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Postby n/a5 » Sun Jan 16, 2005 11:05 am

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Postby n/a5 » Sun Jan 16, 2005 11:10 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by klgawx[/i]
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Postby Dave » Sun Jan 16, 2005 12:33 pm

[quote][i]Originally posted by Nero Lance[/i]
Actually U2's Gloria is not about a woman but about giving glory to God. Gloria is latin for
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Postby Ollie Stench » Sun Jan 16, 2005 1:11 pm

Icicle Works - Understanding Jane

I will freely admit I only first heard this song about 5 years ago, but what a song it is!
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Postby Rubbeet921 » Sun Jan 16, 2005 3:45 pm

[quote][i]Originally posted by i_like_lectric_motors[/i]

Hey! Stop trying to trick me into writing you a song by using a fake name. Just
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Postby Rubbeet921 » Sun Jan 16, 2005 3:51 pm

[quote][i]Originally posted by UniversalRadio[/i]

Jenny, Jenny, who can I turn to you give me something I can hold on to... just kidding.
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Postby Rubbeet921 » Sun Jan 16, 2005 4:03 pm

I remember when Paddy McAloon (Prefab Sprout) sings his own name via We Let the Stars Go: "She sings: Hey Paddy Joe, Paddy Joe, don't you remember me? Long ago one gorgeous night, we let the stars go free"

and, of course Jarvis Cocker (Pulp) recitin
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Postby i_like_lectric_motors » Mon Jan 17, 2005 8:17 am

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Postby Rubbeet921 » Mon Jan 17, 2005 9:16 pm

Whaaaaaatttt!!!? No lyrics for me? Oh man, you make me cry! No waaay! I wanna hear you sing my name- Jennanda! (yeah, I like that). Hey, remember when you said : "I can write better lyrics than 95% of the hacks out there anyway. Especially if they're na
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Postby Ollie Stench » Tue Jan 18, 2005 4:24 am

OK Rubeet, I took it upon myself. Any similarities to a song you may already be familiar with, like... oh, say, ummmm "Vienna" by Ultravox, is purely coincidental!

We walked in the cold air -
Freezing breath on the window pain
Lying waiting

A ma
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Postby Major Tom » Tue Jan 18, 2005 7:31 am

There was already a song written for you, Amanda:

"Amanda" by Rank & File from their awesome Sundown LP from 1982
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Postby i_like_lectric_motors » Tue Jan 18, 2005 8:39 am

I once knew a girl who went by the name of Jennanda
She got arrested for exposing herself out on the veranda

They took her to the station and read her the Miranda
And the Reds recently signed former Royals 3rd basemen Joe Randa


That only took a
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Postby i_like_lectric_motors » Tue Jan 18, 2005 9:01 am

In all seriousness ..... Rubbeet you do not want to hear me sing. I sound like Peter Murphy having his throat sawed open with a dull bread knife as interpreted by a six year old with Down's Syndrome whose foot is caught in a steel-jawed leghold trap.
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Postby edisonoside » Tue Jan 18, 2005 10:56 am

A Flock of Seagulls > Remember David
Bauhaus > Telegram Sam
The Clash > Charlie don't surf
Legendary Pink Dots > Lisa's party
Neon Judgement > kid Shyleen
Sisters of Mercy > Marian
Tones on Tail > Christian says
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Postby Dave » Tue Jan 18, 2005 2:52 pm

[quote]Originally posted by Rubbeet921
[br]Sheila Take a Bow
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