{"id":681,"date":"2017-10-09T20:30:19","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T20:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnknoerle.com\/historical-fiction\/?p=681"},"modified":"2017-10-10T18:50:17","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T18:50:17","slug":"jks-best-and-worst-song-lyrics-and-band-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnknoerle.com\/historical-fiction\/2017\/10\/09\/jks-best-and-worst-song-lyrics-and-band-names\/","title":{"rendered":"JK’s Best and Worst – Song Lyrics and Band Names"},"content":{"rendered":"

Words and Music<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Best <\/strong>sophisticated song lyric:<\/p>\n

Ain\u2019t it the truth,<\/em><\/p>\n

Said that gal du Barry<\/p>\n

Ain\u2019t it the truth<\/em><\/p>\n

Life is…cash and carry<\/p>\n

Ain\u2019t it the truth<\/em><\/p>\n

You got to shake it down,<\/p>\n

Or shake it up with vermouth<\/p>\n

Ain\u2019t it the prac-ti-cal truth<\/em>.<\/p>\n

– Lena Horne, \u201cAin\u2019t It the Truth\u201d, lyrics by Harold Arlen<\/p>\n

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Runner-up:<\/strong><\/p>\n

If I invite a boy some night<\/p>\n

To dine on my fine Finnan Haddie<\/p>\n

I just adore his asking for more,<\/p>\n

But my heart belongs to Daddy<\/p>\n

–\u00a0 written by Cole Porter, sung by Ella Fitzgerald, Marilyn Monroe and many others<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Best <\/strong>Country-Western lyric:<\/p>\n

\u201cYou should\u2019ve told me you were married, baby.\u201d<\/p>\n

And she took out her ol\u2019 .45<\/p>\n

And let me have it right between the eyes<\/p>\n

She was guilty, I was dead,<\/p>\n

But you know what that ol\u2019 judge said?<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cThat\u2019s the way the girls are in Texas,<\/p>\n

Yesss, that\u2019s the way the girls are in Texas\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

– Ry Cooder<\/p>\n

Runner-up:<\/strong><\/p>\n

For you can\u2019t hang a man,<\/p>\n

For shootin\u2019 a woman,<\/p>\n

Who tried to steal your horse.<\/p>\n

– Willie Nelson, \u201cRed Headed Stranger\u201d, lyrics by Edith Linderman and Carl Sturtz<\/p>\n

Best\/worst <\/strong>chorus to a country song that has never been recorded:<\/strong><\/p>\n

When the angels come and got her<\/p>\n

I remember what she said,<\/p>\n

\u201cGive my shoes to Cousin Helen,<\/p>\n

She can wear them while I\u2019m dead.\u201d<\/p>\n

(Not sure if I wrote that or filched it from somewhere)<\/p>\n

Best <\/strong>romantic song lyric:<\/p>\n

If light were dark and dark were light<\/p>\n

Moon a black hole in a blaze of night<\/p>\n

A raven\u2019s wing was bright as tin<\/p>\n

Then you, my love, would be darker than sin.<\/p>\n

– Jim Steinman<\/p>\n

Best <\/strong>existential advice\/Stephen Sondheim lyric:<\/p>\n

Best to take the present moment\/<\/p>\n

As a present\/for the moment.<\/p>\n

Worst <\/strong>song lyric (intentionally so):<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

“There\u2019s a wardrobe of love in my eyes,<\/p>\n

Come on in, look around, and see if there\u2019s something your size.”<\/p>\n

-from the movie Ishtar <\/em>(1987)<\/p>\n

Best\/worst<\/strong> song about money:<\/p>\n

They say that money can\u2019t buy love in this world<\/p>\n

But it will get you a half-pound of cocaine<\/p>\n

And a sixteen-year-old girl<\/p>\n

A big, long limousine on a hot September night,<\/p>\n

That may not be love,<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s all right.<\/p>\n

– Randy Newman, \u201cIt\u2019s Money That I Love\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Best <\/strong>name for a 60s rock band:<\/p>\n

False Reality & the Intangibles<\/p>\n

Runner-up: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Toe Fat<\/p>\n

Honorable Mention: <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Thirteenth Floor Elevators<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best <\/strong>dystopian band name:<\/p>\n

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Someplace in Indiana, I forget where.<\/p>\n

That a band named \u2018Beyond Hope\u2019 can make people arrive early in hopes of admission is a stirring tribute to something or other. (And that “PM” on the banner is so wrong.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Words and Music \u00a0Best sophisticated song lyric: Ain\u2019t it the truth, Said that gal du Barry Ain\u2019t it the truth Life is…cash and carry Ain\u2019t…<\/p>\n

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