During my journey to Switzerland by car, I was treated (?) to Benny's 
musical tastes.

(Benny's car stereo is somehow able to decode MPEG-1 layer-3 digital 
audio from yellow-book CDs. Yes, yellow-book, but red-book. As a result, 
1 CD plays for about 13 hours. And the trebble is sufficiently chewed up 
to annoy me. Apparently the difference is inaudible to everyone else...)

Here are some of the assorted lyrics I heard. If you're as bored as me, 
try naming a few of them...



OOOOOOHHHH YEAH!
It's like LIGHTNING!
Everybody was FRIGHTNING!
But the music was SOOTHING!
And then they all started GROOVING!

And the man in the back said "everyone attack" and it turned into a 
ballroom blitz.
And the girl in the corner said "boy I wanna warm ya, it'll turn into a 
ballroom blitz"... Ballroom blitz!

[You have no idea how long I had that thing stuck in my head!]



Woke up this morning, I'm feeling fine.
There's something special on my mind.
Last night I met a new girl in my neighborhood.
Something tells me I'm into something good.



It's just a jump to the left,
And then a step to the right.
With your hands on your hips,
You bring your knees in tight.
But it's the pelvic thrust
That really drives you insane.
Let's do the Time Warp again!

[Oh you have GOT me to KIDDING me!!]




Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare

[Dude, WTF? You're just making this up now...]



Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice
And she said 'We are all just prisoners here, of our own device'
And in the master's chambers,
They gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can't kill the beast



Thinkin' of you's workin' up my appetite,
Looking forward to a little afternoon delight.
Rubbin' sticks and stones together makes the sparks ingite,
And the thought of rubbin' you is getting so exciting.
Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Oooo, afternoon delight.

[I'll skip the story about why this one is "special" to Benny...]



Oh when I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice
Yeah - I'd always wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life



If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd been married long time ago.
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?

[Are you KIDDING me??!?!]



Wooooooooooo! We're half way there!
Wooo-ooooooo! Living on a prayer!
Take my hand, and we'll make it I swear!
Wooo-ooo0000! Living on a prayer!



He was a skater boy,
She said see you later boy.
He wasn't good enough for her.
Now he's a super star,
Slamming on his guitar.
Does your pretty face see what he's worth?



All the leaves are brown,
And the sky is grey.
I've been for a walk
On a winter's day.
I'd be safe and warm
If I was in L.A.
California dreaming...



(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside.
(I can't wake up)
Wake me up inside.
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark.
(Wake me up)
Bid my blood to run.
(I can't wake up)
Before I come undone.
(Save me)
Save me from the nothing I've become.



I started singing
"Bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
And singing, "This’ll be the day that I die.
This’ll be the day that I die."

[God damn miserable song...]



He stands like a statue,
Becomes part of the machine.
Feeling all the bumpers,
Always playing clean.
He plays by intuition,
The digit counters fall.
That deaf, dumb and blind kid
Sure plays a mean pinball!



[All together now...]

Come all without,
Come all within,
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn.

[Try to picture 3 sad old geezers sat in a car in the middle of France 
driving along singing this thing. Yeah. That was us. And I don't even 
know what the hell it *means*...]



Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllll....
You know you make me wanna SHOUT!
Kick my heels up and SHOUT!
Throw my hands up and SHOUT!
Throw my head back and SHOUT!
Come on now...

[Damn, that women needs to STAND BACK FROM THE MICROPHONE! Jesus she's 
scary... At least, I *presume* it's a women...]



Listen to the wind blow, watch the sun rise.
Run in the shadows, damn your love, damn your lies.

And if you dont love me now,
You will never love me again.
I can still hear you saying
You would never break the chain.

[Air guitars, please... You all know how this part goes. ;-) ]



I dont know who you are or what you do, or where you go when youre not 
around.
I dont know anything about you baby, but youre everything Im dreaming of.
I dont know who you are, but youre a real dead ringer for love.
A real dead ringer for love.



[Hmm - how many decades and musical styles have we covered so far? Damn, 
I can't even *remember* half of what was on that CD...]

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And lo on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:29:36 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake, saying:

> During my journey to Switzerland by car, I was treated (?) to Benny's  
> musical tastes.
>
> (Benny's car stereo is somehow able to decode MPEG-1 layer-3 digital  
> audio from yellow-book CDs. Yes, yellow-book, but red-book. As a result,  
> 1 CD plays for about 13 hours. And the trebble is sufficiently chewed up  
> to annoy me. Apparently the difference is inaudible to everyone else...)
>
> Here are some of the assorted lyrics I heard. If you're as bored as me,  
> try naming a few of them...
>
>
>
> OOOOOOHHHH YEAH!
> It's like LIGHTNING!
> Everybody was FRIGHTNING!
> But the music was SOOTHING!
> And then they all started GROOVING!
>
> And the man in the back said "everyone attack" and it turned into a  
> ballroom blitz.
> And the girl in the corner said "boy I wanna warm ya, it'll turn into a

^warn ya

> ballroom blitz"... Ballroom blitz!
>
> [You have no idea how long I had that thing stuck in my head!]

I tend to be stuck on the the Wayne's World version.

> Something tells me I'm into something good.

Yep good old Herman's Hermits

> Let's do the Time Warp again!
>
> [Oh you have GOT me to KIDDING me!!]

Ah now it's one of only three musicals I can stand.

> Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
<snip>
> [Dude, WTF? You're just making this up now...]

Ookay

<snip>
> But they just can't kill the beast

<sigh>

> Thinkin' of you's workin' up my appetite,
> Looking forward to a little afternoon delight.
> Rubbin' sticks and stones together makes the sparks ingite,
> And the thought of rubbin' you is getting so exciting.
> Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Oooo, afternoon delight.
>
> [I'll skip the story about why this one is "special" to Benny...]

Thanks; not one I can recall.

> Oh when I look back now
> That summer seemed to last forever
> And if I had the choice
> Yeah - I'd always wanna be there
> Those were the best days of my life

Nope can't place that either

> If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
> I'd been married long time ago.
> Where did you come from, where did you go?
> Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
>
> [Are you KIDDING me??!?!]

Hey I've got that one too.

<snip>
> Wooo-ooo0000! Living on a prayer!

<sigh>

> He was a skater boy,
> She said see you later boy.

Look at me I'm really street. Yeah Avril now shut up.

> California dreaming...

Damn fine.

> (Save me)
> Save me from the nothing I've become.

Not their best.

> And singing, "This’ll be the day that I die.
> This’ll be the day that I die."
>
> [God damn miserable song...]

Still a good song though.

> Sure plays a mean pinball!

De dum dum dum de dum.

> [All together now...]
>
> You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn.
>
> [Try to picture 3 sad old geezers sat in a car in the middle of France  
> driving along singing this thing. Yeah. That was us. And I don't even  
> know what the hell it *means*...]

Ah Manfred Mann via Dylan.

> Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllll....
> You know you make me wanna SHOUT!
>
> [Damn, that women needs to STAND BACK FROM THE MICROPHONE! Jesus she's  
> scary... At least, I *presume* it's a women...]

Assuming you were listening to Lulu then yes it was a women.

> I can still hear you saying
> You would never break the chain.
>
> [Air guitars, please... You all know how this part goes. ;-) ]

Meh.

> A real dead ringer for love.

Ah Mr Loaf

Nice mix I'd have listened to those with something approaching pleasure.

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Phil Cook wrote:
>> Oh when I look back now
>> That summer seemed to last forever
>> And if I had the choice
>> Yeah - I'd always wanna be there
>> Those were the best days of my life
> 
> Nope can't place that either

Ah, Mr Adams, how many weeks at no 1 would you like (to the nearest ten)?

>> He was a skater boy,
>> She said see you later boy.
> 
> Look at me I'm really street. Yeah Avril now shut up.

Haha! I like to refer to her as Avril Latrine. Not all bad tho.

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>> And the man in the back said "everyone attack" and it turned into a 
>> ballroom blitz.
>> And the girl in the corner said "boy I wanna warn ya, it'll turn into a
>> ballroom blitz"... Ballroom blitz!
>>
>> [You have no idea how long I had that thing stuck in my head!]
> 
> I tend to be stuck on the the Wayne's World version.

I told my dad I had this stuck in my head, and he just looked at me and 
casually said "oh, that's sweet".

*rimshot*

>> Something tells me I'm into something good.
> 
> Yep good old Herman's Hermits

Them again?? Damn, that's 2 cool songs I know they did...

>> Let's do the Time Warp again!
>>
>> [Oh you have GOT me to KIDDING me!!]
> 
> Ah now it's one of only three musicals I can stand.

...??

>> Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
> <snip>
>> [Dude, WTF? You're just making this up now...]
> 
> Ookay

Seriously, it's like, this normal love song, but in the background 
there's a bunch of guys chanting nonesense words... very odd, but quite 
beautiful... yet still... very odd.

>> But they just can't kill the beast
> 
> <sigh>

You can check out any time you like, but you can NEVER leave.

Apparently.

>> Thinkin' of you's workin' up my appetite,
>> Looking forward to a little afternoon delight.
>> Rubbin' sticks and stones together makes the sparks ingite,
>> And the thought of rubbin' you is getting so exciting.
>> Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Oooo, afternoon delight.
>>
>> [I'll skip the story about why this one is "special" to Benny...]
> 
> Thanks; not one I can recall.

Never heard it myself either... Kinda country song, apparently.

[Isn't it amazing how if you write "lyrics" followed by any tiny extract 
of the words, Google instantly knows PRECISELY WHICH SONG YOU MEAN?!?]

>> Oh when I look back now
>> That summer seemed to last forever
>> And if I had the choice
>> Yeah - I'd always wanna be there
>> Those were the best days of my life
> 
> Nope can't place that either

If I meantioned that it was in the summer of sixty-nine you might stand 
a chance...

>> If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
>> I'd been married long time ago.
>> Where did you come from, where did you go?
>> Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
>>
>> [Are you KIDDING me??!?!]
> 
> Hey I've got that one too.

Seriously. We've got all this country and folk music, and then THIS 
comes on... WHAT???

>> Wooo-ooo0000! Living on a prayer!
> 
> <sigh>

Quality stuff... but you wouldn't want to play it too often.

>> He was a skater boy,
>> She said see you later boy.
> 
> Look at me I'm really street. Yeah Avril now shut up.

LOL!

Who's Avril? Isn't that a brand of aspirin or something?

>> California dreaming...
> 
> Damn fine.

I prefer the Beach Boys' version. This one has much thinner harmonies 
and less tuneful backing...

>> (Save me)
>> Save me from the nothing I've become.
> 
> Not their best.

Who is it?

And why doesn't *my* electric guitar ever sound like this?

>> And singing, "This’ll be the day that I die.
>> This’ll be the day that I die."
>>
>> [God damn miserable song...]
> 
> Still a good song though.

Erm, no... not really, no...

>> Sure plays a mean pinball!
> 
> De dum dum dum de dum.

Who was that?

*rimshot*

>> [All together now...]
>>
>> You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn.
> 
> Ah Manfred Mann via Dylan.

Uh... what?

>> Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllll....
>> You know you make me wanna SHOUT!
>>
>> [Damn, that women needs to STAND BACK FROM THE MICROPHONE! Jesus she's 
>> scary... At least, I *presume* it's a women...]
> 
> Assuming you were listening to Lulu then yes it was a women.

Apparently this "lulu" person is/was extremely attractive. Personally, 
listening to that grinding voice, all I could think of was that evil 
witch person from Tales from the Crypt.

>> I can still hear you saying
>> You would never break the chain.
>>
>> [Air guitars, please... You all know how this part goes. ;-) ]
> 
> Meh.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d0/Chainbass.png

>> A real dead ringer for love.
> 
> Ah Mr Loaf

Even *I* recognise that voice... [That's rare!]

> Nice mix I'd have listened to those with something approaching pleasure.

The ones I can't even remembe were much less interesting. [Tautology?]

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>>> Oh when I look back now
>>> That summer seemed to last forever
>>> And if I had the choice
>>> Yeah - I'd always wanna be there
>>> Those were the best days of my life
>>
>> Nope can't place that either
> 
> Ah, Mr Adams, how many weeks at no 1 would you like (to the nearest ten)?

Gee, I guess that summer really DID seem to "last forever"... ;-)

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> Mirrors on the ceiling,

Hotel California

> Oh when I look back now
> That summer seemed to last forever

Summer of '69


> Wooooooooooo! We're half way there!
> Wooo-ooooooo! Living on a prayer!

Living on a Prayer

>
>
> He was a skater boy,
> She said see you later boy.

Skater boy.


> I started singing
> "Bye-bye, miss american pie."

American pie

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Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> During my journey to Switzerland by car, I was treated (?) to Benny's
> musical tastes.
....
> And the man in the back said "everyone attack" and it turned into a
> ballroom blitz.
....
> They stab it with their steely knives,
> But they just can't kill the beast
....
> Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Oooo, afternoon delight.
....
> Wooooooooooo! We're half way there!
> Wooo-ooooooo! Living on a prayer!
....
> He was a skater boy,
> She said see you later boy.
....

Funny that, I've always thought of Switzerland as a rather enlightened country
that prohibited things like torture.

Best Regards,
Mike C.

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Gail Shaw wrote:

>> Mirrors on the ceiling,
> 
> Hotel California
> 
>> Oh when I look back now
>> That summer seemed to last forever
> 
> Summer of '69
> 
>> Wooooooooooo! We're half way there!
>> Wooo-ooooooo! Living on a prayer!
> 
> Living on a Prayer
> 
>> He was a skater boy,
>> She said see you later boy.
> 
> Skater boy.
> 
>> I started singing
>> "Bye-bye, miss american pie."
> 
> American pie

Damn, she's good... o_o

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Invisible escribió:
>>> He was a skater boy,
>>> She said see you later boy.
>>
>> Look at me I'm really street. Yeah Avril now shut up.
> 
> LOL!
> 
> Who's Avril? Isn't that a brand of aspirin or something?

There we go again with not knowing people :) Although many may argue 
it's a good thing you don't know who she is.

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>> Who's Avril? Isn't that a brand of aspirin or something?
> 
> There we go again with not knowing people :) Although many may argue 
> it's a good thing you don't know who she is.

Oh c'mon. There are *far* too many performers, groups, bands, etc. to 
know who they all are. ;-) At best a person will know the important ones 
from a particular era. Unless they're super-nerdy...

PS. I think I was thinking of "Advil"...

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Mike the Elder wrote:

> Funny that, I've always thought of Switzerland as a rather enlightened country
> that prohibited things like torture.

Phahahahaha! Nice...

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And lo on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:40:14 -0000, Bill Pragnell  
<bil### [at] hotmailcom> did spake, saying:

> Phil Cook wrote:
>>> Oh when I look back now
>>> That summer seemed to last forever
>>> And if I had the choice
>>> Yeah - I'd always wanna be there
>>> Those were the best days of my life
>>  Nope can't place that either
>
> Ah, Mr Adams, how many weeks at no 1 would you like (to the nearest ten)?

Ah yes that would explain it, I think the Bryan Ferry portion of my brain  
got burned out from overuse around then.

>>> He was a skater boy,
>>> She said see you later boy.
>>  Look at me I'm really street. Yeah Avril now shut up.
>
> Haha! I like to refer to her as Avril Latrine. Not all bad tho.

Combine yours and Andy's and tada Advil Latrine.

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Phil Cook wrote:

> Combine yours and Andy's and tada Advil Latrine.

A travesty is born...

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And lo on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:49:24 -0000, Gail Shaw sa dot com>  
<"<initialsurname"@sentech> did spake, saying:

>
> "Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
> news:47a31ec0$1@news.povray.org...
>
>> He was a skater boy,
>> She said see you later boy.
>
> Skater boy.

Shouldnt' that be Sk8er boy?

>> I started singing
>> "Bye-bye, miss american pie."
>
> American pie

But sung by whom?

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And lo on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:13:26 -0000, Phil Cook  
<phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> did spake, saying:

> And lo on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:40:14 -0000, Bill Pragnell  
> <bil### [at] hotmailcom> did spake, saying:
>
>> Ah, Mr Adams, how many weeks at no 1 would you like (to the nearest  
>> ten)?
>
> Ah yes that would explain it, I think the Bryan Ferry portion of my  
> brain got burned out from overuse around then.

See! I can't even recall his name when it's one line above what I'm typing.

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>> Skater boy.
> 
> Shouldnt' that be Sk8er boy?

Shouldn't that be Sk8ter boy?

>>> I started singing
>>> "Bye-bye, miss american pie."
>>
>> American pie
> 
> But sung by whom?

Beats me...

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Phil Cook wrote:

> See! I can't even recall his name when it's one line above what I'm typing.

Hahaha! 0wnership...

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Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> (Benny's car stereo is somehow able to decode MPEG-1 layer-3 digital 
> audio from yellow-book CDs. Yes, yellow-book, but red-book. As a result, 
> 1 CD plays for about 13 hours. And the trebble is sufficiently chewed up 
> to annoy me. Apparently the difference is inaudible to everyone else...)

> http://blog.orphi.me.uk/

  You advertise your blog but you don't use it. You still haven't learned,
I see. ;)

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Phil Cook wrote:
> And lo on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:13:26 -0000, Phil Cook 
> <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> did spake, saying:
> 
>> And lo on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:40:14 -0000, Bill Pragnell 
>> <bil### [at] hotmailcom> did spake, saying:
>>
>>> Ah, Mr Adams, how many weeks at no 1 would you like (to the nearest 
>>> ten)?
>>
>> Ah yes that would explain it, I think the Bryan Ferry portion of my 
>> brain got burned out from overuse around then.
> 
> See! I can't even recall his name when it's one line above what I'm typing.

I know some people would describe his music as forgettable but that's a 
little harsh.

(I quite like it personally).

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Invisible wrote:
>>> Skater boy.
>>
>> Shouldnt' that be Sk8er boy?
> 
> Shouldn't that be Sk8ter boy?
> 
>>>> I started singing
>>>> "Bye-bye, miss american pie."
>>>
>>> American pie
>>
>> But sung by whom?
> 
> Beats me...

At least you didn't say Madonna <shakes head sadly>

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>>>> American pie
>>>
>>> But sung by whom?
>>
>> Beats me...
> 
> At least you didn't say Madonna <shakes head sadly>

...Madonna did it too? Woah.

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Warp wrote:

>   You advertise your blog but you don't use it. You still haven't learned,
> I see. ;)

Ah, c'mon, I just thought this would make a little game that a few 
people might enjoy joining in with... ;-)

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Phil Cook wrote:
> And lo on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:49:24 -0000, Gail Shaw sa dot com> 
> <"<initialsurname"@sentech> did spake, saying:
> 
>>
>> "Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
>> news:47a31ec0$1@news.povray.org...
>>
>>> He was a skater boy,
>>> She said see you later boy.
>>
>> Skater boy.
> 
> Shouldnt' that be Sk8er boy?

Or even more irritatingly, sk8er boi?

(I believe the futility of making a word resemble txt-spk by turning it 
into another word of equal character length has been discussed previously)

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"Phil Cook" <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote in message
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> And lo on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:49:24 -0000, Gail Shaw sa dot com>
> <"<initialsurname"@sentech> did spake, saying:
>
> >
> > "Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
> > news:47a31ec0$1@news.povray.org...
> >
> >> He was a skater boy,
> >> She said see you later boy.
> >
> > Skater boy.
>
> Shouldnt' that be Sk8er boy?

No. I don't do leet, or similar travesties of the english language.

> >> I started singing
> >> "Bye-bye, miss american pie."
> >
> > American pie
>
> But sung by whom?

I have no bloody clue.

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"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
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> >> Skater boy.
> >
> > Shouldnt' that be Sk8er boy?
>
> Shouldn't that be Sk8ter boy?

No. 8 has the t sound in it. If anything, drop the e.
Sk8r = Sk-ate-r

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Gail Shaw wrote:
> "Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
> news:47a337e7$1@news.povray.org...
>>>> Skater boy.
>>> Shouldnt' that be Sk8er boy?
>> Shouldn't that be Sk8ter boy?
> 
> No. 8 has the t sound in it. If anything, drop the e.
> Sk8r = Sk-ate-r

<= I wasn't good enough for her. :-(

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Invisible wrote:
> Gail Shaw wrote:
>> "Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
>> news:47a337e7$1@news.povray.org...
>>>>> Skater boy.
>>>> Shouldnt' that be Sk8er boy?
>>> Shouldn't that be Sk8ter boy?
>>
>> No. 8 has the t sound in it. If anything, drop the e.
>> Sk8r = Sk-ate-r
> 
> <= I wasn't good enough for her. :-(

Oh, why d'you have to go and make things so complicated?

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>> <= I wasn't good enough for her. :-(
> 
> Oh, why d'you have to go and make things so complicated?

I have a horrible feeling I'm missing something highly significant here...

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>
> Damn, she's good... o_o
>

Considering all but 2 of those had the titles in the lyrics.....

Now, for a minor challenge, can you ID the next 5 songs on my current
playlist? (I did remove a couple of very strange songs)

1) We'll always be together
However far it seems
We'll always be together

2) You ask about my consience
And I offer you my soul
You ask if Ill grow to be a wise man
Well I ask if Ill grow old

3) A waltz when she walks in the room
She blows back the hair from her face
She turns to the window to sway in the moonlight
Even her shadow has grace

4) Could I walk out to sea way beyond these breakers
We have no place amongst the movers and the shakers

5)  I don't know if you can see the changes that have come over me,
These last few days I've been afraid I might drift away,
I've been telling old stories, singing songs, that make me think of where I
came from,
And that's the reason why I seem so far away today.

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spake, saying:

>>> And the man in the back said "everyone attack" and it turned into a  
>>> ballroom blitz.
>>> And the girl in the corner said "boy I wanna warn ya, it'll turn into a
>>> ballroom blitz"... Ballroom blitz!
>>>
>>> [You have no idea how long I had that thing stuck in my head!]
>>  I tend to be stuck on the the Wayne's World version.
>
> I told my dad I had this stuck in my head, and he just looked at me and  
> casually said "oh, that's sweet".
>
> *rimshot*

I'm whistling it as I type.

>>> Something tells me I'm into something good.
>>  Yep good old Herman's Hermits
>
> Them again?? Damn, that's 2 cool songs I know they did...

They did more then one song!? :-P

>>> Let's do the Time Warp again!
>>>
>>> [Oh you have GOT me to KIDDING me!!]
>>  Ah now it's one of only three musicals I can stand.
>
> ...??

Bugsy Malone, Little Shop of Horrors, Rocky Horror.

"You'll be a dentist, you have a talent for causing great PAIN"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOtMizMQ6oM

>>> Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
>> <snip>
>>> [Dude, WTF? You're just making this up now...]
>>  Ookay
>
> Seriously, it's like, this normal love song, but in the background  
> there's a bunch of guys chanting nonesense words... very odd, but quite  
> beautiful... yet still... very odd.

Rings no bells.

>>> Oh when I look back now
>>> That summer seemed to last forever
>>> And if I had the choice
>>> Yeah - I'd always wanna be there
>>> Those were the best days of my life
>>  Nope can't place that either
>
> If I meantioned that it was in the summer of sixty-nine you might stand  
> a chance..

As demonstrated elsewhere no, no I wouldn't.

>>> If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
>>> I'd been married long time ago.
>>> Where did you come from, where did you go?
>>> Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
>>>
>>> [Are you KIDDING me??!?!]
>>  Hey I've got that one too.
>
> Seriously. We've got all this country and folk music, and then THIS  
> comes on... WHAT???

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-haaa!

>>> Wooo-ooo0000! Living on a prayer!
>>  <sigh>
>
> Quality stuff... but you wouldn't want to play it too often.

Exactly.

>>> He was a skater boy,
>>> She said see you later boy.
>>  Look at me I'm really street. Yeah Avril now shut up.
>
> LOL!
>
> Who's Avril? Isn't that a brand of aspirin or something?

About right, see elsewhere.

>>> California dreaming...
>>  Damn fine.
>
> I prefer the Beach Boys' version. This one has much thinner harmonies  
> and less tuneful backing...

Heretic, burn him.

>>> (Save me)
>>> Save me from the nothing I've become.
>>  Not their best.
>
> Who is it?
>
> And why doesn't *my* electric guitar ever sound like this?

Evanescense; and post-processing dude, post-processing.

>>> And singing, "This’ll be the day that I die.
>>> This’ll be the day that I die."
>>>
>>> [God damn miserable song...]
>>  Still a good song though.
>
> Erm, no... not really, no...

and yet start it off and most people can join in. A bit like Hey Jude.

>>> Sure plays a mean pinball!
>>  De dum dum dum de dum.
>
> Who was that?
>
> *rimshot*

Almost scaring me there.

>>> [All together now...]
>>>
>>> You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn.
>>  Ah Manfred Mann via Dylan.
>
> Uh... what?

or not. I thought it was Dylan as writer then performed by Manfred Mann,  
maybe I'm wrong; or you were listening to a cover?

>>> Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllll....
>>> You know you make me wanna SHOUT!
>>>
>>> [Damn, that women needs to STAND BACK FROM THE MICROPHONE! Jesus she's  
>>> scary... At least, I *presume* it's a women...]
>>  Assuming you were listening to Lulu then yes it was a women.
>
> Apparently this "lulu" person is/was extremely attractive. Personally,  
> listening to that grinding voice, all I could think of was that evil  
> witch person from Tales from the Crypt.

Physically not quite my type, but not instantly turn-downable.

>>> A real dead ringer for love.
>>  Ah Mr Loaf
>
> Even *I* recognise that voice... [That's rare!]

I'm sure you can recognise Kylie, McCartney, Madonna, Heather Small,  
Bowie... (INPO)

>> Nice mix I'd have listened to those with something approaching pleasure.
>
> The ones I can't even remembe were much less interesting. [Tautology?]

Um you've not been writing speeches for Dubya have you

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And lo on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:29:50 -0000, Bill Pragnell  
<bil### [at] hotmailcom> did spake, saying:

> Phil Cook wrote:
>> And lo on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:13:26 -0000, Phil Cook  
>> <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> did spake, saying:
>>
>>> And lo on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:40:14 -0000, Bill Pragnell  
>>> <bil### [at] hotmailcom> did spake, saying:
>>>
>>>> Ah, Mr Adams, how many weeks at no 1 would you like (to the nearest  
>>>> ten)?
>>>
>>> Ah yes that would explain it, I think the Bryan Ferry portion of my  
>>> brain got burned out from overuse around then.
>>  See! I can't even recall his name when it's one line above what I'm  
>> typing.
>
> I know some people would describe his music as forgettable but that's a  
> little harsh.
>
> (I quite like it personally).

Whose music?

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> At least you didn't say Madonna <shakes head sadly>

Ick! Ick! Ick! Ick! Can't stand 90% of her stuff

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Gail Shaw wrote:
> "Bill Pragnell" <bil### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
> news:47a33a74$1@news.povray.org...
> 
>> At least you didn't say Madonna <shakes head sadly>
> 
> Ick! Ick! Ick! Ick! Can't stand 90% of her stuff

Especially when she's just ruining somebody else's :-(

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And lo on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:44:29 -0000, Gail Shaw sa dot com>  
<"<initialsurname"@sentech> did spake, saying:

>
> "Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
> news:47a33374$1@news.povray.org...
>>
>> Damn, she's good... o_o
>>
>
> Considering all but 2 of those had the titles in the lyrics.....
>
> Now, for a minor challenge, can you ID the next 5 songs on my current
> playlist? (I did remove a couple of very strange songs)
>
> 1) We'll always be together
> However far it seems
> We'll always be together

Together in electric dreams.

Others ring no bells (might if I heard them)

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And lo on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:51:43 -0000, Bill Pragnell  
<bil### [at] hotmailcom> did spake, saying:

> Gail Shaw wrote:
>> "Bill Pragnell" <bil### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
>> news:47a33a74$1@news.povray.org...
>>
>>> At least you didn't say Madonna <shakes head sadly>
>>  Ick! Ick! Ick! Ick! Can't stand 90% of her stuff
>
> Especially when she's just ruining somebody else's :-(

I don't know I kinda like about 10% of her stuff :-)

"The Lights Are On, But There's No One Home" Heh.

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>>>> [You have no idea how long I had that thing stuck in my head!]
>>>  I tend to be stuck on the the Wayne's World version.
>>
>> I told my dad I had this stuck in my head, and he just looked at me 
>> and casually said "oh, that's sweet".
>>
>> *rimshot*
> 
> I'm whistling it as I type.

Muhuhuhu!

>>>> Something tells me I'm into something good.
>>>  Yep good old Herman's Hermits
>>
>> Them again?? Damn, that's 2 cool songs I know they did...
> 
> They did more then one song!? :-P

Oh, sure, I bet they did lots of songs - but how many *cool* ones? :-P

>>>> Let's do the Time Warp again!
>>>>
>>>> [Oh you have GOT me to KIDDING me!!]
>>>  Ah now it's one of only three musicals I can stand.
>>
>> ...??
> 
> Bugsy Malone, Little Shop of Horrors, Rocky Horror.
> 
> "You'll be a dentist, you have a talent for causing great PAIN"

I know of Little Shop of Horrors. The song is a mystery to me still.

>>>> Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
>>> <snip>
>>>> [Dude, WTF? You're just making this up now...]
>>>  Ookay
>>
>> Seriously, it's like, this normal love song, but in the background 
>> there's a bunch of guys chanting nonesense words... very odd, but 
>> quite beautiful... yet still... very odd.
> 
> Rings no bells.


>>>> Wooo-ooo0000! Living on a prayer!
>>>  <sigh>
>>
>> Quality stuff... but you wouldn't want to play it too often.
> 
> Exactly.

My God... somebody agrees with my taste in music... o_O

>> I prefer the Beach Boys' version. This one has much thinner harmonies 
>> and less tuneful backing...
> 
> Heretic, burn him.

...or not...

>> And why doesn't *my* electric guitar ever sound like this?
> 
> Evanescense; and post-processing dude, post-processing.

Riiiight. Hmm. Ever watch The Crow? (****ing awesom film BTW...) The guy 
only plays a few notes, yet it sounds amazing. WTH?

>>>> And singing, "This’ll be the day that I die.
>>>> This’ll be the day that I die."
>>>>
>>>> [God damn miserable song...]
>>>  Still a good song though.
>>
>> Erm, no... not really, no...
> 
> and yet start it off and most people can join in. A bit like Hey Jude.

Another song I'm not terribly fond of - yet seems to be greatly popular.

Hey, that reminds me of a couple of other songs that didn't make it into 
my list. (Something about "ride a white swan" - the rest made no sense. 
Oh, and "riding down a bumpy hillside, in your hippie hat"... well, you 
know the rest.)

>> Who was that?
>>
>> *rimshot*
> 
> Almost scaring me there.

;-)

>>>> [All together now...]
>>>>
>>>> You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn.
>>>  Ah Manfred Mann via Dylan.
>>
>> Uh... what?
> 
> or not. I thought it was Dylan as writer then performed by Manfred Mann, 
> maybe I'm wrong; or you were listening to a cover?

...

And I'd know it's a cover because...?

And what's a Manfred Man?

>> Even *I* recognise that voice... [That's rare!]
> 
> I'm sure you can recognise Kylie, McCartney, Madonna, Heather Small, 
> Bowie... (INPO)

Erm... Well Heather Small I've never even heard of by name. Of the 
others, I would say none of them have particularly "distinctive" voices. 
The style of the music might give you a clue, but beyond that...

Now that dude from the Petshop Boys. WHO could ever mistake THAT voice? 
Seriously, even when he talks normally it sounds like a synthesizer...

>>> Nice mix I'd have listened to those with something approaching pleasure.
>>
>> The ones I can't even remembe were much less interesting. [Tautology?]
> 
> Um you've not been writing speeches for Dubya have you

What?

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Bill Pragnell escribió:
> (I believe the futility of making a word resemble txt-spk by turning it 
> into another word of equal character length has been discussed previously)

I remember my useless complaints to a friend's friend. She just said 
"wats rong wid the wai i rite" or something like that. Sure, ders noting 
rong, go on like that. Let me know when you hand in homework written 
that way :)

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Gail Shaw wrote:

>> At least you didn't say Madonna <shakes head sadly>
> 
> Ick! Ick! Ick! Ick! Can't stand 90% of her stuff

I liked much of the stuff on Ray of Light. My dad has some other album, 
and apart from track #1, it's all yawn-inducing...

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"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
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> Gail Shaw wrote:
>
> >> At least you didn't say Madonna <shakes head sadly>
> >
> > Ick! Ick! Ick! Ick! Can't stand 90% of her stuff
>
> I liked much of the stuff on Ray of Light. My dad has some other album,
> and apart from track #1, it's all yawn-inducing...

I like 2 or 3 of her very old songs and a couple from Ray of Light, and
that's it.

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>> Damn, she's good... o_o
> 
> Considering all but 2 of those had the titles in the lyrics.....

OK, how about these...


The moon upon the ocean
Is swept around in motion,
But without ever knowing
The reason for its flowing.


This door is heavy, and is deeply stained
With wasted tears that tried to fight in vain.
You may be sitting feeling quite secure,
But listen carefully and this key is yours,
For we can lead you far beyond the door.


Lipstick-clean,
Hexachlorophine,
Cling-cling-aling,
Clang-clang she sang.


This could lead to excellence,
Or serious injury.
Only one way to know:
Go, go, go.


> Now, for a minor challenge, can you ID the next 5 songs on my current
> playlist? (I did remove a couple of very strange songs)

Er... OK, you win. :-|

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>> I liked much of the stuff on Ray of Light. My dad has some other album,
>> and apart from track #1, it's all yawn-inducing...
> 
> I like 2 or 3 of her very old songs and a couple from Ray of Light, and
> that's it.

You KNOW something very strange is happening when you find yourself 
singing along to a song that isn't actually in English...

Vunde gurunam caranaravinde
Sandarsita svatma sukhavabodhe
Nihsreyase jangalikayamane
Sansara halahala moha santyai
Hala hala
Ahahu purusakaram sankha cakrasi
Ahahu purusakaram sankha cakrasi
Dharinam dharinam sahasra sirasam
Dharinam dharinam sahasra sirasam
Vande

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> >> Damn, she's good... o_o
> >
> > Considering all but 2 of those had the titles in the lyrics.....
>
> OK, how about these...

Nope. No idea.

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>> OK, how about these...
> 
> Nope. No idea.

Ah-hah! :-D

Mind you, I'm sure somebody else here will get them. (How many songs can 
there *be* with a word like hexachlorophine in them??)

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> >> OK, how about these...
> >
> > Nope. No idea.
>
> Ah-hah! :-D
>
> Mind you, I'm sure somebody else here will get them. (How many songs can
> there *be* with a word like hexachlorophine in them??)

Probably only 1, but googling it would be cheating.

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>> Ah-hah! :-D
>>
>> Mind you, I'm sure somebody else here will get them. (How many songs can
>> there *be* with a word like hexachlorophine in them??)
> 
> Probably only 1, but googling it would be cheating.

Yes, yes it would. However, knowing who's in this forum, I'm pretty sure 
somebody here will recognise these from memory...

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And lo on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:59:39 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake, saying:

>>>>> Let's do the Time Warp again!
>>>>>
>>>>> [Oh you have GOT me to KIDDING me!!]
>>>>  Ah now it's one of only three musicals I can stand.
>>>
>>> ...??
>>  Bugsy Malone, Little Shop of Horrors, Rocky Horror.
>>  "You'll be a dentist, you have a talent for causing great PAIN"
>
> I know of Little Shop of Horrors. The song is a mystery to me still.

Best Damn Song In The Show - Gaaaaahh :-) Bugsy may be a little WTF for  
you, think Al Capone 20's America with all the adult roles played by  
children "Dum diddy dum dum"

>>> And why doesn't *my* electric guitar ever sound like this?
>>  Evanescense; and post-processing dude, post-processing.
>
> Riiiight. Hmm. Ever watch The Crow? (****ing awesom film BTW...) The guy  
> only plays a few notes, yet it sounds amazing. WTH?

Because he only plays a few notes.

>>>>> And singing, "This’ll be the day that I die.
>>>>> This’ll be the day that I die."
>>>>>
>>>>> [God damn miserable song...]
>>>>  Still a good song though.
>>>
>>> Erm, no... not really, no...
>>  and yet start it off and most people can join in. A bit like Hey Jude.
>
> Another song I'm not terribly fond of - yet seems to be greatly popular.

It's one of those things, you could point to the simple La la's in Hey  
Jude, but that doesn't explain American Pie.

> Hey, that reminds me of a couple of other songs that didn't make it into  
> my list. (Something about "ride a white swan" - the rest made no sense.

T-Rex

> Oh, and "riding down a bumpy hillside, in your hippie hat"... well, you  
> know the rest.)

The Lone Ranger Theme :-)

>>>>> [All together now...]
>>>>>
>>>>> You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn.
>>>>  Ah Manfred Mann via Dylan.
>>>
>>> Uh... what?
>>  or not. I thought it was Dylan as writer then performed by Manfred  
>> Mann, maybe I'm wrong; or you were listening to a cover?
>
> ...
>
> And I'd know it's a cover because...?

Yeah good point.

> And what's a Manfred Man?

Like an Action Man, but less gung-ho.

>>> Even *I* recognise that voice... [That's rare!]
>>  I'm sure you can recognise Kylie, McCartney, Madonna, Heather Small,  
>> Bowie... (INPO)
>
> Erm... Well Heather Small I've never even heard of by name.

You'd probably recognise her voice though she was the lead singer in M  
People and contributed to the BBC's version of Perfect Day.

> Of the others, I would say none of them have particularly "distinctive"  
> voices. The style of the music might give you a clue, but beyond that...

Might just be me then.

> Now that dude from the Petshop Boys. WHO could ever mistake THAT voice?  
> Seriously, even when he talks normally it sounds like a synthesizer...

Heh.

>>>> Nice mix I'd have listened to those with something approaching  
>>>> pleasure.
>>>
>>> The ones I can't even remembe were much less interesting. [Tautology?]
>>  Um you've not been writing speeches for Dubya have you
>
> What?

Damnnit you have haven't you. It explains so much.

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And lo on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:07:35 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake, saying:

>>> Damn, she's good... o_o
>>  Considering all but 2 of those had the titles in the lyrics....
>
> OK, how about these...
>
> The moon upon the ocean
> Is swept around in motion,
> But without ever knowing
> The reason for its flowing.

Enya, can't...recall...the...title despite being able to bloody sing it;  
argh!

<snip>No

> This could lead to excellence,
> Or serious injury.
> Only one way to know:
> Go, go, go.

That's familiar... nope can't place it.

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>> The moon upon the ocean
>> Is swept around in motion,
>> But without ever knowing
>> The reason for its flowing.
> 
> Enya, can't...recall...the...title despite being able to bloody sing it; 
> argh!

 >:-D

I'm Going To Drive You Mad. ;-)

>> This could lead to excellence,
>> Or serious injury.
>> Only one way to know:
>> Go, go, go.
> 
> That's familiar... nope can't place it.

Really? I would have thought you'd get that one...

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On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:29:36 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

>
>Here are some of the assorted lyrics I heard. If you're as bored as me, 
>try naming a few of them...
>

Now you know why I listen to classical music.
OMG I remember them.

Regards
	Stephen

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On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:17:21 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

>Hahaha! 0wnership...

Can you tell old uncle Stephie what that means?

Regards
	Stephen

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