Glenn W. Turner wrote:Johnny Horton - The Battle of New Orleans

Homer & Jethro, "The Battle Of Kookamonga"

Glenn W. Turner wrote:Johnny Horton - The Battle of New Orleans

Wow - that's crazy. I was recently trying to think of this song my mom used to sing to me - all I could remember were the lines "the british kept a comin'" and "from the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico". When I saw this song title, I had a feeling it was the song in question.

barndog wrote:

Glenn W. Turner wrote:Johnny Horton - The Battle of New Orleans

Wow - that's crazy. I was recently trying to think of this song my mom used to sing to me - all I could remember were the lines "the british kept a comin'" and "from the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico". When I saw this song title, I had a feeling it was the song in question.

He also did "North To Alaska".

Impressive that nobody has mentioned "All I Want To Do Is Make Love To You" by Heart, yet.

I've probably cited this song in a different thread as my vote for Worst Song Ever, but there you go. (I'd also nominate Heart in a Drastic Quality Plummet contest, if there's one going.)

The Jesus Lizard - Seasick

story: david yow can't swim

That song is a just a brilliant performance/enactment of the theme....not much in the lyrics.....just

i can't swim
i can't swim
i can't swim

super brilliant drowning moan groan gurgle gargle lot of trouble

he can't swim
you can't swim
they can't swim
who can swim?
all can swim

no love lost, no love gained, ...no wife eloping with the neighbor's dog, no nothing, just yow taking a wow never to swim again...if he survives

just brilliant

first ever song i listened to.... by the jesus lizard...perfect

Sammy's Song by David Bromberg
(s/t LP - CBS 1971)

Somewhere in the south of Spain
Sammy, still sixteen, goes with his uncle for a ride
The sun is high

Sailing through the city to see the sights
and talking sex. Sammy's sitting tall
The sun is high

His uncle takes him to a brothel
being big he buys a drink - rum and coke
Don't taste too bad

Having brought him to the brink
his uncle leaves him with his drink
rum and coke - don't taste too bad

The girls all gather in a group and give Sammy boy the eye
and stare at him seductively and try to make him buy
So choosing one that's younger, better looking than the rest,
Sammy speaks no Spanish, but she understands

They go up to buy their room. She wants her money in advance.
Sammy speaks no Spanish but he understands

And lying on her back upon the bed she beckons
Sammy won't lie down yet; he wants her nude

Speaking Spanish she refuses him;
at last afraid of losing him, she takes off all her clothes
He wants her nude

Her hands upon her heart can hardly hide the horrid scars
from her shoulder to her waist her skin is leathery and hard
She pantomimes an accident, a car, a fire, not so long ago.
His eyes are wide

She moves to put her clothes back on, but he won't let her go. He lies her down.
His eyes are wide

And lightly like a lover, Sammy lets his lips caress the leather of her breast
His brain is numb

Moved by some distant mind, he makes himself her bridegroom
Sammy's hardly there at all
His brain is numb

She moves to take him in now, but her hand finds him still slack
so she sucks to make him hard
and then again lies on her back

And Sammy does the deed to silent screaming in his skull
The scars surround him.
Is this all real?

Schizophrenic Sammy sees himself outside his body and his brain
Is this all real?

(Bob Dylan harmonica solo)

And back at the hotel he has to heal himself
but all he does is shake
and shake some more

with out the grace of tears or sickness
Sammy sucks it all inside and shakes
and shakes some more

trompuss wrote:Silkworm "Miracle Mile"

Although Andy's songs seem like the more story oriented.

Gun to my head, I'd probably have to pick 'Severance Pay' as my personal favourite of Andy's narrative songs. Especially after moving up here to the middle of nowhere. It seems really poignant after having experienced some serious rural isolation.

It's a song about a manual worker who gets fired from working on a pipeline crew in Alaska for being drunk and disorderly. He becomes a hermit and lives in seclusion outside of Valdez until The Good Friday Earthquake hits the Prince William Sound.

Wire - The other window.

tommydski wrote:It's a song about a manual worker who gets fired from working on a pipeline crew in Alaska for being drunk and disorderly. He becomes a hermit and lives in seclusion outside of Valdez until The Good Friday Earthquake hits the Prince William Sound.

Thanks for that. It's my favorite song off Firewater but I never paid much attention to the words. I just figured "Said good-bye to Valdez" referred to the Exxon Valdez.

Or maybe it's "Slow Hands" that's my favorite. So many gems on that album.