I can't really even begin to comprehend that attack I got from slump.  I suggested an opinion I have and I get such an intense personal attack??  All I can say is that calling my queer and talking about my kids and my mom is probably not something John Lennon would support.  I may have a few issues with Lennon but I'm pretty sure he wouldn't like that rant
SO I'M DONE.  Not even the music threads are safe anymore.  I should probably just let it slide and realize slump is just an angry and hateful person but it's just not worth it anymore.  
The music threads have always been a special place to me to share my love for music with people who really love the songs and the words.  I will miss all of you and I wish you the best and that you continue to love the music.
Thanks for the memories Rock, Rhino, Clean, and others.      

oops, and of course, Fans.....

Hey Trav, I called out Slump for that attack. By bowing out, you give guys like that more ammunition. Don't let them win and please, stick around.  

Telephone Line - ELO

From '88

It belongs to them, let's give it back

It belongs to them, let's give it back

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Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil

One of Australia's best!

Well, we've been doing Thanks and Giving songs since...well...Thanksgiving so it's probably time for a new theme.
And even that "nice" theme couldn't keep the peace in here.
Playing off of clean's last song, how about songs or lyrics that mention any kind of FURNITURE?

First up:
across my big brass bed
Whatever colors you have in your mind
I'll show them to you and you'll see them shine

Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan

Then suddenly we heard the sirens
And everybody started to run
A jumpin' out of doors and tables 

Then suddenly we heard the sirens
And everybody started to run
A jumpin' out of doors and tables 

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LONG, COOL WOMAN (IN A BLACK DRESS) - THE HOLLIES

One of those songs that the intro demands you to turn up the volume

NEXT LYRICS:  Here's a softball that would be easy in the 4 word game


Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon
Going to the candidates debate
Laugh about it, shout about it
When you've got to choose

Mrs. Robinson - Simon and Garfunkel. I always thought Long Cool Woman's guitar hooks were patterned after Creedence.

She said a bad day is when I lie in bed
And think of things that might have been

 

She said a bad day is when I lie in bed
And think of things that might have been

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Slip Slidin Away - Paul Simon
Nice double!

And I agree....I also hear CCR's influence in that song.

Here are those silly lyrics we've talked about in here before.
But this guy deserves some props for finally making it into the Hall Of Fame:

To no one there
And no one heard at all
Not even the chair

I Am I Said - Neil Diamond

Here's a standard that Im sure was covered in the 70s

She was stretched out on a long white table
So cold and fine and fair

She was stretched out on a long white table
So cold and fine and fair

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St. James Infirmary Blues - covered in the 70's by the Doors

Whoo-ee ride me high
Tomorrow's the day
My bride's gonna come
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair !

Whoo-ee ride me high
Tomorrow's the day
My bride's gonna come
Oh, oh, are we gonna fly
Down in the easy chair !

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YOU AIN'T GOING NOWHERE - BOB DYLAN

NEXT LYRICS: Another chance to resort to one of my first favorite singer/songwriters



I plopped down in my easy chair and turned on Channel 2
A bad gunslinger called Salty Sam was chasin' poor Sweet Sue
He trapped her in the old sawmill and said with an evil laugh,
"If you don't give me the deed to your ranch
I'll saw you all in half!"
And then he grabbed her (and then)
He tied her up (and then)
He turned on the bandsaw (and then, and then...!)

I plopped down in my easy chair and turned on Channel 2
A bad gunslinger called Salty Sam was chasin' poor Sweet Sue
He trapped her in the old sawmill and said with an evil laugh,
"If you don't give me the deed to your ranch
I'll saw you all in half!"
And then he grabbed her (and then)
He tied her up (and then)
He turned on the bandsaw (and then, and then...!)

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Along Came Jones - The Coasters
(written by Leiber and Stoller)

And she told me to sit anywhere
So I looked around
And I noticed there wasn't a chair

I kn ew this was coming.

Norwegian Wood - The Beatles

At the grottto
In the greasy chair
Sits the Charlie with the lotion and the kinky hair

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Destroyer - The Kinks. Was there some subliminal connection here Slump.

Cigarettes in the ashtray and I don't even smoke
Someone's been drinking my best booze
I can tell 'cause the seal is broke

Cigarettes in the ashtray and I don't even smoke
Someone's been drinking my best booze
I can tell 'cause the seal is broke

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SOMEBODY'S BEEN SLEEPING IN MY BED - FOGHAT  when they were definitely trying too hard to make hit records instead of sticking to their blues base.

NEXT LYRICS:  BONUS POINTS for finding the connection between the composer and my favorite board bame of the 60s.  And yes, I owned my own king-sized waterbed in the late 70s.


I just bought a waterbed it's filled up for me and you
They say you are a snuff queen
Honey I don't think that's true

Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw - Jimmy Buffett. Written by Marvin Gardens, a stop on the Monopoly Board. As you know, the sites are all based on Atlantic City. Drive down the real Baltic and Mediterrenean Avenue and you find out quickly why they're a cheap buy. 

Not many words needed here

Sitting on a park bench 

 

Sitting on a park bench

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AQUALUNG - JETHRO TULL      This album still has some of the best visuals of any I've heard.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYBODY!!!!!!!

NEXT LYRICS: A strange time of the year for a baseball song



Well, I spent some time in the Mudville Nine, watchin' it from the bench;
You know I took some lumps when the Mighty Case struck out.
So Say Hey Willie, tell Ty Cobb and Joe DiMaggio;
Don't say "it ain't so", you know the time is now.

Centerfield - John Fogerty. There's never a bad time for a baseball song. Happy Holidays to all and see you Monday

But now I go for walks
To the movies, maybe to the park
I have a seat on the same old bench
To watch the children play, uh
You know tomorrow is their future
But for me just another day