What lyric you think is the funniest?

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#16 Post by joe stalin »

I'm not too sure you can attribute the YMIWM lyric to Neil coz the bit 'you've made such a little go a very long way' was actually written in Jonathon Kings last article in the Sun Newspaper when he was leaving as part of his opinion on the PSB. Far too many favourite quotes but not that many that I consider funny as such. JS

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#17 Post by GalataPSB »

""""You've got your health, you've got everything, that's what my doctor said
You may not have much cash, but you've got a roof over your head"""

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#18 Post by diana »

"For I was in the nude, the old queen disapproved"
Dreaming of the Queen

Dreaming of the Queen
visiting for tea
You and her and I
and Lady Di

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#19 Post by gomorrah »

^ that's my favorite funny neil lyric as well. :D
I wooooooooooooooood if I cooooooood...

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#20 Post by Pertan »

karmavore wrote:hands down...

We've both given up smoking 'cause it's fatal / So whose matches are those?
It's very good. Maybe one of my favourites.
Back in august 1990 in swedish radio (1 month before release)
I heard a program called "Flip Flop" in swedish P3 program
and the "Jury" "flipped" this single and one of the
Jury members said "We've both given up smoking 'cause it's fatal / So whose matches are those?" it's absolutely splendid. I have to agree.

So Hard became high in swedish charts , actually number one in the "trackslistan" for 2 weeks

http://www.sr.se/p3/topplistor/tracks/? ... 0&listID=1

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#21 Post by Jareth »

diana wrote:"For I was in the nude, the old queen disapproved"
Dreaming of the Queen
My favourite. :D

This is by far the WORST Pet Shop Boys lyric:
If you see someone gorgeous then you think. Am I in with a chance? Should I try? Buy a drink?
Actually it doesn't look quite as bad written down as it sounds on Saturday Night Forever.

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#22 Post by Phillip »

Attitudes are materialistic
Positive or frankly realistic
Which is terrible old-fashioned, isn't it?
Or isn't it?
Attitudes are materialistic

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#23 Post by diana »

Pertan wrote:
karmavore wrote:hands down...

We've both given up smoking 'cause it's fatal / So whose matches are those?
It's very good. Maybe one of my favourites.
Back in august 1990 in swedish radio (1 month before release)
I heard a program called "Flip Flop" in swedish P3 program
and the "Jury" "flipped" this single and one of the
Jury members said "We've both given up smoking 'cause it's fatal / So whose matches are those?"
"Those matches are for the candlelites!" :oops:

Dreaming of the Queen
visiting for tea
You and her and I
and Lady Di

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#24 Post by Naughty Zoot »

I think my fave is:

Tell me you love me/ Admit it, you're really impressed/
Would it not amuse you/ For me to seduce you?/
Have you ever seen me undressed?/

but coming in a close second:

Call it perfomrnace, call it art/ I call it disaster if the tapes don't start/
I've put all my life into live lip-sync/ I'm an artist, honey/
You gonna get me a drink?/
I like it here ~~ wherever it is ...

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#25 Post by Pet Shop Girl »

I think the funniest lyric from Neil has to be from "The Sodom & Gomorrah Show' it is fresh on my mind. This is the lyric: 'I lived a quiet life, a stranger to champagne'

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#26 Post by No Muscle Mary »

Pet Shop Girl wrote:I think the funniest lyric from Neil has to be from "The Sodom & Gomorrah Show' it is fresh on my mind. This is the lyric: 'I lived a quiet life, a stranger to champagne'
I found that amusing too, cause it's ironic to have Neil singing it.
Churlicious

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#27 Post by No Muscle Mary »

Of course the funniest lyric ever is also a song title...

"Bubadubadubadubadubadum"

huba huba huba huba hum

And not forgetting the whole of 'The Sound of the Atom Splitting'

Oh, and,

"I was walking down the high street in the middle of the night
Someone caught my eye and I nearly died of fright
Crossed the road to whisper something secret in my ear
And now I know I'll never be the same again
Oh dear!"
Churlicious

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#28 Post by kimphilby »

We've both given up smoking 'cause it's fatal / So whose matches are those?
A great lyric but you have to include the whole slightly dodgy but also genius non-rhyming, rhyming couplet to fully appreciate it:

I'm always hoping you'll be faithful, but you're not I suppose.
We've both given up smoking, cos it's fatal, so who's matching are those.

Rhyming 'faithful' with 'fatal' :!: Brilliant :!:

One tat always raises a smile with me:

It all takes courage
You know it
Just crossing the steet,
well it's almost heroic

Flamboyant.

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Re: What lyric you think is the funniest?

#29 Post by Joemoz »

weirdalfan1980 wrote:
diana wrote:
Joemoz wrote: Why is that funny?
When you see in the papers pictures of yourself you don't like very much. 8) Very good lyric, my choice too.
See the joke to that is that you never know what the photographer saw, that i wouldn't touch with a pole, especially when it comes to Neil ;)
I think you're reading something into it that was not intended at all. But whatever amuses you...
It was a cough that carried him off. It was a coffin they carried him off in.

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#30 Post by psb-freak »

No Muscle Mary wrote:Of course the funniest lyric ever is also a song title...

"Bubadubadubadubadubadum"

huba huba huba huba hum

And not forgetting the whole of 'The Sound of the Atom Splitting'

Oh, and,

"I was walking down the high street in the middle of the night
Someone caught my eye and I nearly died of fright
Crossed the road to whisper something secret in my ear
And now I know I'll never be the same again
Oh dear!"
Budadabadabadabadum.....
Interviewer:
-What would you tell someone about yourself if you wanted to impress them?

Chris:
-I´ve got a 12-inch plonker.

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