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The Best Alice lyric
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 1:41 pm
by Dannorama
Re: The Best Alice lyric
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:51 pm
by Ted Sallis
How about this line from the same song:
Landscape's alive and it's moving my feet, all I need is a holocaust to make my day complete.
Ted
Re: The Best Alice lyric
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 3:44 pm
by Mr.Bluelegs
I always loved, "Sometimes I drink more than I need."
Re: The Best Alice lyric
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 3:50 pm
by sumorider
This dream's a novel that I don't dare complete
No happy endings read
I think the hero's dead
Re: The Best Alice lyric
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 6:19 pm
by patrick
she asked me why the singers name was Alice
I said listen baby, you really wouldn't understand...
and that's what I often had to say, like the other thread from being an fan in '73, when friends asked me how on earth I could be a fan of....( several descriptions could follow here
) : you really wouldn't understand !
Re: The Best Alice lyric
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 8:19 pm
by forglasgowonly
All of Generation Landslide
Re: The Best Alice lyric
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 8:29 pm
by rgallie
On a few songs on the Trash he does this bit at the end of most songs that goes over the outro chorus lyrics that is not documented in the lyric sheets...like in spark of the dark I am sure it is "You stupid little liar, baby you can set my match on fire"....I always thought those parts where pretty cool.
Re: The Best Alice lyric
Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 8:47 am
by Gilles27
forglasgowonly wrote: ↑Tue Apr 27, 2021 8:19 pm
All of Generation Landslide
THIS!
Re: The Best Alice lyric
Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 4:10 pm
by mr.barlow
The entirety of "Pain".
Re: The Best Alice lyric
Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 10:56 pm
by Daggers & Contracts
rgallie wrote: ↑Tue Apr 27, 2021 8:29 pm
On a few songs on the Trash he does this bit at the end of most songs that goes over the outro chorus lyrics that is not documented in the lyric sheets...like in spark of the dark I am sure it is "You stupid little liar, baby you can set my match on fire"....I always thought those parts where pretty cool.
"If My Love Was A Lollipop Would You Lick It?"
Re: The Best Alice lyric
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 3:28 pm
by Rhapsody of Fire
She wanted an Einstein
But she got a Frankenstein
Re: The Best Alice lyric
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 5:04 pm
by Ted Sallis
Rhapsody of Fire wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 3:28 pm
She wanted an Einstein
But she got a Frankenstein
I've always really liked this one.
Ted
Re: The Best Alice lyric
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 5:50 pm
by lordcatfish
I think the lyrics to My God are well written. I've also always liked Nothing's Free as well, particularly these lines:
Sign upon the dotted line
I'll be yours and you'll be mine
Nothing's free
Eventually
Sign upon the bloody line
A drop of yours, a drop of mine
Nothing's free
Eternally
Re: The Best Alice lyric
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2021 7:52 am
by Gilles27
I saw on Facebook yesterday that someone suggested the lyrics from Pain, and I have to agree.
And I'm the loudest one laughing at the saddest wake
I'm the salt in the sweat on the cuts of the slaves
I was the wound in the side while Jesus prayed
I was the filthiest word at the vandalized grave
Re: The Best Alice lyric
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2021 2:29 pm
by mr.barlow
Every line in that song is brilliant. My personal favorite is:
Im the lines on the face of the tramp at the bar. Im the reds by the bed of the suicide star
Bob Dylan was right about Alice.
Re: The Best Alice lyric
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2021 2:33 pm
by mr.barlow
Which makes one wonder how the same person could write "Spark In The Dark"
But then again McCartney wrote "Eleanor Rigby" and then unleashed the yearly plague on the world of "Wonderful Christmas Time".
Re: The Best Alice lyric
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2021 2:59 pm
by Gilles27
mr.barlow wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 2:33 pm
Which makes one wonder how the same person could write "Spark In The Dark"
But then again McCartney wrote "Eleanor Rigby" and then unleashed the yearly plague on the world of "Wonderful Christmas Time".
And the Frog Chorus!
Re: The Best Alice lyric
Posted: Sat May 01, 2021 12:34 am
by Daggers & Contracts
Gilles27 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 2:59 pm
mr.barlow wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 2:33 pm
Which makes one wonder how the same person could write "Spark In The Dark"
But then again McCartney wrote "Eleanor Rigby" and then unleashed the yearly plague on the world of "Wonderful Christmas Time".
Even w/Wings Paul was oftentimes sappy along with the Beatles.
John was there to give him a kick in the boot!
Re: The Best Alice lyric
Posted: Sat May 01, 2021 2:35 pm
by padre_sliprat
lordcatfish wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 5:50 pm
I think the lyrics to My God are well written.
+1
Re: The Best Alice lyric
Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 8:31 am
by steven_crayn
Gilles27 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 7:52 am
I saw on Facebook yesterday that someone suggested the lyrics from Pain, and I have to agree.
And I'm the loudest one laughing at the saddest wake
I'm the salt in the sweat on the cuts of the slaves
I was the wound in the side while Jesus prayed
I was the filthiest word at the vandalized grave
That was me having just synched the audio of the studio version to the Paris TV Special performance of the song.
Whether it’s his greatest lyric i don’t know, but a classic Alice lyric and song for sure, proving he still wrote great stuff in the 1980s, despite some of his detractors who just refer to his heath issues during that period.
Here’s the video
https://youtu.be/d118UVjgS_8