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From: rlr@pyuxn.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: The worst lyrics you've ever heard
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Date: Mon, 1-Oct-84 15:35:37 EDT
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> This morning on WXRT (Chicago) I heard about a contest for songs with the
> worst lyrics ever.
> The winner was "I am the Walrus" by the Beatles.  You could argue about that,

OK...

I would have thought that "I'm Honestly Endlessly All Out of Love for My Lady,
Baby" by Dianiva Newton-Rogers and all the songs of that ilk (the ones that
sell based on who sang them rather than the quality of the song and that have
subliminal messages telling you to buy refrigerators hidden in the mix) would
win hands down.  Frankly, the insane surreal imagery of Lennon's, umm,
chemically assisted lyric writing period (which includes such gems as
"Happiness is a Warm Gun"---a soap impression of his wife which he ate and
donated to the National Trust) is much more fascinating than the saccharine
whinings of so-called adult so-called contemporary so-called music.  Of
which the runner-up (Having My Baby) is a prime example.

"Elementary penguin singing hare krishna, man, you should have seen them
 kicking Edgar Allan Poe"

Next thing you know they'll be making fun of the lyrics to Close to the Edge:

"A seasoned witch can call you from the depths of your disgrace
 and rearrange your liver to a solid mental place...  I get up, I get down"

(Look, you *said* I could argue about it.  We're talking about my favorite
 Beatles song here!!!  Actually, Close to the Edge ranks as one of my top
 five all time albums, so there...)

On a more serious note (?), is Billy Ego's "Dancin with Myself" relevant to
the other topic at hand in this newsgroup nowadays, i.e., songs about
masturbation?
-- 
"Come with me now to that secret place where
 the eyes of man have never set foot."		Rich Rosen    pyuxn!rlr