Answers & Points - Lyrically Speaking - 1/16/09

[NellyLunatic1980]

Would you believe that they actually played "Undercover Angel" early Sunday morning on SIRIUS '70s on 7?

I'll never forget that song now.

[DaveSenior72]

1985....

And BTW, that was more of a gag on my part. I really was only going to give you one JJC for Hoyt, but I had to get a dig in at Bowling for Crap....

lb13

First song of theirs I ever heard...LOL My sis sent me a link to the video 'cause she thought I'd get a kick out of it. I did...it became a guilty pleasure.

I kinda gave up completely on them when I realized they do the theme song for "Phineas and Ferb" on the DIsney Channel

But, when we saw them live (right after seeing the Loverboy show...Mike Reno looks like John Goodman these days ) they DID rock out on that damn Britney song

It apparently became cool to cover that song, as the bands Travis and Fountains of Wayne have recorded a mid-tempo, mellower take on it. FOW's version was released several years ago on a 2-CD set of b-sides and rarities. I like it. Lots.

I also like "1985". which I guess evens out the scale with the whole "I Love the Nightlife" thing with beast.
I like a few songs by Bowling for Soup, especially the ones with funny lyrics. My favorite is this one:

"Girl All The Bad Guys Want"

8 o'clock, Monday night and I'm waitin'
To finally talk to a girl a little cooler than me.
Her name is Nona, she's a rocker with a nose ring,
She wears a two way, but I'm not quite sure what that means.

And when she walks,
All the wind blows and the angels sing.
She doesn't notice me!

Cause she is watchin' wrestling
Creamin' over tough guys
Listenin' to rap metal
Turntables in her eyes

It's like a bad movie
She is lookin' through me
If you were me, then you'd be
Screamin' "Someone shoot me!"
As I fail miserably,
Tryin' to get the girl all the bad guys want.
She's the girl all the bad guys want!

She likes the Godsmack and I like Agent Orange
Her cd changer's full of singers that are mad at their dad
She says she'd like to score some reefer and a forty
She'll never know that I'm the best that she'll never have

And when she walks,
All the wind blows and the angels sing.
She'll never notice me!

Cause she is watchin' wrestling
Creamin' over tough guys
Listenin' to rap metal
Turntables in her eyes

She likes 'em with a mustache
Racetrack season pass
Drivin' in a Trans-Am
Does a mullet make a man?

It's like a bad movie
She is lookin' through me
If you were me, then you'd be
Screamin' "Someone shoot me!"
As I fail miserably,
Tryin' to get the girl all the bad guys want.
She's the girl all the bad guys want!
She's the girl all the bad guys want!
She's the girl all the bad guys want!

There she goes again
With fishnets on, and dreadlocks in her hair
She broke my heart, I wanna be sedated
All I wanted was to see her naked!

Now I am watchin' wrestling
Tryin' to be a tough guy
Listenin' to rap metal
Turntables in my eyes
I can't grow a mustache
And I ain't got no season pass
All I got's a moped...moped....moped.....

It's like a bad movie
She is lookin' through me
If you were me, then you'd be
Screamin' "Someone shoot me!"
As I fail miserably,
Tryin' to get the girl all the bad guys want.

She's the girl all the bad guys want!
She's the girl all the bad guys want!
She's the girl all the bad guys want!
She's the girl all the bad guys want!
(There she goes again)
She's the girl all the bad guys want!
She's the girl all the bad guys want!
(There she goes again)
She's the girl all the bad guys want!
She's the girl all the bad guys want!

I like that one, but I LOVE this one...

Ohio {Come Back To Texas}

She said she needed a break
A little time to think
But then she went to Cleveland
With some guy named Leland
That she met at the bank.
Theres nothing wrong with Ohio
Except the snow and the rain.
I really like Drew Carey
And i'd love to see
The Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame.

So when your done
Doing whatever
And when you're through
Doing whoever
You know Denton county
Will be right here waiting for you.

Come back to Texas
It's just not the same
Since you went away
Before you lose your accent
And forget all about
The Lonestar state
There's a seat for you at the rodeo
And i've got every slow dance saved
Besides the Mexican food sucks
North of here anyway.

I think I made a mistake
It's not that easy to take
She went to make a deposit
Then she cleaned out her closet
Guess i'll sit here and wait
For her to come back home
(I wish she'd come back home)
It shouldnt take very long
(So long, so long)
I bet she misses the sunrise
and Mrs. Baird's fruit pies
(but I could be wrong)

So when youre done
Doing whatever
And when you're through
Doing whoever
You know Denton county
Will be right here waiting for you.

Come back to Texas
It's just not the same
Since you went away
I bet you missed your exit
And drove right on through the Lonestar state
There's a seat for you at the rodeo
And i've got every slow dance saved
Besides the Mexican food sucks north of here anyway

Troy Aikman wants you back
Willie Nelson wants you back
NASA wants you back
And the Bush twins want you back
Pantera wants you back
And Blue Bell wants you back

I got a premonition
I'm taking a petition
And the whole state's gonna sign

Come back to Texas
It's just not the same
Since you went away
Before you lose your accent
And forget all about
The Lonestar state
There's a seat for you at the rodeo
And i've got every slow dance saved


Come back to Texas
It's just not the same
Since you went away
Before you lose your accent
And forget all about
The Lonestar state
There's a seat for you at the rodeo
And i've got every slow dance saved
Besides the Mexican food sucks
North of here anyway.
Besides the Mexican food sucks
North of here anyway
Besides the Mexican food sucks
North of here anyway, yeah.

[WheresFanny]

But, when we saw them live (right after seeing the Loverboy show...Mike Reno looks like John Goodman these days ) they DID rock out on that damn Britney song

It apparently became cool to cover that song, as the bands Travis and Fountains of Wayne have recorded a mid-tempo, mellower take on it. FOW's version was released several years ago on a 2-CD set of b-sides and rarities. I like it. Lots.

Nobody covers Britney better than the All American Rejects. If you click on the link below, you'll be treated to "Womanizer" unplugged (complete with a squeezebox and beer bottle percussion).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ISBnx0xUss

[WheresFanny]

No JJCP for Freddie Washington?

(I don't need the JJCP, I just wanted to make sure you got it, because there is no way you could not find the idea of Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington doing that song to be funny!)

[ToLiveIsToFly]

Spoiler

14. You keep coming to me
I can dig your dynamite
Know the way you move
Get in the groove
You're driving me crazy, crazy for you
Boom Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker

Spoiler

This is one of those Euro-techno dance songs from the 80's (along the lines of Dead or Alive). It has no resemblance to the John Lee Hooker song other than having the same title.

Spoiler

Jesus Christ. That's what I get for playing too quickly / when half-asleep. Played while on chat with LB. Wrote down what I knew. Left the artist blank (though I knew it wasn't Dead or Alive, though now I have You Spin Me stuck in my @#$#@ head, thank you very much!). Did a quick sweep through to see if I could remember anything I hadn't put down the first time, saw the title and immediately wrote down JLH. Which is especially silly because (1) I think JLH's song title just has 2 "booms" and (2) if it was THAT, I'd have never gotten it - I think the only words I know to that song are various booms and haw's. I even asked LB something along the lines of "on what planet is that a bad song". Argh.

[clem21]

How come I only got 5 points? I looked it up and Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) did sing Afternoon Delight so if you gave credit for Peter Boyle in Putting On The Ritz then I really should get points for this one no?