Strangest songs.

[Retro Formula 1]

I know we have the "What are you listening to" thread but how about the strangest songs that you like.

There are quite a few I can think of like Gino by Dexy's or anything to do with Fish but my all time strange song, and one of my favourites, has to be Sebastian by Steve Harley and Cockney rebel.


Radiate simply, the candle is burning
so low for me
Generate me limply, I can`t seem to place
your name, cherie
To rearrange all these thoughts in a moment
is suicide
Come to a strange place, we`ll talk over old times
we never spied

Somebody called me Sebastian
Somebode called me Sebastian

Work out a rhyme, toss me the time, lay me .-
you`re mine
And we all know, oh yeah !

Your persian eyes sparkle, your lips - ruby blue -
never speak a sound
You, oh so gay, with parisian demands,
you can run - around
And your view of society screws up my mind
like you`ll never know
Lead me away, come inside,
see my mind in kaleidoscope

Somebody called me Sebastian
Somebody called me Sebastian

Love me sublime, mangle my mind -
do it in style
so we all know , oh yeah !

You`re not gonna run, baby we`ve only just begun, baby
to compromise
Slagged in a bowery saloon love`s a story
we`ll serialise
Pale angel face,green-eye shadow, the glitter
is outaside
No courtesan could begin to decipher
your beam of light

Somebody called me Sebastian
Somebody called me Sebastian

Dance on my heart, laugh swoop and dart,
la-di-di-da

Now we all know you , yeah !

I love the way it ends with "Now we all know you" :confused: At the end of the song, I don't know what day of the week it is :laugh:

Can anyone top Sebastian?

[Rollo]

How about MacArthur Park?

MacArthur Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down...
Someone left the cake out in the rain
and I don't think that I can take it
'cause it took so long to bake it
and I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!

Who the heck leaves cake out in the rain? What manner of culinary madness is this?

[anthonyvop]

Anything by Pink Floyd.

I guess I never smoked enough pot!!!

[MrJan]

A lot of stuff by Half Man Half Biscuit would be classed as weird. This is one of my current favourites, Third Track Main Camera Four Minutes:


got three from each section on the fixed odds coupon
But I still don’t want to go to Cuba
‘Cos Cuba’s the new destination
Cuba’s the new Iceland
And it’ll be full of Italia Conti rejects
So no, I don’t want to go to Cuba
I’d much rather go down to Dorset, with its
Wonderful Bulbarrow Hill
Wonderful Bulbarrow Hill, alright

I’ve got fur in my kettle and a film on my tea
I’m living in a hard water town
But I don’t let it get me down

Far from it…
Should any man wish to make himself immortal by painting a picture of wretchedness, then he’d be wasting his time knocking on my door. Maybe go to Mr Galbraith’s over the road. There he is now, look, alone in his polytunnel with his pitiful competition onions, neglected for two weeks in Cuba. A no-rosette situation for Mr Galbraith.

Oh he shouldn’t have gone to Cuba
He should have just gone down to Dorset with its
Wonderful Bulbarrow Hill
Wonderful Bulbarrow Hill

Ahhh…
Ahhh…
Pots and pans
Ahhh…
Take your coat off or you won’t feel the benefit
Ahhh…
And now I’m going to tell you something
Ahhh…
Alright, here we go
If ever an album title was in dire need of an exclamation mark
If ever an album title was in dire need of an exclamation mark
It surely had to be
Frampton Comes Alive!
Frampton Comes Alive!
Run for the hills
Frampton Comes Alive!
One more time
Frampton Comes Alive!

There's also a dubstep track I heard that uses samples of the bloke that plays Brick Top in Snatch that's pretty weird.

[Retro Formula 1]

Bloody hell Baz :s hock:

I thought I had a pair of Aces with my choice but just found out I hold 2 and 7 off suit :D

I suppose any group named "Half man, half biscuit" was going to be a ring-pull short of a six pack. ;)

[MrJan]

Well worth a listen :up: Nigel Blackwell is a lyrical genius, how many other groups have such gems as:

And at a table nearby I heard a girl saying
to a tall balding guest
so you're Brad Freidel
I'm mildly impressed


or the wonderfully surreal track A Country Practice, from which this extract is from:
Channel Four presents “Blowjob”
Introduced by Adrian and Sophie Horn
Who is of course one bloke with a pierced d*ck
Who’s just had the nod from Planet 24
Hear him say “surreal”, “bizarre”, “sad git”
“Yes indeedy”, “completely and utterly”, “footy”, “anorak” and “respect”
Before whipping the audience up into doing the Time Warp

Watch him take us live to The Queen’s Arse and Firkin
Where Joseph Bloggs and his amazing Technicolor shellsuit
Are about to abort their Steely Dan routine
And instead embark upon fifteen minutes of mantra-filled oompah
Fifteen minutes of mantra-filled oompah
Fifteen minutes of mantra-filled oompah



and slightly obscure motorsport references always go down well:
The wonderful dexterity
of Hannu Mikkola
Makes me want to shake hands with the whole of Finland

That doesn't even scratch the surface of it either, certainly well worth listenting to some of their stuff, 24 Hour Garage People is a timeless classic :D

[Firstgear]

The Police - Masoko Tanga

Great song - I've never understood much of the lyrics. After a quick bit of searching - appears the lyrics are actually mostly jibberish...but I was able to find this (doesn't appear to be completely accurate, but it's close):

One, two, one, two, three, four

Ohhhhh da la la

Don't ba bose da la lomb ba bay
Ping pong da la zoe da la la low

People know what de lee do da day
Key wo wa di com la day wa da

Co wa da zu ma pu wa all day
See po wa ta na po ba ba

Zoe ka mo wa I've been sleepin' all day
Took a lot of drugs, watch the tide roll out

Day light na no ma do la
Keep the sugar warmed up, hey!

Keyboard is a mo day la
Keyboard is a mo day la
A key word is a mo way la
Key wa wo day wa wo I've been

Kicking a wall baby cos' I'm gay
I broke all ma wa tay lay doe

(Ahhh) People are ghosts. Ah my my! Go away.
I pissed on my wall or my door

I'm pissed so no wa though I gave my love away
I'll come back though threw a sonar

I pissed on my walk on my *** all day
I stumble back home passed my door

Oh Oh Oh Oh
They all know what
Oh Oh Oh Oh
The mess in my way
Oh Oh Oh Oh
I'm called Mr. Wombat
Oh Oh Oh Oh
Pissed all the day
Oh Oh Oh Oh
Key from my Wombat
Oh Oh Oh Oh
He stood in my way
Oh Oh Oh Oh
Key from wild baby
Oh Oh Oh Oh
He took my wah

Ma wa ba wa ta la throw away
To ma ba sue le dah (Oh!)

Don't know why my white car won't stay clean
I don't know for what I do?

Oh Oh Oh Oh
Oh Oh Oh Oh
Oh Oh Oh Oh (ow!)

(vocal's fade)
Oh Oh Oh Oh

[Daniel]

Ween's "Waving my dick in the wind" is a good one

I'm waving my dick in the wind,
I'm waving my dick in the wind,
If it all goes right, I'll be in your arms tonight,
but I'm waving my dick in the wind.

I'm lost in the sauce once again,
I'm lost in the sauce once again,
If I make it throught the night, everything will be alright,
But I'm lost in the sauce once again.

Its been ninety-seven days
since I've laid my head beside you,
and a million miles of highway in between.
There's some red-blue lights
that are shining right behind me,
that Pig's a pretty mean *******.

You should of seen old Jimmy Wilson dance,
You should of seen old Jimmy Wilson dance,
Give that boy a dime, and you could have a chance,
To see old Jimmy Wilson dance.

Spoken: Dance Jimmy.
Jimmy: I'm doing the best I can. I can't really dance like I used to. I mean I try, but I'm old, I'm an old man now.

I've got a real good feeling about old Jimmy Wilson,
Sure enough he's got what it takes.
Do another number for me, please won't you Jimmy,
because you're a real good dancer.

I'm waving my dick in the wind,
I'm waving my dick in the wind,
If it all goes right, I'll be in your arms tonight,
but I'm waving my dick in the wind.
Waving my dick in the wind.
I'm waving my dick in the wind,
I'm waving my dick in the wind,
If it all goes right, I'll be in your arms tonight,
but I'm waving my dick,
in the wind.

[Zeakiwi]

Elephunk in my soup - Phil Bowering and Steve Garden

Elephunk in my Soup - Low Profile - Music Video | NZ On Screen (http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/elephunk-in-my-soup-1984)

I love a song stay with me By Danity Kane

Raindrops fall from everywhere
I reach out for you but you're not there
So I stood waiting in the dark
With your picture in my hands, story of a broken heart

Stay with me, don't let me go
'Cause I can't be without you
Just stay with me and hold me close
Because I've built my world around you

And I don't wanna know what it's like without you
So stay with me, just stay with me

I'm trying and hoping for the day
When my touch is enough to take the pain away
'Cause I've searched for so long, the answer is clear
We'll be okay if we don't let it disappear

Stay with me, don't let me go
'Cause I can't be without you
Stay with me and hold me close
Because I've built my world around you

And I don't wanna know what it's like without you
Stay with me, just stay with me

I've searched my heart over so many, many times
No you and I is like no stars to light the sky at night
Our picture hangs up to remind me of the days
You promised me we'd always be and never go away
That's why I need you to stay

Stay with me, don't let me go
'Cause I can't be without you
Stay with me and hold me close
Because I've built my world around you

And I don't wanna know what it's like without you
Stay with me, stay, stay yeah yeah
Don't leave
So I stay waiting in the dark

[Bob Riebe]

This was one of our favorites in our teen years as we drove around with a case of beer and a bottle of Southern Comfort.

Bloodrock
D.O.A. lyrics

I remember, we were flying along,
And hit something in the air...

Laying here, looking at the ceiling,
Someone lays a sheet across my chest.
Something warm is flowing down my fingers
Pain is flowing all through my back.

I try to move my arm and there's no feeling
And when I look, I see there's nothing there.
The face beside me stopped bleeding
The girl I knew has such a distant stare.
[ Lyrics from: Bloodrock - D.O.A. Lyrics (http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/b/bloodrock/doa.html) ]
I remember, we were flying along,
And hit something in the air.

Then I look straight at the attendant,
His face is pale as it can be.
He bends and whispers something softly,
He says there's no chance for me.

I remember, we were flying along,
And hit something in the air.

Life is flowing out my body,
Pain is flowing out with my blood.
The sheets are red and moist where I'm lying.
God in Heaven, teach me how to die.

I remember, we were flying along,
And hit something in the air.

[steveaki13]

Bird is the word

[Rollo]

Elton John's "Your Song" contains the line:
"If I was a sculptor but then again, no."

Well? Why even bring it up?

[veeten]

Frank Zappa.

'nuff said. :D