On hold with "Careless Whisper"

[hrh_disney_queen]

Mama, just killed a man... put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger now he's dead.

Worse, I just got this off of Bohemian Rhapsody in my son's playbook. His chorus is singing this tomorrow!!!

I love that song! I think of "Wayne's World" when I hear it!


I remember another one..actually the entire song is very very strange-does anyone remember "Timothy"?


Trapped in a mine that had caved in
And everyone knows the only ones left
Were Joe and me and Tim
When they broke through to pull us free
The only ones left to tell the tale
Were Joe and me

Timothy, Timothy, where on earth did you go?
Timothy, Timothy, God why don't I know?

Hungry as hell no food to eat
And Joe said that he would sell his soul
For just a piece of meat
Water enough to drink for two
And Joe said to me, "I'll have a swig
And then there's some for you."

Timothy, Timothy, Joe was looking at you
Timothy, Timothy, God what did we do?

I must have blacked out just around then
'Cause the very next thing that I could see
Was the light of the day again
My stomach was full as it could be
And nobody ever got around
To finding Timothy
Timothy...


I think this one wins for worst song ever!

 

[Octoberbride03]

Mama, just killed a man... put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger now he's dead.

Worse, I just got this off of Bohemian Rhapsody in my son's playbook. His chorus is singing this tomorrow!!!

Oh I hope they're a good chorus. Lyrics are depressing at face value but that is a difficult song to sing with the range it requires. Feddie Mercury was a musical genius.

 

[iwrbnd]

I'm soooo glad I've been hearing Blinded by the Light words wrong all these years!!! I can like that verse now! Yeah! Thank you oh so smart disboard people! I've asked many people in my lifetime what the words were and you wouldn't believe how many people thought the words were what I thought!!!

 

[akhenaten]

OMG My cousin was in that band!! They were called "the Bouys" and they were from PA!!!!
LOL I can't believe you know that song!!!

I love that song! I think of "Wayne's World" when I hear it!


I remember another one..actually the entire song is very very strange-does anyone remember "Timothy"?


Trapped in a mine that had caved in
And everyone knows the only ones left
Were Joe and me and Tim
When they broke through to pull us free
The only ones left to tell the tale
Were Joe and me

Timothy, Timothy, where on earth did you go?
Timothy, Timothy, God why don't I know?

Hungry as hell no food to eat
And Joe said that he would sell his soul
For just a piece of meat
Water enough to drink for two
And Joe said to me, "I'll have a swig
And then there's some for you."

Timothy, Timothy, Joe was looking at you
Timothy, Timothy, God what did we do?

I must have blacked out just around then
'Cause the very next thing that I could see
Was the light of the day again
My stomach was full as it could be
And nobody ever got around
To finding Timothy
Timothy...


I think this one wins for worst song ever!

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

OMG My cousin was in that band!! They were called "the Bouys" and they were from PA!!!!
LOL I can't believe you know that song!!!

Well, what are the chances!? Sorry, didn't mean to offend if I did!

 

[akhenaten]

Well, what are the chances!? Sorry, didn't mean to offend if I did!

Not offended at all... it was pretty awful... eating their friend like that...LOL

They lived in a coal mining region so I guess thye let their imaginations run wild... LOL

 

[hucifer]

I remember another one..actually the entire song is very very strange-does anyone remember "Timothy"?


Trapped in a mine that had caved in
And everyone knows the only ones left
Were Joe and me and Tim
When they broke through to pull us free
The only ones left to tell the tale
Were Joe and me

Timothy, Timothy, where on earth did you go?
Timothy, Timothy, God why don't I know?

Hungry as hell no food to eat
And Joe said that he would sell his soul
For just a piece of meat
Water enough to drink for two
And Joe said to me, "I'll have a swig
And then there's some for you."

Timothy, Timothy, Joe was looking at you
Timothy, Timothy, God what did we do?

I must have blacked out just around then
'Cause the very next thing that I could see
Was the light of the day again
My stomach was full as it could be
And nobody ever got around
To finding Timothy
Timothy...


I think this one wins for worst song ever!

OMG.

 

[akhenaten]

Timothy was actually written by Rupert Holmes....
I was 9 when it came out....

The Buoys
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Buoys were a progressive rock band from the early 1970s. Its membership included Bill Kelly, Fran Brozena, Jerry Hludzik, Carl Siracuse, Chris Hanlon, and Sally Rosoff, based in Scranton, Pennsylvania.



They are most famous for their recording of Rupert Holmes's "Timothy", a song deliberately written to get banned, based on a theme of cannibalism. Holmes himself selected the group to record the song. Recorded at Scepter Recording Studios in New York City and released by Scepter Records, with whom the Buoys had been signed but previously ignored, the song hit #17 on US charts in 1971. Scepter executives did not catch what it was about until after it started climbing the charts, after which they claimed that Timothy was a mule, a concept Holmes found more offensive than cannibalism, which he intended. Holmes, with D. Jordan, wrote a less-successful hit for them titled "Give Up Your Guns", an epic narrative dealing with an escaped bank robber. Much more serious in tone than their previous hit, "Give Up Your Guns" reached only #84. By contrast it was a massive hit twice in mainland Europe, when originally released, and when re-released in 1979. Holmes wrote a number of other songs for the band, including "The Prince of Thieves", "Blood Knot", and "Tomorrow", most of which had much of the darkness but little of the humor of "Timothy". Like "Give Up Your Guns", they are complaints by criminals. Holmes now writes Broadway musicals.

 

[CaliforniaDreamin]

"Tell me Mr. Flintstone, I can make your bedrock"

I HATE this song. But it's funny to sing along with when my teenagers are in the car, they get SO mad at me.

 

[Motherofboys]

Deb, I forgot all about that golden oldie from my childhood!


"If you don't expect too much from me, you might not be let down." (Gin Blossoms-Hey Jealousy)

I love that Gin Blossom lyric, I think it sums up a lot of people I know quite nicely


I absolutely hate the "There won't be snow in Africa this Christmas time" lyric too, it is so stupid!!

Like snow makes it Christmas or like it wouldn't be a huge disaster if they got snow in Africa at Christmas

I also hate all of the song "Last Christmas I gave you my heart", I have to turn it the second it starts playing.

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

Timothy was actually written by Rupert Holmes....
I was 9 when it came out....

The Buoys
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Buoys were a progressive rock band from the early 1970s. Its membership included Bill Kelly, Fran Brozena, Jerry Hludzik, Carl Siracuse, Chris Hanlon, and Sally Rosoff, based in Scranton, Pennsylvania.



They are most famous for their recording of Rupert Holmes's "Timothy", a song deliberately written to get banned, based on a theme of cannibalism. Holmes himself selected the group to record the song. Recorded at Scepter Recording Studios in New York City and released by Scepter Records, with whom the Buoys had been signed but previously ignored, the song hit #17 on US charts in 1971. Scepter executives did not catch what it was about until after it started climbing the charts, after which they claimed that Timothy was a mule, a concept Holmes found more offensive than cannibalism, which he intended. Holmes, with D. Jordan, wrote a less-successful hit for them titled "Give Up Your Guns", an epic narrative dealing with an escaped bank robber. Much more serious in tone than their previous hit, "Give Up Your Guns" reached only #84. By contrast it was a massive hit twice in mainland Europe, when originally released, and when re-released in 1979. Holmes wrote a number of other songs for the band, including "The Prince of Thieves", "Blood Knot", and "Tomorrow", most of which had much of the darkness but little of the humor of "Timothy". Like "Give Up Your Guns", they are complaints by criminals. Holmes now writes Broadway musicals.

He wins a special award on this thread, having come up with "Timothy" and "The Pina Colada Song". Both of them are horrible!

 

[akhenaten]

I also hate all of the song "Last Christmas I gave you my heart", I have to turn it the second it starts playing.

I totally agree.. hate that song....

 

[akhenaten]

He wins a special award on this thread, having come up with "Timothy" and "The Pina Colada Song". Both of them are horrible!

LOL

 

[Sgt Mickey]

It gets worse:

"Someone left the cake out in the rain. I don' think I can take it 'Cause it took so long to bake it and I'll never have that recipe again, oh no"

I remember ages ago when I was in high school my bff and I heard this on the radio and we laughed so hard we were crying. It holds a special place in my heart

 

[Sgt Mickey]

I always hated "wrapped up like a douche" in Blinded by the Light! Gross! (Someone tell me I'm hearing the words wrong!)

This was me before you thread
Now I have chai tea on my monitor

 

[iwrbnd]

I love that Gin Blossom lyric, I think it sums up a lot of people I know quite nicely


I absolutely hate the "There won't be snow in Africa this Christmas time" lyric too, it is so stupid!!

Like snow makes it Christmas or like it wouldn't be a huge disaster if they got snow in Africa at Christmas

I also hate all of the song "Last Christmas I gave you my heart", I have to turn it the second it starts playing.

My friend is stationed in Germany and she said "Last Christmas" is the number one requested Christmas song there!

 

[iwrbnd]

This was me before you thread
Now I have chai tea on my monitor

Now I have chocolate milk all over my laptop after reading your post!

 

[Motherofboys]

My friend is stationed in Germany and she said "Last Christmas" is the number one requested Christmas song there!

That makes perfect sense since they seem to perpetually be in love with the 80's there

**that is a joke! Any Germans reading this, please don't be offended**

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

My friend is stationed in Germany and she said "Last Christmas" is the number one requested Christmas song there!

Written by the same person that wrote the song in my OP, George Michael!

 

[bumbershoot]

Timothy was actually written by Rupert Holmes....

That's hilarious. I had an ex who was just enthralled with Rupert, wonder if he knew all that. Probably did...that ex fancied himself a musician (who refused to take it to the next level b/c as soon as you become popular you become a sellout) and loved making intricate mix tapes...and would put the "music" of people like Charles Manson on them (not on mine, I refused)...

So I'm sure those lyrics would have made him very happy!



I actually love Last Christmas and Careless Whisper.