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sidjameson · Joined: 11 Jan 2004 Posts: 629 Location: osaka

Have to agree with the Morrissey/Smiths reco. Can't find better words to music in my totally subjective view.

Sing me to sleep
sing me to sleep
I don't want to wake up anymore

This was written after spending a night posting on Daveseslcafe. Twisted Evil

nolefan · Joined: 14 Jan 2004 Posts: 1458 Location: on the run

thanks for the input guys, I have a good base to build on and decide.

So far, I have decided on

"Sunday bloody sunday" U2
"We could be heroes" David Bowie
"god save the Queen" Sex Pistols
...

Snoopy · Joined: 13 Jul 2003 Posts: 185

I found the Kinks' "Sunny Afternoon" and "Waterloo Sunset" went down very well, and the Scaffolld's "Lily the Pink" is now being sung in the most unkilely places. Students added some verses, including "teacher Snail", a slight hint that my lessons were sometimes a bit slow, but he came back the next year.

The other addition was not broadcast after I submitted it to BBC Radio 4, when the Saturday morning programme was being presented by Roger McGough, who wrote Lily the Pink. The BBC politely replied that is was not suitable for daytime listening.

Cyril the squirrel
He lived on the Wirral
And his nuts were small and round
So they gave him MEDICINAL COMPOUND
Now he can't . . . get off the ground

fat_chris · Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 3198 Location: Beijing

Anything on Quadrophenia by the Who--the album details the struggles of young adults coming of age and dealing with life as well as the conflicts between the Mods and Rockers in the 1960s (I bet scot47 was a Mod).

That's one of the best rock albums of all time.

Why not Def Leppard's "Pour some Sugar on me?"

No, just kidding about that last one.

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

what about classics by half man half biscuit?

99% of gargoyles look like Bob Todd

I hate nerys Hughes with all my heart

Time flies by when you are a driver of a train

not only great tunes but a commentary on social issues in the UK in the '80's( correct use of apostrophies?)

Lanza-Armonia · Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 4:17 pm Post subject:

Well, you can use the Beatles....or Oasis.

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LA

fat_chris · Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 3198 Location: Beijing

Lanza,

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Frank Sinatra?

"If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere..."

johnslat · Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 9:35 pm Post subject: Ma fi apostrophe

Dear dmb,
Aaaarrrgghhh! That apostrophe with the decade is one on my PET PEEVES.

PLease, please, please write is that way: '80s

Thanks,
John

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Dear John,

80s

Happy now?

johnslat · Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 10:22 pm Post subject: Show me the money

Dear dmb,

"80s

Happy now?"

Well, to borrow from another thread, I'll be happy only when you send me gadzillion bucks (in small, unmarked bills, please). However, I AM content.
Regards,
John

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Dear john,
are you now quoting Scot?

khmerhit · Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 10:29 pm Post subject:

If you need a way to launder those bills when you receive them, John, may I suggest a quick trip to Cambodia? It's a common destination for those burdened by too much liquidity. here's the deal, as it was told to me---
(I often wondered what all those Corsicans were doing in Phnom Penh).

Fly in with a suitcase, buy a few enormous properties, wait ten years for their value to appreciate, and sell them off!

No more hassles, no more messy greenbacks on your hands, no more stress!

cambodia. try it and see. Cool

kh

johnslat · Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 10:34 pm Post subject:

Dear khmerhit,
Sweet sufferin' succotash - is there ANY posting that you somehow cannot turn into a pitch for Cambodia? (Ah, that's a rhetorical question.) I'll be on the first plane just as soon as dmb sends me the money. But, at my age, waiting ten years might be pushing my luck. How about five, instead?
Regards,
John

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Dear john,
I'd love to send you the money but as of yesterday I sent all my savings to my off-shore account in Tralfamador. I'm afraid all my cash is tied up for the next 15 years. In order to access it you need permission from you know who

Aramas · Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2004 4:39 am Post subject:

Do people actually volunteer for a course on American history and culture? Where do you find such people? Are they a recently discovered tribe that has never seen a television or read a book? Personally I know far more about American history and culture than I do about my own country - or any other for that matter. Certainly far more than I ever wanted to know. It's unavoidable - it's been shoved down our throats from birth. The US govt is well aware of the benefits of 'soft power' as a tool of cultural imperialism. Hollywood and TV rewrite history all the time and it's their version that the public believes.