Classic Rock Lyrics

"I shot a man in Reno Just to watch him die".
I know it's country but classic never the less.

Don't forget to add "Shake Your Booty" & "Get Down Tonight".

 

Yes, KC and the Sunshine Band lyrics are sooooooo esoteric that I don't even bother to attempt to understand their complex nature!

 

"most things i worry about never happen anyway"

 

Wandering blindly,
How can they find me?
Maybe they don't even know.
My body is shaking, anticipating,
the call of the black-hooded crow.

 

Did they get you to trade,
Your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Did exchange, your walk-on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?

 

Wish you were here.

 

One of my all-time faves.

 

Smoke on the water - enough said...

 

It's part of the ones I play as a warm-up when I start playing my accoustic. Alternatively to the Gun Club's Mother of Earth.

 

Oh and:

 

Great thread - first lyric that come to mind, still relevant:

The lunatic is in the hall.
The lunatics are in my hall.
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day the paper boy brings more.

Who manages to use asbestos, plastic and polyvinyl chloride in a song and it actually works? :

I've been working in the factory
Johnny, I've been working in the factory
Kickin' asbestos in the factory
Punchin' out Chryslers in the factory
Breathin' that plastic in the factory
Makin' polyvinyl chloride in the factory

Who manages to use Naugahyde in a lyric? It's genius (listen to the song and you'll agree):

I started as an altar boy working at the church
Learning all my holy moves doing some research
Which led me to a cash box labelled "Children's Fund"
I'd leave the change and tuck the bills inside my cummerbund
I got a part-time job at my father's carpet store
Laying tactless stripping and housewives by the score
I loaded up their furniture and took it to Spokane
Auctioned off every last Naugahyde divan

 

Great thread indeed, but it's a game thread: you're not supposed to name the artist and title, we're supposed to guess

 

I get up in the morning and it's just another day
I pack up my belongings, I've got to get away.

 

Well...I have a good excuse. My dog just thrust a paw in my eye this morning and I was having trouble reading... wait, I was still able to paste and write...doh!

So I removed the names in case someone comes along who hasn't seen them yet.

 

KC and the Sunshine downer band performed for one of my company events in Austin several years ago. He clearly hated us - said a bunch of negative things and generally acted like he hated being there. It was sad.

 

Some of these have me totally foxed... except the Floyd

"And if they stare
Just let them burn their eyes on you moving
And if they shout
Don't let it change a thing that you're doing"

 

An easy one:

They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway
They say there's always magic in the air
But when you're walkin' down the street
And you ain't had enough to eat
The glitter rubs right off and you're nowhere

They say the women treat you fine on Broadway
But looking at them just gives me the blues
'Cause how ya gonna make some time
When all you got is one thin dime
And one thin dime won't even shine your shoes

They say that I won't last too long on Broadway
I'll catch a gray hound bus for home they all say
But they're dead wrong I know they are
'Cause I can play this here guitar
And I won't quit 'til I'm a star on Broadway

(Is doo wop part if Classic rock?)

 

YIKES! Bad waves, man.