Off |
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08 Oct 08 - 04:49 PM (#2460542) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about 'mismatched' couple From: Marion I don't think this is the one you're looking for, but your request reminded me of John's Prine's song "In Spite of Ourselves": look for lyrics halfway down this thread. |
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08 Oct 08 - 05:54 PM (#2460590) Subject: Lyr Add: ALICE AND RALPH (Joel Mabus) From: Roger in Baltimore I think the song you are looking for is "Ralph and Alice" written by Joel Mabus and performed on his CD "Promised Land". Here are the lyrics: ALICE AND RALPH by Joel Mabus Alice is a woman.................... Ralph is a man Alice likes to dialogue................Ralph never can Alice wants them both to do aerobics every night Ralph wants to go down to the bar and watch the fight Alice wants to go to Paris and study Art............ Ralph knows all the Three Stooges movies by heart..... Alice wants a kid, Ralph wants a dog, Alice does ballet, Ralph likes to clog, Everybody knows that Alice & Ralph don't fit Everybody knows that Alice and Ralph are a split-up waitin' to split CHORUS: Oh, Alice and Ralph, Ralph and Alice King and Queen in their own little palace. Ralph and Alice, Alice and Ralph, Pick your partner and you suit yourself Alice is a lady...............Ralph is a guy Alice offers options...............Ralph just tells you WHY Alice blows off steam by going shopping at the mall ...Ralph puts his fist through the wall. Alice loves those old movies that make her cry........ Ralph likes the ones where all the Nazis die.... Alice likes to ski, Ralph likes to skate Alice shows up early, Ralph gets there late Everybody knows that Alice and Ralph won't work, Everybody knows that she is a fool and he is just a jerk. Alice needs her sleep................Ralph has to snore Alice tries to fascinate....................Ralph tends to bore Alice defines her worth by accomplishing her goals Ralph likes to work the remote control Alice appreciates the finest of cuisine......... Ralph prefers his weenie cooked with bean....... Alice wants to talk, Ralph wants to read Alice wants to stay, Ralph wants to leave Everybody knows these two should never pair Everybody knows except Alice and Ralph, & Alice and Ralph don't care. If this is not what you were looking for, it is still a great song in the same genre. If you have an opportunity to see Joel Mabus live, take it. He is 110% pleasure. Roger in Baltimore |
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08 Oct 08 - 06:27 PM (#2460616) Subject: Lyr Add: RUFUS AND BEVERLY (Mark Graham) From: oldhippie Then there's (from the DT) this one. BUT, they're not mismatched. Still a fun song. RUFUS AND BEVERLY (Mark Graham) Rufus could play the piano And he drove an American car. He worked nine to sundown In an office downtown To save us from nuclear war. Beverly came from Seattle, Played the mouth harp quite well, so they say. She used to write songs In an old-timey style In hopes she could sell them one day. Rufus and Bev became sweethearts And nature would not be denied. They did the things lovers do under the covers As happy as clams at high tide. Then one morning said Rufus to Beverly, As they lay in the fondest embrace, "Dear, I have to confess With some minor distress There's an issue I fear we must face. "For this body you see here before you Was once more like yours than like mine, And I sought the compliance of medical science To change to the sex masculine." Beverly stared back in amazement, Then said, "Rufus, don't rue what you've done. For I have surrendered a masculine gender For this other more feminine one." So, these lovers went back to their passions, And their passions were scarcely diffused. And the knot was soon tied, though deep down inside, They were ever so slightly confused. Recorded by Bryan Bowers on "For You," 1982, and by the Rude Girls on "Mixed Messages," 1990. |
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08 Oct 08 - 06:35 PM (#2460625) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about 'mismatched' couple From: GUEST,Burl Ives There was a frog lived in a spring, sing twiddle widdle widdle widdle widdle widdle win He was so hoarse he could not sing, sing """""" He took him a sip of fine brandy, sing """"""" wee And then his singing was fine and free, sing """""" " He courted a mouse and her name was Bess, sing """""" wes He courted and he courted 'til she said 'yes',sing """"" wes Uncle Rat said 'Frogs ain't nice, sing """"""" weiss She said they're quite as nice as mice, sing """"" " Now they were married, folks do tell, sing """""" well They live at the bottom of the old green well, sing """"" well Now Mousie wades in water to her chin, sing """""" win And she often wishes she was a maid again, sing """"" win |
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08 Oct 08 - 07:36 PM (#2460665) Subject: Lyr Add: DONALD AND LYDIA (John Prine) From: oldhippie These two might be considered mismatched, then again..... DONALD AND LYDIA ©John Prine As recorded by John Prine on “John Prine” (1971)
1. Small town, bright lights, Saturday night, (Spoken:) Lydia
2. Lydia hid her thoughts like a cat
CHORUS: But dreaming just comes natural
3. Bunk beds, shaved heads, Saturday night, (Spoken:) Donald
4. There were spaces between Donald and whatever he said.
5. Hot love, cold love, no love at all. (Spoken:) Love
6. They made love in the mountains, they made love in the streams, |
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08 Oct 08 - 08:28 PM (#2460688) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about 'mismatched' couple From: john f weldon ???Surely this is the old song about the guy with the corkscrew cock who married the gal with the counterclockwise twist???? |
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08 Oct 08 - 08:30 PM (#2460689) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about 'mismatched' couple From: Peter K (Fionn) I vaguely recall an English song, probably fairly contemporary, in which one partner was (I assume) very tall and the other "was only five foot two." |
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08 Oct 08 - 10:39 PM (#2460739) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about 'mismatched' couple From: cptsnapper Peter, is that the music hall song " It's A Great Big Shame? " |
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09 Oct 08 - 09:54 AM (#2461043) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about 'mismatched' couple From: frogprince Awright, and thanks; Roger got it; I was looking for "Alice and Ralph". I should have known it was by Joel; we've caught him live several times now. Joel is indeed a joy and a wonder, both for multi-instrumental virtouosity and songwriting instincts. Thanks to all for reminding me of some great fun stuff and introducing me to some other. Dean |
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09 Oct 08 - 07:45 PM (#2461563) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about 'mismatched' couple From: Peter K (Fionn) Many thanks cptsnapper! A mismatched couple all right, just not the one frogprince was looking for.... |
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10 Oct 08 - 07:16 PM (#2462590) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about 'mismatched' couple From: McGrath of Harlow I always the love the sketch where someone did "Let's call the whole thing off", but pronouncing all the words (eg "tomato", "potato" etc) English style, and then saying (more or less) "I can't see what the problem is" .......................... By definition all marriages between men and women are mixed marriages between "mismatched couples". That's the point. That's why I worry about whether "gay marriages" can really work... |
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18 Jan 12 - 03:56 AM (#3291983) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about 'mismatched' couple From: GUEST Here's a version of Ralph and Alice done by the married couple Chick Martson and Ellen Ford, recorded at New Year's Rockport Eve Rockport MA, 12/31/11 http://jukejoint.freehostia.com/Music/RalphAndAlice.mp3 |
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18 Jan 12 - 06:39 AM (#3292025) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about 'mismatched' couple From: breezy 'His and Hers' by Mike Deavin who'll be gigging at Stort folk later this year |
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18 Jan 12 - 07:02 AM (#3292036) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about 'mismatched' couple From: Dave Hanson In Spite Of Ourselves, John Prine. Dave H |