BOC: What's your favorite bloom growl/yell/vocal?/ CotHM in England at last
Doug Pearson
jasret at MINDSPRING.COM
Sun Jun 24 15:45:01 EDT 2001
On Sun, 24 Jun 2001 15:03:21 +0100, Jon Jarrett
<jjarrett at CHIARK.GREENEND.ORG.UK> wrote:
>I mean, it's like this:
>
>(Trad.)
> Hickory dickory dock
> The mouse ran up the clock
> The clock struck one
> The mouse fell down
> Hickory dickory dock
>
>(or: by John Shirley)
> I'm a real heavy mouse
> With a clock and a hunch
> I've got to climb my house
> And get back before lunch
>
>(for comparison: by Richard Meltzer)
> Hockety dockety dick!
> Murine craziness a-go-go
> Clockmaker can't make it out
> But that first strike's sure a no-no
>
>(and lastly: by Sandy Pearlman)
> The bells will end the hour
> Mice running like witch's blood
> The clouds have gathered the storm
> Suzy's watch touches the time
> (chorus of phased chants of `It came from the sea!')
ROTFLMAO Ab-so-fuggin'-lutle-ly BRILLIANT, Jon! Got any more stored up for
the band to use? (And I love the way the "Meltzer" and "Pearlman" lyrics
*feel* like they would fit perfectly with the music of, say, "Cagey
Cretins" and "Astronomy", repsectively.)
>... they sound like a
>well-heeled bunch of C&W sidemen sitting down in a living room full of
>soft cushions with big grape sodas.
Just like on "Redeemed"? (sorry, couldn't resist)
-Doug (sorry for the quote:content ratio)
jasret at mindspring.com
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