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[hooya] 29/4/2004 08:33

OK not everones cup of tea but im not a major fan but I think they are original and talented....The Steets. New track "you're fit but you know it"
fantastic....possible future No1 imo


out on the 26-4-2004


"Fit But You Know It"

See I reckon you're about an 8 or a 9,
Maybe even 9 and a half in four beers time.
That blue top shop top you've got on IS nice,
Bit too much fake tan though - but yeah you score high.

But theres just one little thing that really really,
Really really annoying me about you you see,
Yeah yeah like i said you are really fit
But my gosh don't you just know it

I'm not trying to pull you
Even though i would like to
I think you are really fit
You're fit But my gosh dont you know it

So when i looked at you standing there with your hoard,
I was waiting in the que looking at the board
Wondering whether to have a Burger or chips
Or what the shrapnel in my back pocket could afford
When i noticed out the corner of my eye
Looking toward my direction
Your eyes locked onto my course
I couldnt concentrate on what i wanted to order,
Which cost me my place in the queue i waited for YEAH

I'm not trying to pull you
Even though i would like to
I think you are really fit
You're fit But my gosh dont you know it

Whoa! Leave it out
Are you smoking something?
Leave it Out
Mike just leave it just leave it
We cannot have that behaviour in this establishment
S'not worth it mike, just leave it
Dont Touch Me, S'not Worth It
Dont Touch Me, D, Look Im Alright Dont Touch me

For a while there i was thinkin - yeah but what if?
Picturin' myself pullin with bare white hot wit
Snarin you as you were standing there opposite
Whether or not you knew it i swear you didnt tick
And when that bloke in the white behind us lot queuing
Was clockin onto you too yeah i had to admit
That yeah yeah you are fit,
And yeah i do want it,
But i stop sharkin' for a minute to get chips and drinks

I'm not trying to pull you
Even though i would like to
I think you are really fit
You're fit But my gosh dont you know it

Oy, just as you started to make your big advance
With the milkshake and that little doughnut in hand
I was like nah, even though you look grand
But you look sharp there smilin hard suggesting and
Gleaming away with your hearty hearty lookin tan
But i admit the next bit was spanner to my plan
You walked towards my path but just brushed right past
And into the arms of that white shirted man

I'm not trying to pull you
Even though i would like to
I think you are really fit
You're fit But my gosh dont you know it

Oh what do i give .. i've got a girlfirend anyway
(whoa, we've all had a drink mate)
We're all a bit drunk, yeah we've had a few fair play
I got this stella i bombed from that last cafe
This nights not even begun, yes yes oh yay

I did fancy you a bit though yeah i must say
I would rather i hadnt mugged myself on display
But this is just another case of female stopping play
On otherwise a total result of a holiday

I'm not trying to pull you
Even though i would like to
I think you are really fit
You're fit But my gosh dont you know it

[riverdiver] 28/4/2004 23:45

harlem shuffle

[alchemy] 28/4/2004 17:22

It is not a song it is an instrumental but I love it. I am suppose to say why.

It was part of the 50s early memories but not about pink or blue toothbrushes.

I give you Green Onions.

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Oh that White Album .................

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[samg99] 28/4/2004 16:12

Just occurred to me that as this is a financial website I should mention a particularly appropriate song

WALL STREET SHUFFLE - 10cc

Wonderful piece of powerpop/rock with razor-sharp lyrics, still relevant over 30 years later. The Travelling Wilburys later borrowed quite a bit of the melody and riff (OK, zzaxx, I won't say it was "exactly the same"!!) for their song TWEETER AND THE MONKEY MAN (sung by Mr. Zimmerman in his incomparable sand and glue rasping vocals) - its chorus even begins with the line "And the walls came down"....

[dave37] 27/4/2004 23:21

I was a bit worried, as I knew that houllier was around at that time, and he doesnt have a good record of 'playing away'..!!

[dave37] 27/4/2004 22:20

GH..gerard houllier?

[jaxaxe] 27/4/2004 16:55

Bob Dylan - cnt remember the songbut the lyrics were incredible - "The smoke rings of my mind". Reminds me of my early club years.

[megryan] 27/4/2004 16:34

TrueBlue...since Clapton was having a secret affair (it is alleged!) with GH's wife at the time- and was probably high on various substances -who knows what the lyrics mean?

Meg

[mr potato head] 27/4/2004 12:47

aha Sam...that was obviously where I got mixed up !....its all a long time ago...Nick Lowe is still one of the greats though

[samg99] 26/4/2004 18:02

zzaxxx - well I shouldn't have said "exactly" the same, cos you're right, it isn't; but it's pretty damn close!

Potato - just remembered that Nick Lowe did a "Bowi" EP - this was his tribute to David Bowie for having recently released the album "Low"! .....which contained both "Breaking Glass" and "Sound and Vision"......

[zzaxx99] 26/4/2004 16:41

"Dad-dy was, a bank-robber....."

and then

"There she was, just a walking down the street..."

The melody is EXACTLY the same!

Not defending the Clash's song (if it was theirs), which was dire, but those lines don't even have the same number of notes, so how they can have the same melody is beyond me - and the corresponding notes aren't the same - 7th note of bank robber is at least twice as long as in the other godawful song. The rest is quite similar, but there's only so many ways to put 6 notes together!

[jaxaxe] 26/4/2004 16:32

only polony sung by steve the butcher in CrossGates Leeds.

[samg99] 26/4/2004 12:33

Potato - thanks, I learn something new every day on this thread!

[mr potato head] 26/4/2004 12:03

edited
Just done some more research and David Bowie did a song called Breaking Glass on his Low album thats where I got confused...I dont think he and Nick Lowe ever did work togther so I guess Nick Lowe did rip it off a bit

[samg99] 26/4/2004 09:05

Good points Q.....talking of Oasis, what about that line in DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER which sounds exactly like another old song (sorry can't remember who artist is, might be the Hollies??) that goes something like:

"Hey, Sally Ann, what's your name, does anybody know". Lyrics AND tune are remarkably similar!

BTW, "Jean Genie" was a hit just before "Blockbuster" so think it was probably a Sweet rip-off.....which comes as no great surprise!

Which reminds me.....always thought Nick Lowe's "I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass" owed something to Bowie's "Sound And Vision". Both are great pop songs IMO.

[quidzinn] 26/4/2004 08:43

What about the main riff in "Hindu Times" by Oasis ... straight rip-off of the main riff in "Traffic" by The Stereophonics.

Q

p.s and "Blockbuster" by The Sweet vs. "Jean Genie" by David Bowie - which riff came first?

[samg99] 26/4/2004 00:36

MegRyan - many thanks! Must admit the lyrics don't look so great in cold print - but as part of the song I think they're fine (I've never worried too much about lyrics; melody, rhythm and arrangement are a lot more important to me). Anyway, on half the songs I like most I haven't a clue what they're on about anyway!!

"There she was, just a walking down the street, singing
Do wah diddy, diddy dum diddy do....."

By the way, Clash fans, do you realise that "Bankrobber" rips off Manfred Mann something rotten there....if you doubt me, just try singing:

"Dad-dy was, a bank-robber....."

and then

"There she was, just a walking down the street..."

The melody is EXACTLY the same!

And poor old George Harrison got done for allegedly ripping off "She's so Fine" for "My Sweet Lord"! There's less similarity between "Fine" and "Lord" than between the Clash/Mannfred Mann songs. But I seem to be the only person in the Universe who's spotted the latter case!

[riverdiver] 25/4/2004 21:46

So many good songs, Beatles, Stones, N.Young,Cohen, J.Browne, G & R, T.Chapman, Kinks, B.Holliday, Verdi,the list is endless but my favourite is one I used to hear when I was a young lad listening to the pirate radio Caroline in the 60's. Lil Red Riding Hood by Sam the Sham and the Pharos, days of innocence.

[megryan] 25/4/2004 20:56

SamG99

here are the lyrics..it's co-authored by George Harrison BTW...must admit I think the sound is great but the lyrics are a bit naff.

"Thinkin' 'bout the times you drove in my car.
Thinkin' that I might have drove you too far.
And I'm thinkin' 'bout the love that you laid on my table.

I told you not to wander 'round in the dark.
I told you 'bout the swans, that they live in the park.
Then I told you 'bout our kid, now he's married to Mabel.

Yes, I told you that the light goes up and down.
Don't you notice how the wheel goes 'round?
And you better pick yourself up from the ground
Before they bring the curtain down,
Yes, before they bring the curtain down.

Talkin' 'bout a girl that looks quite like you.
She didn't have the time to wait in the queue.
She cried away her life since she fell off the cradle"

[niggle] 25/4/2004 14:20

I'm seeing Eric Clapton on Thursday, a wife of a friend of a friend does the makeup, so it's free too! Not my normal choice (like Peaches) but live music is great.

[samg99] 25/4/2004 12:24

How about a subcategory.....Best Song Ever by Band I Don't Otherwise Like.

Those of us who have open minds about music (most of us I hope!) often find that a group we otherwise dislike or even detest comes out with a great track.

My nomination for this is BADGE by Cream. Most of Cream's stuff I can happily leave.....drony bluesey 60s self-indulgence IMHO (sorry, Cream fans!).

But BADGE is in a different class.....fabulous rhythm, great pop tune, and that classic bit of Clapton's guitarwork that sends a shiver down the spine. (ELO borrowed the riff a few years later in their excellent NIGHT IN THE CITY track on their superb OUT OF THE BLUE album.) And the lyrics ain't half bad either - MegRyan, would you care to do the honours?! If Cream had written a few more songs like this, I think they would be talked about a lot more today. Any pop-lover who hasn't heard BADGE should search it out and give it a spin.

[quidzinn] 22/4/2004 21:49

try this link for "From the Underworld" by The Herd when Pete Frampton was a member............

http--rajeev.freeuk.com-herdinmatlock-fromtheunderworld.mp3.url