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20 Nov 02 - 12:05 PM (#830789) Subject: Know lyrics, but what's the song? From: GUEST,wildtyke@blueyonder.co.uk Heard this song in the mid-seventies and taped it, but I have no idea who it's by or what it's called. The lyrics go something like... Landlord's coughing blood You know he's almost sick as me But that don't never pay my rent Or keep me company Company I keep is just like waiting for a train ???????????????????? and you stand out in the rain So long down the line So long down the line ?????????? mum and dad You know a decent boy like me Feed myself most everday On yams, chips, beans Any ideas? |
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20 Nov 02 - 02:52 PM (#830951) Subject: RE: lyr req: Landlord's coughing blood From: Joe Offer This is intriguing. I know nothing about the song, but I sure hope we find information about it. I changed the thread title to see if a title change will garner any responses. -Joe Offer- |
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20 Nov 02 - 05:05 PM (#831055) Subject: RE: lyr req: Landlord's coughing blood From: Sorcha I Googled and didn't find. Masato, over to you! |
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20 Nov 02 - 07:36 PM (#831162) Subject: RE: lyr req: Landlord's coughing blood From: masato sakurai No luck so far. ~Masato |
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20 Nov 02 - 07:50 PM (#831179) Subject: RE: lyr req: Landlord's coughing blood From: McGrath of Harlow Could it be "spitting blood"? - that being a turn of phrase you hear a bit more often. |
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20 Nov 02 - 09:27 PM (#831241) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Landlord's coughing blood From: Sorcha He stumped Masato??? Wow. |
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21 Nov 02 - 04:15 AM (#831404) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Landlord's coughing blood From: GUEST,wildtyke@blueyonder.co.uk I don't know all the lyrics, but it's definately " coughing blood" in the first line. |
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21 Nov 02 - 09:29 AM (#831566) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Landlord's coughing blood From: Charley Noble Beats me as well! And I thought I had all the landlord/tenant songs. Sounds like an early country blues. Any more clues, like where you ran across it? Maybe it's another varient of "All Around the Water Tank/Waitin' for a Train". Landlady's Daughter, not to be confused with Charley Noble |
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21 Nov 02 - 02:39 PM (#831844) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Landlord's coughing blood From: GUEST,wildtyke@blueyonder.co.uk Only other clues I can think of are: I heard it on Alan Freeman's Saturday Rock Show. Have tried emailing "Fluff" about it, but typical of the Beeb, the addie doesn't work:( There is one repeated line towards the end of the song....... "barely, barely, barely stayin' alive" The singer is male and the voice sounds to be somehow synthesised. |
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21 Nov 02 - 03:40 PM (#831899) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Landlord's coughing blood From: Wildtyke Ok, here's the biggest clue of the lot. I have just put up a simple web page with a link to download the song. Download the song here |
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23 Nov 02 - 12:02 AM (#833217) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Landlord's coughing blood From: Jim Dixon Well, Wildtyke, when I play the song you posted, RealOne Player displays "So Long Down the Line - IBIZA". Is that just an arbitrary title you gave it when you created the MP3 file? What does Ibiza have to do with it? Anyway, here's my best crack at transcribing the lyrics. Several phrases don't make sense, and are highly doubtful. Landlord's coughing blood. You know, he's almost sick as me. That don't never pay my rent or keep me company. Company I keep is just like waiting for a train. Landed right on time and you stand out in the rain. So long down the line. So long down the line. Staked to mum and dad you know a decent boy like me. Feed myself most every day on yams, chips, beans. Leather doctor keeps me warm. Winter makes its scene. Wall is going to save my soul, stop this lack of green. And it's so long down the line. So long down the line. Barely, barely, barely just stayin' alive. Barely, barely, barely just stayin' alive. So long down the line. So long down the line. So long down the line. |
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24 Nov 02 - 10:28 AM (#833847) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Landlord's coughing blood From: Wildtyke The title it shows is just a name I gave it to recognise it. Ibiza has nothing to do with it (it was lifted from an MP3 mix made for a holiday to Ibiza lol) |
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24 Nov 02 - 05:11 PM (#834066) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Landlord's coughing blood From: X My Landlord isn't coughing blood, though he's drinking plenty of mine. |
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27 Nov 02 - 08:05 PM (#836093) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Landlord's coughing blood From: Wildtyke PLEASE don't give up on it!! We've taken this song half way round Europe and not found an answer. You guys are my best hope! |
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27 Nov 02 - 08:34 PM (#836105) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Landlord's coughing blood From: GUEST,Eclipse at work This is going to drive me nuts.... I recognize the voice of the singer. It has the feel of someone I listen to in highschool - but I don't know who arrguh!!! I'd say Let out right on time, and you stand out in the rain and the rest that Jim Dixon wrote seems the same. -Eclipse |
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30 Nov 02 - 12:28 AM (#837585) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Landlord's coughing blood From: Jim Dixon AMG/All Music Guide lists 110 recordings of various songs called "Down the Line". |