jbf@ccieng5.UUCP (05/10/84)
Answers to Yet Another Lyrics Quiz points out of 40 possible spaf 7 rosen 6.5 clark 4 glenn 3 1. ...you let go of my hand, and left me here facing the wall Bob Dylan, "I Don't Believe You" 2. So strike another match and have another cup of wine... Janis Ian, "Between the lines" 3. ...on Hornschmeyer's island, you're not the same at all The Flock, "Hornschmeyer's Island" [ rather obscure. I have this on an LP called Dinosaur Swamps which my mother got for me in a cheapo sale because she knew I liked dinosaurs! Some good songs, though ] 4. ...seven virgins and a mule... Emerson, Lake, &Palmer, "Karn Evil #9, 1st Impression, Part 1" 3 3 5. Sie wuergen Gurgeln so gelassen, wie mann ein Tau ins Mastwerk schlingt. (They throttle throats as calmly as splice a line into the riggings) Berthold Brecht, "Ballade der Seeraeubern" [This has been rearranged and performed by Klaus Hoffmann, who has written a number of good songs himself. Unfortunately, I don't think it has ever been done in English [although an English translation, rather poor in my estimate, of the original poem has been published in the U.S.]] 6. ...here's a man still working for your smile Leonard Cohen, "I tried to leave you" 7. I swear on the wet head of my first case of gonorrhea 1 1 Eric Blau's translation of Jacques Brel's "Suivant" [Next] 8. there goes another rubber tree plant! High Hopes, somebody tell me the author please... 2 9. fancy gloves, though, wears MacHeath... Berthold Brecht& Kurt Weill, Mac the Knife 10. Cancel my subscription to the resurrection,... 0 1 The Doors, "When the music's over" 11. 'Cause it's cold, and your lips might freeze "Don't forbid me", a humorous love song done by Nat "King" Cole or Al Martino -- I didn't know the author, was hoping to find out from the quiz. [ Don't forbid me, to kiss your lips Darling don't forbid me to kiss your lips Let me kiss you, please, baby, please, 'Cause it's cold, and your lips might freeze] 12. I'm an ordinary man -- who requires nothing more than... 0 0 Lerner & Loewe, "I'm an ordinary man" (Let a woman in your life) [From "My Fair Lady"] 13. Boy, you've got the motion down... Blondie, "11:59" 14. I always fill my ballroom, the event is never small... AC/DC, "Big Balls" 1 1 15. I was so afraid to touch her, thought she was too young to know... Jim Croce, "A long time ago" 16. ...I am obsessed and deranged, I have existed for years... 0 1 Frank Zappa, "The Slime" [an excellent riddle song] 17. Tell me what you come here for, boy... 3 3 Simon & Garfunkel, "Keep the Customers satisfied" [If "Acid Queen", The Who, also contains this line, Rich Rosen Wins with another 2 points] 18. Never could stand that dog... Tom Waits, "Frank's Wild Years" 19. The bishop in disguise wants to tweak your thighs... Nash the Slash, "Swing Shift(Soixante Neuf)" 20. Jesus cooked good barbeque, the kind that burns your mouth Root Boy Slim, "World War III" Yours in a mischievous way, Till Eulenspiegel -- "Some people are eccentric, but I am just plain odd" Reachable as ....allegra![rayssd,rlgvax]!ccieng5!jbf
ron@brl-vgr.UUCP (05/11/84)
I believe the author of High Hopes (Whoops There Goes Another Rubber Tree) is Sammy Cahn. -Ron