Thursday, February 21, 2008

Name change and favorite lyrics

In case you didn't notice, I changed the name of my blog already. I thought that it was too wordy. Don't worry though, for all of you who had "favorited" my blog, the address it self has remained the same. I don't have any particular reason for the new name, other than I heard Neil Diamond's song of the same name and thought that would be a nice name for a blog.

Speaking of Neil Diamond, I thought I'd just share with my readers some of my favorite lyrics mentioned in songs, as well as who wrote them.

1) "I was hiding in Honduras, I'm a desperate man. Send lawyers, guns and money, the shit has hit the fan."--Warren Zevon (by the way, watch out for his "Best Of album"...these lyrics are conveniently left out and it ruins the entire song. Why in the hell is Zevon being sensored anyway?)

2) "First, they'll tell you you can't sleep alone in a strange place, then they'll tell you you can't sleep with somebody else. Oh, but sooner or later you sleep in your own space, either way it's ok you wake up with yourself."--Billy Joel (This reminds me of my mother for some reason, always telling me what I should and shouldn't be doing.)

3) "Chicken in the bread pan pickin' out dough, Granny does your dog bite, no child no"--Charlie Daniels (Now what the hell does that mean? Maybe you gotta be from the South to understand)

4) "Damn that television, what a bad picture. Don't get upset, it's not a major disaster."--David Byrne (These lines were performed by the Talking Heads in "Got a Job." I'd like to quote this entire song)

5) "I'm not sick but I'm not well"--performed by Harvey Danger (I love that line. The next time someone asks me how I'm doing, I'll respond "Well, I'm not sick...but I'm not well either.")

6) "Question....Why is it, when I go out to the club, only the ugly girls step to me. What, like I'm ugly or something?" --performed by Sadat X (This was from an early 90's tune named "Funk Dat" The entire song is a trip, but that line in particulary always cracks me up.)

There will definitely be a part two to this post, as I've got many more favorites where those came from.

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