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Al, do you remember when we were talking about “Knowing your Audience”?  What makes you think a group of middle age men are going to be interested in a song called “Teen Angst”?

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j/k I love that song. it came out when a lot of bands were going the “Adult Alternative” route and I needed a song rebelling against that.

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Rocket wrote:

Al, do you remember when we were talking about “Knowing your Audience”?  What makes you think a group of middle age men are going to be interested in a song called “Teen Angst”?

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So… you know the song.

middle aged men… The song was written when we were “teens” in the 90s. Or some of us anyway…

Nostalgia, you see.

Next: Smells Like Teen Spirit 😂😂

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Rocket

..it is not the rays which bodies absorb, but those which they reject, that give them the colours they are known by;..

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Rocket, Todd

Rocket wrote:

I love that song. it came out when a lot of bands were going the “Adult Alternative” route and I needed a song rebelling against that.

90’s Alt… the good old days. Listening to that in my college years besides Nirvana and Pearl Jam. 😁

Now…

A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My libido

Father Christmas, give us the money

“What will he find out there, Doctor?”

“His destiny.”

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When this old world starts getting me down
And people are just too much for me to take

Are you gonna go into battle dressed like a cool youth pastor?

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Dave, Todd

What did one shepherd say to the other shepherd?

Let’s get the flock out of here

Q: How did Darth Vader know what Luke got him for Christmas?

A: He felt his presents…

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Todd

Seventy-six years, Stephen. How many n***ers you think you seen come and go? Seven thousand? Eight thousand? Nine thousand? Nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine? Every single word that came out of Calvin Candie’s mouth was nothing but horseshit, but he was right about one thing: I am that one n***er in ten thousand.

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Todd

I got soul but I’m not a soldier

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njerry

I got ham but I’m not a hamster.

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Bruce, Sean Robinson, Dave

I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away

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I’d like to dedicate this to my father Francis L…
It’s a song the girls in the band wrote
Lisa and Wendy

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You can dispense with the pleasantries Commander
I am here to put you back on schedule

I started reading those other two to the tune of American Pie and got confused.

(I mean, a Star Wars version of American Pie, can you imagine? Terrible idea)

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DavidM

for @davewallace, The Saga begins

Oh my my, this here Anakin guy
May be Vader someday later, now he’s just a small fry
And he left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye
Sayin’ “Soon I’m gonna be a Jedi,
Soon I’m gonna be a Jedi”

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Rocket

That Wierd Al video is out there somewhere on YouTube I take it.

That Wierd Al guy did those song parody lyrics good.

He also did Beat it back in the day.

He does what he has legal permission to do.

Coilio sued him over his parody take on the song Gangster’s Paradise, but Al gave him huge royalty checks.

[Al-x]

This is dedicated to @davewallace and @rocket

Regarding American Pie: There is a file somewhere I had but I threw away
(like my old comics that would be a fortune now but I digress…) that
explained/interpreted the lyrics.

The girl who sang the blues was Janis Joplin.
I think the jester was Bob Dylan but anyway.

Mclean’s Day the Music Died was that plane crash in the late 50’s
that killed Buddy Holly, that Spanish singer of La Bamba etc.
For McLean, it meant a loss of innocence and then his lyrical description
of the 60’s.

Interesting song, but I also liked “Vincent” about Van Gogh.
It was also Tupac Shakur’s favorite song when he was in that
Baltimore High School of Performing Arts.

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[Al-x]

Breathe deep…

The gathering gloom

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“Happening” kind of guy…

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What she asked of me
At the end of the day

Caligula would have blushed

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Al-x wrote:

Mclean’s Day the Music Died was that plane crash in the late 50’s
that killed Buddy Holly, that Spanish singer of La Bamba etc.

i love you, Alfred, but I think Richie Valens and the Big Bopper deserve better than that.

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Rocket, DavidM, Todd, Dave

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njerry wrote:

Al-x wrote:

Mclean’s Day the Music Died was that plane crash in the late 50’s
that killed Buddy Holly, that Spanish singer of La Bamba etc.

i love you, Alfred, but I think Richie Valens and the Big Bopper deserve better than that.

I know… I just couldn’t get his name at the time.

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Captain … Sam!

On your left.

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njerry wrote:

i love you, Alfred, but I think Richie Valens and the Big Bopper deserve better than that.

Much love from me as well.

Here is a few links to some meanings of the song:

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32196117

https://americansongwriter.com/american-pie-don-mclean-meaning-lyrics-50-years-later/

https://www.pleacher.com/forwards/facts/amerpie.pdf

A song so heavily layered with meaning.

For Weird Al to use it as a song parody is … Sacrilege? A desecration?

I light the fire.
You place the flowers
In the vase
that you bought today

Well you’re dirty and sweet
Clad in black don’t look back and I love you
You’re dirty and sweet, oh yeah
Well you’re slim and you’re weak
You’ve got the teeth of the hydra upon you
You’re dirty, sweet and you’re my girl

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Rocket

Well you’re built like a car
You’ve got a hubcap diamond star halo
You’re built like a car, oh yeah
Well you’re an untamed youth
That’s the truth with your cloak full of eagles
You’re dirty, sweet and you’re my girl

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njerry

Well you’re windy and wild
You’ve got the blues in your shoes and your stockings
You’re windy and wild, oh yeah
Well you’re built like a car
You’ve got a hubcap diamond star halo
You’re dirty, sweet and you’re my girl

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njerry, Rocket

Pope is a rock star

That deaf, dumb, and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball

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Todd, JRCarter

“You’re dead, Carl. You say no to life, and therefore you’re not living.
You make up excuses to the people around you and to yourself.
You’re stuck in the same dead-end job, you have been for years.
You don’t have a girlfriend, you don’t have anything close to a girlfriend and you lost the love of your life because she couldn’t be with someone who didn’t live theirs.
And on most nights you’re so bored and filled with ennui, you can’t even summon the enthusiasm necessary to masturbate.

Am I right, Carl?”

EXTERMINATE!!!

Don’t question why she leaves
to be so free.
She’ll tell you it’s the
only way to be.

Let her cry, for she’s a lady
Let her dream, for she’s a child
Let the rain fall down upon her
She’s a free and gentle flower, growing wild

You and me, we come from different worlds
You like to laugh at me when I look at other girls
Sometimes you’re crazy then you wonder why
I’m such a baby ’cause the dolphins make me cry

Want some whiskey in your water?
Sugar in your tea?
What’s all these crazy questions they’re askin’ me?
This is the craziest party that could ever be
Don’t turn on the lights ’cause I don’t wanna see

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Rocket, Todd, njerry

And if I were the king of the world
Tell you what I’d do
I’d throw away the cars and the bars and the war
Make sweet love to you

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JRCarter, njerry

See me, feel me, touch me, heal me

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Please allow me to introduce myself

I’m a man of wealth and taste

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Rocket, JRCarter

I never took notice of the creepiness of these lyrics until I heard a remake recently, sung by a woman.

Hey little girl, is your daddy home?
Did he go away and leave you all alone? Mhmm
I got a bad desire
Oh oh oh, I’m on fire

Tell me now, baby, is he good to you?
And can he do to you the things that I do? Oh no
I can take you higher
Oh oh oh, I’m on fire

Sometimes it’s like someone took a knife, baby
Edgy and dull and cut a six inch valley
Through the middle of my skull

At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet
And a freight train running through the middle of my head
Only you can cool my desire
Oh oh oh, I’m on fire

Al-x wrote:

“You’re dead, Carl. You say no to life, and therefore you’re not living.
You make up excuses to the people around you and to yourself.
You’re stuck in the same dead-end job, you have been for years.
You don’t have a girlfriend, you don’t have anything close to a girlfriend and you lost the love of your life because she couldn’t be with someone who didn’t live theirs.
And on most nights you’re so bored and filled with ennui, you can’t even summon the enthusiasm necessary to masturbate.

Am I right, Carl?”

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Todd

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what’s puzzling you
Is the nature of my game

re: Springsteen. If you want to dive down the rabbit hole, read the comments.  https://www.songfacts.com/facts/bruce-springsteen/im-on-fire

my take is watch the video for clarification.  as a bachelor I understand the mindset.

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JRCarter

The aim of his role
Was to move a lot of blow
Ask him his dream
What does it mean?
He wouldn’t know
“Can’t be like the rest”
Is the most he’ll confess
But the time’s running out
And there’s no happiness

Now you’re not naive enough to think we’re living in a democracy, are you, Buddy?

Great people talk about ideas
Average people talk about things
Small people talk about other people

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Don’t be so humble
You’re not that good

Do ya really wanna, do ya really wanna taste it?
What’s going up must come down
Do ya really wanna, do ya really wanna taste it?
Baby, you’re losing ground

Blind to what you’ll soon become
The mirror lies, the whole world’s wrong but you
Dancing with your blinkers on
Throw your dog the invisible bone

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[Al-x]

General Zod : You are not the President. No one who leads so many could possibly kneel so quickly.

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Clark Kent/Superman: Good afternoon, Mr. President. Sorry I’ve been away so long…I won’t let you down again.

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Todd, JRCarter

You’re late, you fucking dickheads!

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JRCarter

Jason Todd: Ignoring what he’s done in the past. Blindly, stupidly disregarding the entire graveyards he’s filled, the thousands who have suffered, the friends he’s crippled. You know, I thought… I thought I’d be the last person you’d ever let him hurt. If it had been you that he beat to a bloody pulp, if he had taken you from this world, I would’ve done nothing but search the planet for this pathetic pile of evil, death-worshiping garbage and then send him off to hell!

Batman: You don’t understand. I don’t think you’ve ever understood.

Jason Todd: What? That your moral code just won’t allow for that? It’s too hard to cross that line?

Batman: No! God Almighty, no. It’d be too damned easy. All I’ve ever wanted to do is kill him. A day doesn’t go by that I don’t think about subjecting him to every horrendous torture he’s dealt out to others, and then… end him.

Joker: Aw, so you *do* think about me.

Batman: But if I do that, if I allow myself to go down into that place… I’ll never come back.

Jason Todd: Why? I’m not talking about killing Penguin or Scarecrow or Dent. I’m talking about *him*, just him. And doing it because… because he took me away from you.

Batman: I can’t. I’m sorry.

Joker: That is so sweet!

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Todd

Uncut Gems

Magneto:

“That metal doesn’t cover your entire body, does it?”

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JRCarter

They call me Mr. Tibbs!

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JRCarter

That’s some cold shit, throwing my man Leroy out the window. Just picked my man up and threw him out the Goddamn window.

I really am ruggedly handsome, aren’t I

You tried to sucker me with marked bills.

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Nowadays everybody wanna talk like they got something to say
But nothing comes out when they move their lips
Just a bunch of gibberish
And motherf*ckers act like they forgot about Dre

[Al-x]

The girls who get it, get it…
The girls who don’t, don’t.

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Now, he is trying to make up for not being
one of the cool kids back in high school.

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“You want to tell me about her?”

“No… No I don’t think I will.”

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No more mutants

Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful.

You don’t get it, boy. This isn’t a mudhole. It’s an operating table…and I’m the surgeon.

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Todd

in your most private moments…I want you to remember…my hand…at your throat…I want…you to remember…the one man who beat you.

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Todd, JRCarter

Caviar and cigarettes
Well versed in etiquette
Extraordinarily nice
She’s a Killer Queen
Gunpowder, gelatine
Dynamite with a laser beam
Guaranteed to blow your mind Anytime

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JRCarter

And who are you, the proud lord said
That I must bow so low?
Only a cat of a different coat
That’s all the truth I know
In a coat of gold or a coat of red
A lion still has claws
And mine are long and sharp, my lord
As long and sharp as yours
And so he spoke, and so he spoke
That lord of Castamere
But now the rains weep o’er his hall
With no one there to hear
Yes, now the rains weep o’er his hall
And not a soul to hear
And so he spoke, and so he spoke
That lord of Castamere
But now the rains weep o’er his hall
With no one there to hear
Yes, now the rains weep o’er his hall
And not a soul to hear

[Al-x]

So… you’re the one banging my daughter!
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Seriously now… some Gerry Rafferty lyrics from two of his hits:

Way down the street there’s a light in his place
He opens the door, he’s got that look on his face
And he asks you where you’ve been
You tell him who you’ve seen
And you talk about anything

He’s got this dream about buying some land
He’s gonna give up the booze and the one-night stands
And then he’ll settle down
In some quiet little town
And forget about ev’rything

But you know he’ll always keep movin’
You know he’s never gonna stop movin’

‘Cause he’s rollin’, he’s the rolling stone
When you wake up, it’s a new mornin’

The sun is shinin’, it’s a new mornin’
You’re goin’, you’re goin’ home

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You know I need your love
You’ve got that hold over me
Long as I’ve got your love
You know that I’ll never leave
When I wanted you to share my life
I had no doubt in my mind
And it’s been you, woman
Right down the line

I know how much I lean on you
Only you can see
The changes that I’ve been through
Have left a mark on me
You’ve been as constant as a Northern Star
The brightest light that shines
It’s been you, woman
Right down the line

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JRCarter

You grew up riding the subways running with people
Up in Harlem, down on Broadway
You’re no tramp but you’re no lady, talkin’ that street talk
You’re the heart and soul of New York City

And love, love is just a passing word
It’s the thought you had in a taxi cab
That got left on the curb
When he dropped you off at East 83rd

Oh, oh, oh
(Oh, oh, oh)
You’re a native New Yorker
You should know the score by now
(You should know by now)
You’re a native New Yorker

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If I were a carpenter
And you were a lady,
Would you marry me anyway?
Would you have my baby?

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JRCarter

In the fashion of stupid 70s songs,

If you like piña coladas
And gettin’ caught in the rain
If you’re not into yoga
If you have half a brain
If you like making love at midnight
In the dunes on the cape
I’m the love that you’ve looked for
Write to me and escape

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Todd

Here is a song that stands the test of time.

Cats in the cradle

My child arrived just the other day
He came to the world in the usual way
But there were planes to catch, and bills to pay
He learned to walk while I was away
And he was talking ‘fore I knew it, and as he grew
He’d say “I’m gonna be like you, dad”
“You know I’m gonna be like you”

And the cat’s in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
“When you coming home, dad?” “I don’t know when”
But we’ll get together then
You know we’ll have a good time then

My son turned ten just the other day
He said, thanks for the ball, dad, come on let’s play
Can you teach me to throw, I said-a, not today
I got a lot to do, he said, that’s okay
And he, he walked away, but his smile never dimmed
It said, I’m gonna be like him, yeah
You know I’m gonna be like him

And the cat’s in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
“When you coming home, dad?” “I don’t know when”
But we’ll get together then
You know we’ll have a good time then

Well, he came from college just the other day
So much like a man I just had to say
Son, I’m proud of you, can you sit for a while?
He shook his head, and they said with a smile
What I’d really like, dad, is to borrow the car keys
See you later, can I have them please?

And the cat’s in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
“When you coming home, son?” “I don’t know when”
But we’ll get together then, dad
You know we’ll have a good time then

I’ve long since retired, my son’s moved away
I called him up just the other day
I said, I’d like to see you if you don’t mind
He said, I’d love to, dad, if I can find the time
You see, my new job’s a hassle, and the kids have the flu
But it’s sure nice talking to you, dad
It’s been sure nice talking to you

And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me
He’d grown up just like me
My boy was just like me

And the cat’s in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
“When you coming home, son?” “I don’t know when”
But we’ll get together then, dad
We’re gonna have a good time then

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Interestingly enough, so many dads made efforts to reconnect
with their grown up kids just after listening to that song.

Al-x wrote:

Here is a song that stands the test of time.

Cats in the cradle

I always associate that with this one:

“Father And Son”

[Father:]
It’s not time to make a change
Just relax, take it easy
You’re still young, that’s your fault
There’s so much you have to know
Find a girl, settle down
If you want you can marry
Look at me, I am old, but I’m happy

I was once like you are now, and I know that it’s not easy
To be calm when you’ve found something going on
But take your time, think a lot
Why, think of everything you’ve got
For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not

[Son:]
How can I try to explain, cause when I do he turns away again
It’s always been the same, same old story
From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen
Now there’s a way and I know that I have to go away
I know I have to go

[Father:]
It’s not time to make a change (Away, away, away)
Just sit down, take it slowly
You’re still young, that’s your fault (I know)
There’s so much you have to go through (I have to make this decision)
Find a girl, settle down (Alone)
If you want you can marry
Look at me, (No) I am old, but I’m happy

[Son:]
All the times that I cried (Decision, decision, decision)
Keeping all the things I knew inside
It’s hard (Why must)
But it’s harder to ignore it (You go and make this decision)
If they were right, I’d agree (Alone?)
But it’s them they know not me
Now there’s a way and I know
That I have to go away
I know I have to go

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Rocket, njerry, Al-x

Two great songs that were a poignant part of my teenage years in the 1970s.

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Rocket, Tom Cat, Al-x

One day, some of the kids from the neighborhood carried my mother’s groceries all the way home. You know why? It was outta respect.

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Funny how?

I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve
I have a history of taking off my shirt

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Rocket

“When a man’s partner is killed, he’s supposed to do something about it. It doesn’t make any difference what you thought of him. He was your partner and you’re supposed to do something about it. And it happens we’re in the detective business. Well, when one of your organization gets killed, it’s-it’s bad business to let the killer get away with it, bad all around, bad for every detective everywhere.”

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JRCarter, Rocket

[Rocket]

Gotta get in tune with Sailor Moon
‘Cause that cartoon has got the boom anime babes

“Where I’m going, you can’t follow. What I’ve got to do, you can’t be any part of. Ilsa, I’m no good at being noble, but it doesn’t take much to see that the problems of three little people don’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you’ll understand that.”

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njerry

Griselda : Listen. I have put a pellet of poison in one of the vessels.

Hawkins : Which one?

Griselda : The one with the figure of a pestle.

Hawkins : The vessel with the pestle?

Griselda : Yes. But you don’t want the vessel with the pestle, you want the chalice from the palace!

Hawkins : I don’t want the vessel with the pestle, I want the chalice from… the what?

Jean : The chalice from the palace!

Hawkins : Hmmm?

Griselda : It’s a little crystal chalice with a figure of a palace.

Hawkins : The chalice from the palace has the pellet with the poison?

Griselda : No, the pellet with the poison’s in the vessel with the pestle.

Hawkins : Oh, oh, the pestle with the vessel.

Jean : The vessel with the pestle.

Hawkins : What about the palace from the chalice?

Griselda : Not the palace from the chalice! The chalice from the palace!

Hawkins : Where’s the pellet with the poison?

Griselda : In the vessel with the pestle.

Griselda : The chalice from the palace has the brew that is true.

Jean : Don’t you see? The pellet with the poison’s in the vessel with the pestle.

Griselda : The chalice from the palace has the brew that is true!

Jean : It’s so easy, I can say it.

Hawkins : Well then you fight him!

Griselda : Listen carefully. The pellet with the poison’s in the vessel with the pestle, the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true.

Hawkins : The pellet with the poison’s in the vessel with the pestle, the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true.

Jean : Good man!

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[Rocket]

Hawkins : I’ve got it! I’ve got it! The pellet with the poison’s in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true! Right?

Griselda : Right. But there’s been a change: they broke the chalice from the palace!

Hawkins : They *broke* the chalice from the palace?

Griselda : And replaced it with a flagon.

Hawkins : A flagon…?

Griselda : With the figure of a dragon.

Hawkins : Flagon with a dragon.

Griselda : Right.

Hawkins : But did you put the pellet with the poison in the vessel with the pestle?

Griselda : No! The pellet with the poison’s in the flagon with the dragon! The vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true!

Hawkins : The pellet with the poison’s in the flagon with the dragon; the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true.

Griselda : Just remember that.

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[Al-x]

Yeah, I’m not supposed to be here right now, because I’m dressed like a HOOKER and none of you like me, but I just wanted to say congratulations.
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There are more things in heaven and Earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy

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The fault lies not in our stars, but in ourselves

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I’m just a soul whose intentions are good

Oh Lord, why must I always be misunderstood?

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JRCarter

Rocket wrote:

Hawkins : I’ve got it! I’ve got it! The pellet with the poison’s in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true! Right?

The best scene from one of my favourite films.

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Rocket

Early morning April 4th. A shot rings out from the Memphis sky……

I have climbed the highest mountains
I have run through the fields
Only to be with you
Only to be with you

Al-x wrote:

Early morning April 4th. A shot rings out from the Memphis sky……

MLK was shot at 6:05pm in Memphis. Even if Bono was writing that lyric in Dublin, the time of day there would have been 1:05pm, not “early morning”. Poetic license, I guess…

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Jules Winnfield: Say ‘what’ again. Say ‘what’ again, I dare you, I double dare you motherfucker, say what one more Goddamn time!

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JRCarter

Sex and drugs and sausage rolls

— David Meadows (@DavidMeadows11) April 9, 2022

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Rocket, Todd

I apologize for this long post, but I just love ALL the lyrics of this song (“A Little Bit of Everything” by Dawes):

With his back against the San Francisco traffic,
On the bridges side that faces towards the jail,
Setting out to join a demographic,
He hoists his first leg up over the rail.
And a phone call is made,
Police cars show up quickly.
The sergeant slams his passenger door.
He says, ‘Hey son why don’t you talk through this with me,
Just tell me what you’re doing it for.’
‘Oh, it’s a little bit of everything,
It’s the mountains, It’s the fog,
It’s the news at six o’clock,
It’s the death of my first dog,
It’s the angels up above me,
It’s the song that they don’t sing,
It’s a little bit of everything.’

An older man stands in a buffet line,
He is smiling and holding out his plate,
And the further he looks back into his timeline,
That hard road always had led him to today,
And making up for when his bright future had left him,
Making up for the fact that his only son is gone,
And letting everything out once, His server asks him,
Have you figured out yet, what it is you want?
I want a little bit of everything,
The biscuits and the beans,
Whatever helps me to forget about
The things that brought me to my knees,
So pile on those mashed potatoes,
And an extra chicken wing,
I’m having a little bit of everything.

Somewhere a pretty girl is writing invitations,
To a wedding she has scheduled for the fall,
Her man says, ‘Baby, can I make an observation?
You don’t seem to be having any fun at all.’
She said, ‘You just worry about your groomsmen and your shirt-size,
And rest assured that this is making me feel good,
I think that love is so much easier than you realize,
If you can give yourself to someone, Then you should.
‘Cause it’s a little bit of everything,
The way you choke, the way you ache,
It is waking up before you,
So I can watch you as you wake.
So in the day in late September,
It’s not some stupid little ring,
I’m giving a little bit of everything.

Oh, it’s a little bit of everything,
It’s the matador and the bull,
It’s the suggested daily dosage,
It is the red moon when it’s full.
All these psychics and these doctors,
They’re all right and they’re all wrong,
It’s like trying to make out every word,
When they should simply hum along,
It’s not some message written in the dark,
Or some truth that no one’s seen,
It’s a little bit of everything.

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Rocket

Theme song of M*A*S*H (Suicide is Painless)

Through early morning fog I see
Visions of the things to be
The pains that are withheld for me
I realize and I can see

That suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it
If I please

The game of life is hard to play
I’m gonna lose it anyway
The losing card I’ll someday lay
So this is all I have to say

Suicide is painless (suicide)
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it
If I please

The sword of time will pierce our skins
It doesn’t hurt when it begins
But as it works its way on in
The pain grows stronger, watch it grin

Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it
If I please

A brave man once requested me
To answer questions that are key
“Is it to be or not to be?”
And I replied, “Oh, why ask me?”

Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it

If I please

And you can do the same thing
If you please

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Believe it or not, it came from Altman’s 15 year old son at the time.

 

Huh.

Director Robert Altman had two stipulations about the song for composer Johnny Mandel: it had to be called “Suicide Is Painless” and it had to be the “stupidest song ever written”.[3] Altman attempted to write the lyric himself, but, upon finding it too difficult for his “45-year-old brain” to write something “stupid” enough,[4] he gave the task to his 14-year-old-son Michael, who reportedly wrote the lyrics in five minutes.[5][6][7]

Huh.

Now I feel dumb for really liking those lyrics.

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DavidM, Todd

Christian wrote:

Huh.

Director Robert Altman had two stipulations about the song for composer Johnny Mandel: it had to be called “Suicide Is Painless” and it had to be the “stupidest song ever written”.[3] Altman attempted to write the lyric himself, but, upon finding it too difficult for his “45-year-old brain” to write something “stupid” enough,[4] he gave the task to his 14-year-old-son Michael, who reportedly wrote the lyrics in five minutes.[5][6][7]

Huh.

Now I feel dumb for really liking those lyrics.

I believe Altman has said his son made more money from that song than he did directing the movie.

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Christian

Seriously though, I can easily believe that a fourteen-year-old wrote the chorus, which is perfect in its dumb simplicity, in five minutes, but…

The sword of time will pierce our skins
It doesn’t hurt when it begins
But as it works its way on in
The pain grows stronger, watch it grin

I feel like it’d take a fourteen-year-old at least an hour to come up with that!

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Al-x, Todd

[Rocket]

ME: This is the thread for posting quotes/lyrics not discussing them

You: what?

ME: This is the thread for posting quotes/lyrics not discussing them

You: what?

Rocket wrote:

Jules Winnfield: Say ‘what’ again. Say ‘what’ again, I dare you, I double dare you motherfucker, say what one more Goddamn time!

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Todd

Christian wrote:

Seriously though, I can easily believe that a fourteen-year-old wrote the chorus, which is perfect in its dumb simplicity, in five minutes, but…

The sword of time will pierce our skins
It doesn’t hurt when it begins
But as it works its way on in
The pain grows stronger, watch it grin

I feel like it’d take a fourteen-year-old at least an hour to come up with that!

This is basically every 80s metal song.

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Sean Robinson, Christian, Todd, Dave

I was howling on the way to work today.

I saw werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
Walking through the streets of SoHo in the rain
He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fooks
For to get a big dish of beef chow mein

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JRCarter, njerry

Just overheard this one from a couple of friends in a discord call:

Amanda (to her boyfriend): Babe, you remember when I told you that girls shed their skin like a snake when they’re on their period?

Magnus (her boyfriend): Yes…?

Amanda: That’s not true. I forgot to tell you I was joking.

Magnus: WHAT!?

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Christian

(Sunrise) There’s a new sun a-risin’
(In your eyes) I can see a new horizon
(Realize) That will keep me realizin’
You’re the biggest part of me

(Stay the night) Need your lovin’ here beside me
(Shine the light) Need you close enough to guide me
(For all my life) I’ve been hopin’ you would find me
You’re the biggest part of me

[Al-x]

Oh Lord,
Won’t you buy me
A Mercedes Benz

My friends all drive Porsches
I must make amends

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It’s a little bit funny, this feeling inside
I’m not one of those who can easily hide
I don’t have much money, but, boy, if I did
I’d buy a big house where we both could live
If I was a sculptor, heh, but then again, no
Or a man who makes potions in a traveling show
I know it’s not much, but it’s the best I can do
My gift is my song, and this one’s for you

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Roxanne

You don’t have to put on the red light

Those days are over

You don’t have to sell your body to the night

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JRCarter

I wanted to be with you alone

And talk about the weather

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But I won’t cry for yesterday

There’s an ordinary world

Somehow I have to find

I do not aim with my hand.
He who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I aim with my eye.

I do not shoot with my hand.
He who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I shoot with my mind.

I do not kill with my gun.
He who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father.
I kill with my heart.

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Uncle Retrospective, Christian

In Birmingham, they love the governor (boo boo boo)
Now we all did what we could do
Now Watergate does not bother me
Does your conscience bother you?
Tell the truth

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njerry

I come to you
And see all this ruin
What are you doing Alabama?
You got the rest of the union
To help you along
What’s going wrong?

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Rocket, njerry

Nice juxtaposition, Meadows.

Basque Whacker from the Pyrenees

Let’s Dance! Put on your red shoes and dance the blues

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And when I get excited
My little China girl says
Oh baby, you just shut your mouth
She says… SHHHH

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Mike, you don’t come to Las Vegas
and talk to a man like Mo Green like that!

Fredo, you’re my older brother and I love you
But don’t ever take sides with anyone against the family again. Ever

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Now go home now and get your F*cking shinebox

How did you do that?

Lots of birthday parties.

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Boys,,,, Girls

I’m here to appeal to your community spirit.
I’m sure you’re all eager to help!

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How can you just leave me standing
Alone in a world so cold?
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And I got such a long way to go
To make it to the border of Mexico
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I was born through Caesarean section

Not that you can really tell but every time

I leave my house, I go out through the window.

 

 

Al-x wrote:

How can you just leave me standing
Alone in a world so cold?
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And I got such a long way to go
To make it to the border of Mexico

There is something very wrong about quoting Prince and Christopher Cross in the same post.

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Al-x, Rocket, Todd

You are absolutely right…

 

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njerry