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  1. Weird Al Yankovic

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    MUSICAL INTERLUDE:

    "I'm a man of the land, I'm into discipline.

    Got a Bible in my hand and a beard on my chin.

    But if I finish all my chores and you finish thine,

    then tonight we're gonna party like it's 1699.

    We've been spending most our lives

    living in an Amish Paradise.

    I've churned butter once or twice

    living in an Amish Paradise.

    It's hard work and sacrifice

    living in an Amish Paradise.

    We sell quilts at discount price

    living in an Amish Paradise."

    :afro: :afro: :afro: :rockon: :rockon:

    Yo.

  9. Best Outro Or Ending To A Song?

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    All right, another outro person! (I've always thought that songs that just kind of faded out were really boring.)

    Okay, Beatles:

    The End (how can all of you savvy folk forget the most famous outro of all time, being the denouement to the last song on the last Beatles record ever recorded!)

    Helter Skelter (I got blisters on my fingers!)

    I'm So Tired (get a disc and play the ending backwards)

    Strawberry Fields Forever (I'm Very Bored??)

    Revolution #9 (take this brother may it serve you well) (Okay not a song per se, but I've always found it interesting that after all the acid trip and revolution and scenes from a nightmare stuff, it all ends up with chants from a football game. It somehow seems appropriate.)

    (Already mentioned and worthy-While My Guitar Gently Weeps;

    A Day In The Life; I Am The Walrus; I Want You (She's So Heavy))

    Okay, rock anthems:

    (The best in this category by far, already mentioned-Stairway To Heaven.)

    Free Bird-Lynyrd Skynyrd

    Layla-Derek and The Dominoes

    In A-Gadda-Da-Vida-Iron Butterfly

    We Are The Champions-Queen

    Yes, I agree, Baba O'Riley has by far the greatest outro of all time, bar none, but how about these (eclecticly speaking):

    Baker Street-Gerry Rafferty

    Riders On The Storm-Doors

    Working Class Hero-John Lennon

    Black Magic Woman (long version)-Santana

    Jump Into The Fire (long version)-Nilsson

    Living For The City-Stevie Wonder

    All My Life-Foo Fighters

    Rock Lobster-B-52's

    Aqualung-Jethro Tull

    Taxi-Harry Chapin

    Flashlight-Parliament

    When Doves Cry (long version)-Prince

    Smells Like Teen Spirit-Nirvana (or even Smells Like Nirvana by Weird Al)

    Rock On. :guitar:

  12. Essential Queen songs

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    Miamisammy, we must be on some kind of weird wavelength thing here. I was just going to recommend I Want It All. (I swear!) Mercury's vocals soar, Brian May's guitar sears, and their trademark grandiosity rules. Most excellent.

    But how come no one has mentioned the all-time greatest Queen album--at least in my estimation--Jazz? Though it was not a huge commercial success, it definitely contains some of their strongest songs. Hell, you have to hear Dead On Time, Fat Bottomed Girls, Bicycle Race (the latter two were released together as the single), Mustapha (in which most of the lyrics are in Arabic), their "disco" song, Fun It, and the impressive ballads Jealousy and Leaving Home Ain't Easy. If you want to be a true Queenie, you gotta hear Jazz. :coolio:

  13. soul survivors

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    Am making a CD (though it will probably end up as two) for my nephew consisting of soul music that's not Motown or rap. Since I grew up in the 70's I have that era pretty well covered--Tower of Power, Al Green, Sly, Stevie Wonder, Blood Sweat & Tears, not to mention James Brown (Mother Popcorn--the bomb)and Aretha (Daydreaming). I'll include Prince (I think Sexy MF), Flashlight by Parliament (one of the great bass songs of all time), as well as Laid Back Girl by Maze, and probably something by Cameo (and oh yeah Killer by Seal--one of the most intense songs I ever heard).

    Okay, now that you see the criteria, I could use some suggestions for other jams, especially 80's and beyond. Please no Babyface-type stuff, no gangster rap, though stuff along the lines of Arrested Development or De La Soul--a very underrated group--would be OK. Also, songs from beat-rock bands like the Chili Peppers and Soul Coughing are good.

    Thanks for the help, compadres. (And hey, by the way, this site rocks.) :thumbsup:

  15. beginning or end? chorus or verse?

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    Some time ago I saw a post asking about songs in which the title was the last line and was only heard that one time. The person said there were three songs in which this occurred (which can't be true), mentioning Virginia Plain by Roxy Music and another that I can't remember. A followup post offered The Famous Final Scene by Bob Seger as an example, and I subsequently thought of Let's Go To Bed by The Cure as another one. Who can think of more?

    OK, then, after that I heard a Weezer song called El Scorcho. In this song the title is the first phrase heard and is not repeated again. I cannot think of another song like this. For a million dollars(right),can you?

    One more variation, how many songs can you name that have no chorus--think Drive by REM and Photograph by Ringo Starr (for those over 40!) Others?

    Rico

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