One lyric that always sounded corny to me ...

**Mon Nov 28, 2005 5:04 pm**

John Powers wrote:Anyway, this line in A Rainy Night in Soho has always sounded a little forced to me:

Now the song is nearly over
We may never find out what it means

I've always enjoyed this lyric. It strikes me as a friendly poke-in-the-ribs to all the people that asked Shane questions like "But what is 'A Pair of Brown Eyes' about?"

**Tue Nov 29, 2005 5:36 am**

DzM wrote:I have no problem with that lyric. I do, however, accept that this lyric from "Haunted" is terrible:

"He was so cool he could have put out Vietnam"

There's just no way for that lyric not to sound like it was written by a fourteen-year-old.

That is my favorite lyric....it is so bad...bad enough when Sinead sings it, even worse when Cait sang it...hilarious line though...

**Tue Nov 29, 2005 5:40 am**

bfg wrote:
DzM wrote:I have no problem with that lyric. I do, however, accept that this lyric from "Haunted" is terrible:

"He was so cool he could have put out Vietnam"

There's just no way for that lyric not to sound like it was written by a fourteen-year-old.

That is my favorite lyric....it is so bad...bad enough when Sinead sings it, even worse when Cait sang it...hilarious line though...

There's no way anyone could have put out Vietnam. lol

**Tue Nov 29, 2005 5:47 am**

Irishman wrote:
bfg wrote:
DzM wrote:I have no problem with that lyric. I do, however, accept that this lyric from "Haunted" is terrible:

"He was so cool he could have put out Vietnam"

There's just no way for that lyric not to sound like it was written by a fourteen-year-old.

That is my favorite lyric....it is so bad...bad enough when Sinead sings it, even worse when Cait sang it...hilarious line though...

There's no way anyone could have put out Vietnam. lol

True, true....there are also some rather questionable lines in some of the Crock of gold songs like "Truck Drivin' Man"...something about Forrest Gump...can't remember the exact lyric but it is pretty silly, actually that whole song is pretty ridiculous.

**Thu Dec 01, 2005 1:13 pm**

bfg wrote:True, true....there are also some rather questionable lines in some of the Crock of gold songs like "Truck Drivin' Man"...something about Forrest Gump...can't remember the exact lyric but it is pretty silly, actually that whole song is pretty ridiculous.

I have always seen the whole song being ironic towards truck driving hillbillies..

**Sat Dec 03, 2005 4:59 pm**

Yeah, still it is really cheesy...

**Sat Dec 03, 2005 6:17 pm**

You might perhaps call them "my mates", but Shane MacGowan is a skilful enough writer to know that "my friends" SINGS better than the mumbly "my mates". These things matter.

A lyric in the Kurt Weill/Ira Gershwin song "My Ship" in the show "Lady In The Dark" went

I will wait for years, till it appears,
one fine day, one spring

But something had been bugging a cast member, listening to a rehearsal, and finally, he spoke up: "Why", he wondered, "does she wait four years? Why not three years or five years or.........."

The lyric was changed that day and has, ever since, gone

I will wait the years, till it appears,
one fine day, one spring

which is grammatically inept, but sings like a dream.

Yes, that's it Philip. It flows, it gets the point across, and it doesn't sound manufactured.

**Sun Dec 11, 2005 4:25 am**

"just don't want to be reborn a snail" is pretty high on my list.

**Mon Dec 19, 2005 7:13 pm**

I can't believe I started this thread, what the Fcuk was I thinking. Dark Streets is sublme from beginning to end !

**Mon Dec 19, 2005 7:15 pm**

**Wed Dec 21, 2005 10:33 am**

I just thought I would give my penny's worth......

I have always had reservations over the song 'Blue Heaven' on Peace and Love. However the worst part for me is waiting for the final lines, as I know that they will make me cringe. :oops:

"In my blue heaven
The bells of hell
Go ding-a-ling-a-ling"

**Wed Dec 21, 2005 11:33 am**

Beisty wrote:I just thought I would give my penny's worth......

I have always had reservations over the song 'Blue Heaven' on Peace and Love. However the worst part for me is waiting for the final lines, as I know that they will make me cringe.

"In my blue heaven
The bells of hell
Go ding-a-ling-a-ling"

Quite. Although I should point out they are stolen from a song by Brendan Behan in The Hostage

The bells of hell go ting-a-ling-a-ling
For you but not for me
Oh death where is thy sting-a-ling-a-ling
And grave thy mystery...............

**Wed Dec 21, 2005 3:07 pm**

philipchevron wrote:
Beisty wrote:I just thought I would give my penny's worth......

I have always had reservations over the song 'Blue Heaven' on Peace and Love. However the worst part for me is waiting for the final lines, as I know that they will make me cringe.

"In my blue heaven
The bells of hell
Go ding-a-ling-a-ling"

Quite. Although I should point out they are stolen from a song by Brendan Behan in The Hostage

The bells of hell go ting-a-ling-a-ling
For you but not for me
Oh death where is thy sting-a-ling-a-ling
And grave thy mystery...............

Thanks Philip for the info, I must say though that the context Behan uses the lyric in gives it a sense of mischievious piss taking humour.

I must admit that when the opening lines of the song come on ("Aligators snap at your ankles, branches snap at your brain....") I cannot help myself from singin along with a big cheesy grin on my face. Sometimes I even break out into a crazy chicken dance!!! :shock:

Believe me, it looks even worse than it sounds.

**Wed Dec 28, 2005 12:53 am**

stiff one at the wrist down the old main drag makes me cringe a bit. dont like to imagine shane wanking off an old man

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