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      Kevin last edited by

      Looking forward to the new album so much. Just hope these cringe-inducing subjects fail to make an appearance in any lyrics Rainbows Puppydog Tails Dustbin Lids Bikers who are comparable to Icons Gods riding around on Swans

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        femaleanimal last edited by

        Absolutely! Rainbows are terrible subjects for songs:

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          admin last edited by

          All of Average Person. All of The Girl Is Mine. All of Tug of Peace. All of Little Woman Love. All of However Absurd. All of Great Day.

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            admin last edited by

            femaleanimal:

            Absolutely! Rainbows are terrible subjects for songs:

            Paul had a stab at the subject...

            ...Ain't no Harold Arlen though!!!

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            • Kathryn O
              Kathryn O last edited by

              but they're all my favorite songs you mentioned...

              "I don't like you" "I'll get over it"

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                admin last edited by

                Kathryn O:

                but they're all my favorite songs you mentioned...

                LOL...that's cool! Differing opinions are great!

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                • favoritething
                  favoritething last edited by

                  1-2-3-4-5! Let's go for a drive!

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                  • BOYCIE
                    BOYCIE last edited by

                    favoritething:

                    1-2-3-4-5! Let's go for a drive!

                    As much as i love Paul's music his judgement on what songs and lyrics are up for public consumption is very inconsistent indeed. Fans will always love different lyrics and songs, but there's some in Paul's canon that no sane individual could love and the Driving Rain chorus is one such, bloody appalling. I think when Paul marries a great melody and lovely lyrics he's the best, but too many times his standards have slipped over the years and a great tune has been marred by substandard words.

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                    1989/'90 WORLD TOUR
                    1993 NEW WORLD TOUR X 2
                    2003 BACK IN THE WORLD
                    2004 SUMMER TOUR
                    2010 UP AND COMING
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                    2012 ALBERT HALL
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                    • yankeefan7
                      yankeefan7 last edited by

                      Kevin:

                      Looking forward to the new album so much. Just hope these cringe-inducing subjects fail to make an appearance in any lyrics: Rainbows Puppydog Tails Dustbin Lids Bikers who are comparable to Icons Gods riding around on Swans

                      LOL. Biker Like A Icon is one of my gulty pleasure songs.

                      Maybe I'm amazed !!

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                        admin last edited by

                        favoritething:

                        1-2-3-4-5! Let's go for a drive!

                        Oooh yeah...and yet how come "1,2,3,4 can I have a little more?" sounds somehow cool?

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                        • oobu24
                          oobu24 last edited by

                          Love the song...Feet In the Clouds...but just cringe when I head But I find it very very very very very very hard Yes I find it very very very very very very hard

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                            admin last edited by

                            oobu24:

                            Love the song...Feet In the Clouds...but just cringe when I head But I find it very very very very very very hard Yes I find it very very very very very very hard

                            Bingo!

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                            • favoritething
                              favoritething last edited by

                              yankeefan7:

                              Kevin:

                              Looking forward to the new album so much. Just hope these cringe-inducing subjects fail to make an appearance in any lyrics: Rainbows Puppydog Tails Dustbin Lids Bikers who are comparable to Icons Gods riding around on Swans

                              LOL. Biker Like A Icon is one of my gulty pleasure songs.

                              One of mine, too. "Only Mama Knows" somehow feels like almost a sequel to this to me. Really, he has a bunch of songs about loners and misfits out traveling somewhere.

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                                JoeySmith last edited by

                                Ebony & Ivory! The lyrics are beyond saccharine & trite, and the use of piano keyboards as a metaphor for racial harmony is absurd.

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                                • favoritething
                                  favoritething last edited by

                                  moptops:

                                  favoritething:

                                  1-2-3-4-5! Let's go for a drive!

                                  Oooh yeah...and yet how come "1,2,3,4 can I have a little more?" sounds somehow cool?

                                  This is also the man who wrote "One And One Is Two" in the early sixties!

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                                  • favoritething
                                    favoritething last edited by

                                    A couple of his lyrics make me cringe just because they're uncomfortable reminders of how rich and famous he is: "Even if I get a medal from my local neighborhood" "The chef prepares a special menu for your delight" Glad you're enjoying all that, Paul!

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                                      admin last edited by

                                      favoritething:

                                      A couple of his lyrics make me cringe just because they're uncomfortable reminders of how rich and famous he is: "Even if I get a medal from my local neighborhood" "The chef prepares a special menu for your delight" Glad you're enjoying all that, Paul!

                                      I think that first lyric was in tribute to an actual medal he received recently (if not his knighthood than it was some other award) And the second lyric was in reference to the lead character in Vanilla Sky, who was filthy rich (even more so than Paul at least at the time it came out lol)

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                                      • Bruce M.
                                        Bruce M. last edited by

                                        BOYCIE:

                                        favoritething:

                                        1-2-3-4-5! Let's go for a drive!

                                        As much as i love Paul's music his judgement on what songs and lyrics are up for public consumption is very inconsistent indeed. Fans will always love different lyrics and songs, but there's some in Paul's canon that no sane individual could love and the Driving Rain chorus is one such, bloody appalling. I think when Paul marries a great melody and lovely lyrics he's the best, but too many times his standards have slipped over the years and a great tune has been marred by substandard words.

                                        I've always thought the Driving Rain chorus is rather charming. It's not trying to be profound, fer chrissakes. I do think the live version on Back in the U.S., which has something of a call-and-response feel, works better than the original. For my money (cue the howls of anguish), the lyrics of Long Haired Lady or The Back Seat of My Car are vastly more cringe-inducing. No accounting for taste.

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                                        • Kathryn O
                                          Kathryn O last edited by

                                          moptops:

                                          favoritething:

                                          1-2-3-4-5! Let's go for a drive!

                                          Oooh yeah...and yet how come "1,2,3,4 can I have a little more?" sounds somehow cool?

                                          I don't know but that song really was the best and Paul considered it a throwaway Black Yellow Green Red/ can I take my friend to bed?

                                          "I don't like you" "I'll get over it"

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                                          • Kathryn O
                                            Kathryn O last edited by

                                            Bruce M.:

                                            BOYCIE:

                                            favoritething:

                                            1-2-3-4-5! Let's go for a drive!

                                            As much as i love Paul's music his judgement on what songs and lyrics are up for public consumption is very inconsistent indeed. Fans will always love different lyrics and songs, but there's some in Paul's canon that no sane individual could love and the Driving Rain chorus is one such, bloody appalling. I think when Paul marries a great melody and lovely lyrics he's the best, but too many times his standards have slipped over the years and a great tune has been marred by substandard words.

                                            I've always thought the Driving Rain chorus is rather charming. It's not trying to be profound, fer chrissakes. I do think the live version on Back in the U.S., which has something of a call-and-response feel, works better than the original. For my money (cue the howls of anguish), the lyrics of Long Haired Lady or The Back Seat of My Car are vastly more cringe-inducing. No accounting for taste.

                                            Back Seat of my Car I wouldn't say made me cringe....because for some reason I thought it was a tongue in cheek parody of a 50's dating song......now if he really meant it, I'd be embarrassed.....

                                            "I don't like you" "I'll get over it"

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