Illogical Lyrics

[Robert]

It would be highly illogical if the following lyrics turned out to be logical :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85iXsgiMiQA

[The Good Michael]

Tin Man (America) Nuff said!

ometimes late when things are real
And people share the gift of gab between themselves
Some are quick to take the bait
And catch the perfect prize that waits among the shelves

But Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man
That he didn't, didn't already have
And Cause never was the reason for the evening
Or the tropic of Sir Galahad.

So please believe in me
When I say I'm spinning round, round, round, round
Smoke glass stain bright color
Image going down, down, down, down
Soapsuds green like bubbles

Oh, Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man
That he didn't, didn't already have
And Cause never was the reason for the evening
Or the tropic of Sir Galahad

So please believe in me
When I say I'm spinning round, round, round, round
Smoke glass stain bright color
Image going down, down, down, down
Soapsuds green like bubbles

No, Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man
That he didn't, didn't already have
And Cause never was the reason for the evening
Or the tropic of Sir Galahad

So please believe in me

[Canopy]

Hi Canopy

I agree that today's music isn't a patch on the old stuff. On the other hand, I am depressed by some of the comments that get posted on you tube, where people who are obviously of an advanced age take to slagging off the Jonas Brothers et al, with a "my music's better than yours, na na na na na" attitude.
It isn't dignified.

Graham, you're forgetting "Homburg."

Simon and Garfunkel are not "my music" as they belong to my Dad's generation (no "na na na na na" intended!) NEITHER do I post on "You Tube"

I think "Build a little birdhouse in your soul" is quite illogical (They Might be Giants) - I'd have to first locate my soul and then, if you'd be so kind Robert, could you pass me that saw and hammer...?

C.

[The Bounder]

Neil Diamond

Neil Diamond, I am, I said....

'I am, I said to no one there and no one heard, not even the chair'...

What? I mean really? What?

[Sally]

Abba...

Again!

I have a dream
I cross the steam

It rhymes, I suppose - but that's about it!

[Mayerling]

From Julie to Leslie with love, but little logic.

One of my favorite twisted lyrics is from the song, SAY A PRAYER FOR ME TONIGHT, sung by Leslie Caron in the film GIGI. She is about to go out as an adult with Louis Jourdan, and sings this song to try to raise her confidence. Singing it in her bedroom to her cat makes it rather touching.

But there is a problem. The lyric was not written for Gigi but for MY FAIR LADY by the same team (Lerner and Lowe). It was supposed to be sung by Eliza Doolittle (Julie Andrews in the original stage production) but was dropped. However the lyric made sense.

The singer says, "On to you Waterloo, whispers myheart. Say I'll be Wellington, not Bonaparte."

Now if sung by an English girl in 1912 as in MY FAIR LADY, the lyric is sensible, as the Iron Duke was a national hero who Waterloo. But sung in 1900 by Colette's growing girl in Paris, it is bizaare. Why glorify the man who defeated Emperor Napoleon?

Over the years I have thought of a substitute lyric:

"In a few hours I'll dine at the Ritz,
And feel like the Emperor at Austelitz!"

But of course, in the film Gigi and Gaston dine at Maxim's, not the Ritz.

Jeff

[Robert]

We'll visit the Ritz, but where shall we then go?
On to Maxim's, and think of Marengo.

[Mayerling]

Which after our attempts at "improvement" of the lyrics make us appreciate the genius of Alan Jay Learner all the more!

Jeff

[Robert]

Hi Jeff

You could say that we're learners, not Learners.

[Mayerling]

Especially since I believe the lyracists last name was "Lerner" not "Learner".

Jeff

[Robert]

Oh that's torn it, we're not even lerners then.

[Canopy]

Edit Illogical? Don't think so - very clear "I'm SO alone that even items ignore me..." I LOVE that song and will defend it from "illogical" to the end! It's "poetic" rather than illogical - it's darn brilliant!!! :-)

[Mayerling]

A Tragic Anniversary for Lyric Lovers.

Today, May 29, 2011, is the 100th anniversary of the death by heart attack and drowning of Sir William Schwenk Gilbert while trying to rescue a young woman in his private lake at Grim's Dyke (his estate). To all who love the best of his Bab Ballads and his best operettas with Sir Arthur Sullivan, it is a tragic anniversary indeed.

Jeff

[Sally]

I'd like to build the world a home and furnish it with love..

How would that work? The construction of fixtures and fittings from a metaphysical concept would be challenging, to say the least.

Hmm...

[Robert]

One does not "grow" honey bees or turtle doves. These can be kept, or bred, but not grown.