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Bill Llewellyn Member From: San Jose, CA	posted 28 November 2003 02:15 PM profile What do you think are the most ironic lyrics you've ever heard? quote: I don't have much money (but boy, if I did....) --Elton John, listed by ABC news as the second wealthiest musician in Great Britain, behind Paul McCartney. Ok, folks, shoot! I hope this thread stays humerous, and doesn't get political or anything serious like that.... ------------------ Bill, steelin' since '99 \| Steel page \| My music \| Steelers' birthdays \| Over 50?
John Steele Member From: Renfrew, Ontario, Canada	posted 28 November 2003 02:30 PM profile I've got two: "Play that mountain music" and "If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band". By Alabama of course - the band with no fiddle player, who seemingly wouldn't know "mountain music" if it crawled up their butt and laid eggs. -John
John Steele Member From: Renfrew, Ontario, Canada	posted 28 November 2003 02:40 PM profile Ok, one more: Felix Powell, composer of the melody for "Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile" committed suicide in 1942. That has to be one of the darker ironies in the history of musical composition. Interesting topic. -John
Jon Light Member From: Brooklyn, NY	posted 28 November 2003 02:47 PM profile "Tootie Frootie Aw Rootie" from the lips of terminally white Pat Boone with the priceless look of cluelessness on his face as he begs his manager to explain what it means?? and his manager tells him to shut up and sing the song like it was wrote. It carries its own kinda irony.
Ray Montee Member From: Portland, OR, USA	posted 28 November 2003 06:43 PM profile "I'll Never Get Out of this World Alive" by Hank Williams Sr. So sad........
Paul Graupp Member From: Macon Ga USA	posted 28 November 2003 06:53 PM profile No matter how I struggle and strive.. I'll never get out of this world alive. or: You wore out a brand new trunk, Packing and unpacking your junk. Same writer; different songs... Regards, Paul [This message was edited by Paul Graupp on 28 November 2003 at 06:56 PM.]
Dave Van Allen Member From: Doylestown, PA , US , Earth	posted 28 November 2003 07:22 PM profile "I Wanna Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young" Faron Young
Bobby Lee Sysop From: Cloverdale, North California, USA	posted 28 November 2003 07:34 PM profile "Time in a Bottle" by Jim Croce. He sang: quote: There never seems to be enough time To do the things you want to do Once you find them... and then he died. [This message was edited by Bobby Lee on 29 November 2003 at 10:19 AM.]
John Steele Member From: Renfrew, Ontario, Canada	posted 28 November 2003 11:15 PM profile "the kid is not my son" -Michael Jackson Somebody had to say it. "Alright, Jackson, Drop the baby and come out with your hands up ! "
CrowBear Schmitt Member From: Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France	posted 29 November 2003 12:16 AM profile "i'm BAD !" Michael Jackson too
Eric West Member From: Portland, Oregon, USA	posted 29 November 2003 12:48 AM profile I'll Quote first. from the ONLY Bill Anderson song I ever liked.. at the risk of "cross posting". "It's my Life.. Throw it away if I want to.." If doing every other song he ever did wasn't a perfect example, I don't know what is.. Runners up include. "And you can have my heart to break". BJ after divorce #? "And so castles made of sand melt into the sea, eventually". JH (and so they did) "Forever" was their main complaint" JH "All I need is a pint a day, if I ever get out of here." Sir Paul "Nothing really matters much to me." F Mercury "I done my time in a Twin Reverb Amplifier." ( and a stupid flanger) DAC I'll think of more. Irony is everywhere.. EJL [This message was edited by Eric West on 29 November 2003 at 01:09 AM.]
Rich Paton Member From: Santa Maria, CA.,	posted 29 November 2003 03:28 AM profile "I hit the city and I lost my band; I watched the needle take another man. Gone, gone, the damage done" Neil Young in "The Needle and the Damage Done", not very long before Crazy Horse guitarist Danny Whitten and CSNY roadie and close friend Bruce Berry overdosed on heroin and went off to the big smakeroo in the sky. Also very sad as well as ironic. And of course it is all moronic.
Eric Stumpf Member From: Newbury, NH 03255	posted 29 November 2003 04:38 AM profile "Shame, Shame on You" : Spade Cooley.
Donny Hinson Member From: Balto., Md. U.S.A.	posted 29 November 2003 07:20 AM profile How about "I am woman, hear me roar". Sung (barely above a whisper), by Helen Reddy. That song needed Ethel Merman!
Larry Miller Member From: Gladeville,TN.USA	posted 29 November 2003 08:02 AM profile quote: "I am woman, hear me roar .....or Michael Jackson
Bill Llewellyn Member From: San Jose, CA	posted 29 November 2003 08:54 AM profile At the same time (or very nearly so) Helen Reddy had "I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar" out as a single, she also put out a song called "That Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady." Is that ironic or just a mix of tough and tender?
Eric West Member From: Portland, Oregon, USA	posted 29 November 2003 09:31 AM profile Ethel Merman...... umm........ nevermind.. I'm sure it'll come to me....
Walter Stettner Member From: Vienna, Austria	posted 30 November 2003 02:09 PM profile Where did Robinson Crusoe go (with Friday on a Saturday Night) - What a question (by Texas Jim Lewis. Think about that problem, it's almost philosophical! ------------------
Bob Watson Member From: Champaign, Illinois, U.S.	posted 30 November 2003 02:50 PM profile "I woke up this morning and I got myself a beer... the future's uncertain and the end is always near" Jim Morrison, from the song "Roadhouse Blues"
Paul Graupp Member From: Macon Ga USA	posted 30 November 2003 02:57 PM profile b0b: Your comment about Jim Croce got me to thinking about a JC song we used to do years ago; something about: meaner than a junk-yard dog... but I can't bring back the title. Do you recall it ?? Regards, Paul [This message was edited by Paul Graupp on 30 November 2003 at 02:57 PM.]
Donny Hinson Member From: Balto., Md. U.S.A.	posted 30 November 2003 03:24 PM profile Bad, Bad, LeRoy Brown
Eric West Member From: Portland, Oregon, USA	posted 30 November 2003 04:09 PM profile "Gotta get down to it, soldiers are gunning us down. Shoulda been done long ago.." CSNY I never could figure out which way to take that one... EJL
Paul Graupp Member From: Macon Ga USA	posted 30 November 2003 07:47 PM profile Donny: ..to the rescue...!! as always, my friend ! Regards, Paul
Rick Collins Member From: Claremont , CA USA	posted 30 November 2003 08:19 PM profile "He broke my heart at Walgreens and I cried all the way to Sears" by some female country singer.
Gary Walker Member From: Morro Bay, CA	posted 30 November 2003 09:23 PM profile Roger Miller's. "My uncle used to love me but she died" and "You can't rollerskate in a buffalo herd." Roy Lanham had a song "We had a formal wedding, white shotguns", and how about "Tears in my ears from lyin' on my back, crying over you" for starters. [This message was edited by Gary Walker on 30 November 2003 at 09:25 PM.]
Dave Boothroyd Member From: The Malvern Hills	posted 01 December 2003 05:01 AM profile Intentional irony is a good song writing technique, if you are good enough to pull it off. Most of the previous examples are dramatic irony, where a line like Elton's becomes ironic because of the difference between the artist's world and that of the protagonist of the song. A brilliant example of deliberate irony is the 10cc song "I'm not in love" with the cherry on the top being the whispered mumsy voice repeating "Big boys don't cry" While you are passing you might explain that irony means saying the opposite of the truth, so "You can't rollerskate..." is not irony, it's true. Neither is anything in Miss Morisette's "Ironic" ironic. Pedantic Cheers Dave
Chris Bauer Member From: Nashville, TN USA	posted 01 December 2003 07:30 AM profile If we're dipping into intentional irony, then I'd include pretty much everything written by Warren Zevon. (Perhaps topping out with "Life Will Kill You" which - given his diagnosis of terminal cancer relatively soon thereafter - might have even 'out-ironiced' Warren!) [This message was edited by Chris Bauer on 01 December 2003 at 07:31 AM.]
Dave Van Allen Member From: Doylestown, PA , US , Earth	posted 01 December 2003 07:43 AM profile quote: broke my heart at Walgreens Singer: Ruby Wright, Kitty Wells' daughter. "Billy Broke My Heart At Walgreens, and I Cried all the way to Sears" Features Pete Drake on the "talking" steel guitar for the intro and turnaround. the song is assembled from intentionally poorly constructed sentences, ("While having lunch Billy walked in and told me goodbye") which adds to the humour. I don't know how as it's ironic though.
Wayne Carver Member From: Martinez, Georgia, USA	posted 01 December 2003 08:48 AM profile Tex Williams' chart hit "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (that cigarette). He later died of lung cancer.
David Doggett Member From: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	posted 01 December 2003 09:54 AM profile Okay, so some of the above are true irony, because they are things that are the opposite of truth or of what might be expected (Ironically, the firetruck burned up). But others above are things that turned out to be unintentionally true. What do you call this latter form of humor?
Brian Davis Member From: San Francisco, USA	posted 01 December 2003 02:20 PM profile Hey Eric, I always thought that one went... "Gotta get down to it, soldiers are gunning us down. Shoulda been GONE long ago.." CSNY Maybe it's a Freudian thing
Ben Lawson Member From: Somerset, N.J.	posted 01 December 2003 02:45 PM profile I heard a song recently that said something about being from the shallow end of the gene pool. I want to know how they found out?
Donna Dodd Moderator From: Kennesaw, Georgia, USA	posted 01 December 2003 04:13 PM profile quote: Okay, so some of the above are true irony, because they are things that are the opposite of truth or of what might be expected (Ironically, the firetruck burned up). But others above are things that turned out to be unintentionally true. What do you call this latter form of humor? David, I call it Coincidence. Kind of like the simili/metaphor confusion, huh? Here's some irony that was really true about 15 years ago: I worked with a girl who often joked about whose nose the newborn baby would have. She and her husband both had what she considered to be "large" noses. The baby was born WITHOUT a nose. very tragic, but TRUELY ironic. [This message was edited by Donna Dodd on 01 December 2003 at 04:15 PM.]
Smiley Roberts Member From: Hendersonville,Tn. 37075	posted 02 December 2003 12:25 AM profile quote: Where did Robinson Crusoe go (with Friday on a Saturday Night) - (by Texas Jim Lewis. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Walter, That's weird! I have that recording,by Tx. Jim,on an old 16" "V" disc. Never had a chance to play it yet. I guess,now,I'll have to listen to it. ------------------ ~ ~ ©¿© It don't mean a thang, mm if it ain't got that twang. www.ntsga.com
Auset Sarno Member From: St. Louis, Missouri, USA	posted 02 December 2003 06:06 AM profile "We built this city on Rock & Roll" Jefferson Starship. Undoubtedly one of the worst, non-Rock songs ever written....so sad. Auset
Steve Allison Member From: Eatonton,Ga. U.S.A.	posted 02 December 2003 08:42 AM profile " Get the Hammer Momma, There's a Fly on Baby's Head" Hossier Hot Shots
Eric Myers Member From: Waynesville, Missouri, USA	posted 05 December 2003 06:25 AM profile The thug life espoused by rap artists in their lyrics, who then get murdered, or charged with murder.... and end up as role models for the next generation of rap artists, who get murdered, or charged with murder........who...... [This message was edited by Eric Myers on 05 December 2003 at 06:26 AM.]
Jim Cohen Member From: Philadelphia, PA	posted 05 December 2003 04:49 PM profile "Just because I asked a friend about her Just because I spoke her name somewhere Just because I called her number by mistake today She thinks I still care" etc.
Donna Dodd Moderator From: Kennesaw, Georgia, USA	posted 05 December 2003 05:29 PM profile A really killer of a song - one of my all-time favorites (probably shouldn't have said that No More One More Time Joel Sonnier [This message was edited by Donna Dodd on 05 December 2003 at 05:30 PM.]
Chris Lasher Member From: Athens, Georgia, USA	posted 06 December 2003 12:44 PM profile I don't know that these are the most ironic lyrics I've ever heard, but they're certainly amusing. "Me Neither" (written by Brad Paisley, Chris DuBois, and Frank Rogers) Darlin' I've been standin' here just watchin' you all night An' I think I've even caught you watchin' me a couple times If I don't ask I'll never know This may sound dumb, but here we go Do you believe in love at first sight?... Me neither I'm glad that we agree Thank goodness That's a big relief This place is awful crowded And this music is so loud Would you like to go And grab a bite to eat?... Me neither I was only checkin'; that's the reason that I asked It's nice to finally meet a girl who doesn't move too fast Relationships need time to grow And you and I should take this slow Darlin', tell me, would you like to dance?... Me neither I's just bein' polite Thank goodness My feet are much too tired I'm sure you're tired, too I can see an empty booth Would you like to maybe sit and talk a while?... Me neither We'd never get along I'm thinkin' There's no chemistry at all This has been a waste of time And I'm runnin' outta lines Don't you think it's time for me to end this song?... Me neither [This message was edited by Chris Lasher on 06 December 2003 at 12:47 PM.]

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