landauer@drivax.UUCP (Doug Landauer) (04/17/85)
In <2000036@hpfcla.UUCP>, Larry@hpfcla asks: > More Lyrics to Funny Songs >Does anyone have the lyrics or the name of the artist for any of these 3 songs: >1) "There's a Fungus Among Us" - Unknown Artist. Nope -- I doubt that the Unknown Artist could even give you the lyrics. >2) ... Killing me softly with Kung Fu ... Johnny Mathis did a cover of the original, but felt obligated to change the gender of the artist to "... killing me softly with her song". I suppose it was so none of his fans would think he was gay. I always pictured him doing Don McLean's "Vincent" (a beautiful song about Vincent Van Gogh) and calling it "Vickie". ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Some day I'll post a story (and lyrics) about what happened to me the first time I tried singing Warren Zevon's "Hasten Down the Wind" and got the very first word ("She") wrong. (The rhyme for every line in the second verse depends on the gender of that first word.) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... But for satire songs in general, some of my favorites are -> "Stairway to Gilligan's Island" (I think the perpetrators of this one were sued by Led Zeppelin; the guitar track of it sounded like maybe it was ripped directly off of Stairway to Heaven, rather than recreated.) -> "Y O D A" (to the tune of the Kinks' "L O L A") **** If anyone has recordings of or lyrics to either of the above **** two songs (from Dr. Demento's show), please let me know! -> Most of what Tom Lehrer has done. -> "Amphioxus" by Sam Hinton (a song about evolution -- full lyrics will be posted on request). -> A political song by the Kingston Trio -- I forget the title, but it's still amazingly apt for a song written in the early sixties. I'll post or mail the full lyrics if requested; here's the last verse: They're rioting in Africa There's strife in Iran. What nature doesn't do to us Will be done by our fellow man. >3) "The Chicken Cordon Bleus" This song was written by Steve Goodman (author of "The City of New Orleans"), and is on his album titled "Somebody Else's Troubles". I used to have that song memorized, but the tune is difficult for me to sing (so I've lost some of the details), and my copy of the album's at home. But from memory: When I first met you, baby, You fed me on chicken and wine. It was steak and potatoes and lobster, And, babe, I sure felt fine. But now all you feed me is seaweed and alfalfa sprouts, Sunflower seeds, and I've got my doubts: Babe, you left me here with the Chicken Cordon Bleus. Well, I'm starved for affection, And all I've got is food for thought. I've been up all night thinking 'Bout the 20 pounds of groceries we bought. It was 10 pounds of brown rice, Five more of beans, And five pounds of granola And you know what that means? It means I'm sittin' here with the Chicken Cordon Bleus. Here my memory gets shaky, but there's at least another half a verse, including: You see that old dog, He's out on the street? He's got a big smile on his face, 'Cause they let him eat meat. At the end he sort of lapses into talking about what he's going to get when he gets to the bakery or whatever ... some canolli, a jelly roll, etc. It's a great album. Another good song about a similar subject is "Junk Food Junkie", which I heard on Dr Demento's show a few years ago. If anyone has the lyrics to that one, please mail or post it. Thanx. -- -- Doug Landauer -- ...[ ihnp4 | mot | ucscc | amdahl ] !drivax!landauer
schoch@ucbvax.ARPA (Steve Schoch) (04/24/85)
> Another good song about a similar subject is "Junk Food Junkie", > which I heard on Dr Demento's show a few years ago. If anyone > has the lyrics to that one, please mail or post it. Thanx. > > -- > -- Doug Landauer -- > ...[ ihnp4 | mot | ucscc | amdahl ] !drivax!landauer Here it is, transcribed from a tape of the Dr. Demento show: -------- Uno, dos, tres... You know I love that organic cooking, I always ask for more. And they call me Mr. Natural, On down to the health food store. I only eat good sea salt. White sugar don't touch my lips. And my friends is always begging me to take them On macro-biotic trips. Yes they are... But at night I take out my strong box That I keep under lock and key. And I take it off to my closet Where nobody else can see. I open that lid so slowly, take a peek up North and South. Then I pull out a Hostess Twinkee* And I pop it in my mouth. (chorus) In the daytime I'm Mr. Natural Just as healthy as I can be. But at night I'm a junk food junkie Good lord have pity on me. Yes sir... At lunch time you can always find me At the whole earth vitamin bar. Just sucking on my plain white yogurt From my hand grown pottery jar. And sipping little hand pressed cider With a carrot stick for dessert. And wipping my face in a natural way On the sleave of my peasant shirt. Yes I do... Ahh But when that clock strikes midnight And I'm all by myself I work that combination On my secret hide-away shelf. And I pull out some Fritos corn chips, Dr. and Pepper and an old Moon pie.* I sit back in glorious expectation Of a genuine junk food high. (chorus) Here we go now... My friends on down at the commune, Well they think I'm pretty neat. I don't know nothing about arts and crafts, But I give them all something to eat. I was a friend to ol' Eul Gibbons(sp?) And I only eat home grown spice. Got a John Keats autographed grechen(sp?) urn Filled up with my brown rice. Yes I do... Now folks, lately I have been spotted With a Big Mac on my breath.* Stumbling to a Kernel(sp?) Sanders With a face as white a death. I'm afraid some day they'll find me Just stretched out on my bed With a handful of Pringles potatoe chips And a Ding Dong by my head.* (chorus) * These are probably tradmarks.
goldman@umn-cs.UUCP (Matthew D. Goldman ) (04/25/85)
In article <675@umn-cs.UUCP> goldman@umn-cs.UUCP (Matthew D. Goldman ) writes: >>But for satire songs in general, some of my favorites are >> >> -> "Stairway to Gilligan's Island" (I think the perpetrators of >> this one were sued by Led Zeppelin; the guitar track >> of it sounded like maybe it was ripped directly off >> of Stairway to Heaven, rather than recreated.) >> -> "Y O D A" (to the tune of the Kinks' "L O L A") >> >> **** If anyone has recordings of or lyrics to either of the above >> **** two songs (from Dr. Demento's show), please let me know! >> > >I have the words for Y O D A on the backup disk at inhp4!stolaf!ccnfld!goldmanm >but I am unable to access them as of yet; however, a friend there has the >words AND lyrics and would probably be willing to send them to you. > >He is Warren Porter inhp4!stolaf!ccnfld!porterw and he always likes to >get vaxmail. > > Matt Goldman > (they call me Otto) > inhp4!stolaf!ccnfld!porterw > >Home is where you take off your hat... Banzai! -- ------- Mr. Atkinson? He died. He had heart attack and fell out of window onto exploding bomb, and was killed in shooting accident. Jeff Woolsey Computer Science Department University of Minnesota ...ihnp4{!stolaf}!umn-cs!woolsey
cas@cvl.UUCP (Cliff Shaffer) (04/26/85)
Someone wanted the "Yoda" song. I found it floating around our fortunes file. Preceeding the lyrics is a bit of extra wisdom. Enjoy. Cliff Shaffer ...!rlgvax!cvl!cas %% In the force if Yoda's so strong, construct a sentence with words in the proper order then why can't he? %% The STAR WARS Song Sung to the tune of "Lola", by the Kinks: I met him in a swamp down in Dagobah Where it bubbles all the time like a giant cabinet soda S-O-D-A soda I saw the little runt sitting there on a log I asked him his name and in a raspy voice he said Yoda Y-O-D-A Yoda, Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo Yoda Well I've been around but I ain't never seen A guy who looks like a Muppet but he's wrinkled and green Oh my Yoda, Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo Yoda Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand How he can raise me in the air just by raising his hand Oh my Yoda, Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo Yoda, Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo Yoda Well I left home just a week before And I never ever met a Jedi before But Obi-Wan he set me straight of course He said "Go to Yoda and he'll show you the Force" Well I'm not the kind that would argue with that So it looks like I'm gonna start all over again With my Yoda, Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo Yoda, Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo Yoda Yoda, Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo Yoda, Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo Yoda So I used the Force I picked up a box I lifted some rocks While I stood on my head Well I won't forget what Yoda said He said "Luke stay away from the darker side And if you start to go astray let the Force be your guide" Oh my Yoda, Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo Yoda "I know Darth Vader's really got you annoyed But remember if you kill him then you'll be unemployed" Oh my Yoda, Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo Yoda Well I heard my friends really got in a mess So I'm gonna have to leave Yoda I guess But I know that I'll be coming back some day 'Cause I'm playing this part 'till I'm old and gray 'Cause a long term contract I had to sign Since I'll be making these movies 'till the end of time With my Yoda, Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo Yoda, Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo Yoda Yoda, Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo Yoda, Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo Yoda [Repeat]
showard@udenva.UUCP (showard) (04/30/85)
> from: Cliff Shaffer > ...!rlgvax!cvl!cas > > > The STAR WARS Song > Sung to the tune of "Lola", by the Kinks: (written and performed by Weird Al Yankovic--title is "Yoda") > > I met him in a swamp down in Dagobah > Where it bubbles all the time like a giant cabinet soda ^^^^^^^(carbonated sounds better) --Mr. Blore, in-house detective, KAOS Radio, Denver University