Forum / nothing less than a comedy classic
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strannikovApr 09, 10:54pmNo huge fan of YouTube as media phenom, but it has become a library of what otherwise might have become lost gems and jewels thanks to earnest contributors.
This (ostensibly studio) performance by Lord Buckley I heard some years ago in LP-33 1/3 format in a collection I think assembled and produced by Frank Zappa hisself (an early and forgettable tune by Alice Cooper was also featured, among other selections): THIS is the one I've remembered all these years, especially through years of commutes on Chicago's Metra, I only finally found it this past week.
Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3vbxeBvaU0
(Should the link fail, Google: Lord Buckley The Train)
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Samuel Derrick RosenApr 09, 11:00pm
The Train
Trains now leaving for Rosedale, Goldsdale, Flipsdale, Jam City, Rass Cross, Criss Cross, Ratitude, Latitude, Baditude, Hatitude, Nogsley, Dogsley, Frogsly, Hamstown, Bamstown, Your Town, My Town, Way Place, Say Place, Gay Place, Roptne, Vautne, Friptne, Shniksnaw, Krascraw, Assavaw, Avalanche, Pownspay, Pasville, Dasville, Hosville, Parsville, Krende, Bende, Senha and Krutne...
Now leaving on Track Twelve...
BOARD!
Kachooo-Kachank!
Hooo-hooooo
Huppity be, hippity bop, huppity boppity bippity bop-
"Last call for the diner!"Huppity be, hippity bop, huppity boppity bippity bop-
"How we doin', Fred?"
"Right on time Carlie."Huppity be, hippity bop, huppity boppity bippity bop-
"Tickets, tickets, tickets."Huppity be, hippity bop, huppity boppity bippity bop-
"Peanuts, soda pop, popcorn, candy!"(faster)
Kachooo-Kachank!
Hooo-hooooo
Huppity be, hippity bop, huppity boppity bippity bop-
"Last call for the diner!"Huppity be, hippity bop, huppity boppity bippity bop-
"How we doin', Fred?"
"Right on time Charlie."Huppity be, hippity bop, huppity boppity bippity bop-
"Tickets, tickets, tickets."Huppity be, hippity bop, huppity boppity bippity bop-
"Peanuts, soda pop, popcorn, candy!"(faster)
Kachooo-Kachank!
Hooo-hooooo
Hooo-hooooo
Huppity be, hippity bop, huppity boppity bippity bop-
"Last call for the diner!"Huppity be, hippity bop, huppity boppity bippity bop-
"How we doin', Fred?"
"Right on time Charlie."Huppity be, hippity bop, huppity boppity bippity bop-
"Tickets, tickets, tickets."Huppity be, hippity bop, huppity boppity bippity bop-
"Peanuts, soda pop, popcorn, candy!"(faster)
Hooooo-ooooooooooo!!
Hooooo-Hoooooo-Hooooooooooooo!!!
Huppity be, hippity bop, huppity boppity bippity bop-
"Last call for the diner!"Huppity be, hippity bop, huppity boppity bippity bop-
"How we doin', Fred?"
"Right on time Charlie."Huppity be, hippity bop, huppity boppity bippity bop-
"Tickets, tickets, tickets."Huppity be, hippity bop, huppity boppity bippity bop-
"Peanuts, soda pop, popcorn, candy!"OHHHHHH!!! AGGGGGHHH!!! EEEE!!!
CRAASSHH!!!
"Forty-seven dead and eight injured 'n the worst accident in the state's historyÖ"
Hoooooo-ooooooooo
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Samuel Derrick RosenApr 09, 11:01pm
Wallace Stevens must have been a fan.
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Samuel Derrick RosenApr 09, 11:02pm
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Samuel Derrick RosenApr 09, 11:06pm
To swing or no to swing that is the hanger.
Is it hipper for the wig to dig the flips
and the drags of the wheel of fortune.
Or to come on like Kinsey against this mass mess
And by his stance cover the action?
Shall I knock on the pearly’s
Or dig the sweet sack of my pad,
Or sound the tall cat with the scythe?
Hey, there’s the drag.
And for all those broughtdown, squared up,
Natural drags that the skin is hung with,
This shot must be the end.
Ahh, my sacred charge.
To cut out, to goof, to endless goof.
Who knows, rock up a dream,
That’s frightsville, that’s terror city.
For a stud to stomp on Mars
What kind of cats will he have to face to?
King freaks in 3-D? Offbeat mothers?
Yea, there’s the hard lick that makes this endless drag flip city.
For which cat would tote all those barges and juggle all those bails,
grease the bad cat’s tilt, the proud stud’s slow burn,
The cold shoulder of the love hook and the heat’s hard story?
The sad brass at city hall, and the stiff brush
That the solid temple cats suffer from the flips
When the stud, if he likes, can be home free.
Ah, yes, ah yes, ah, yes, he’s standing,
He’s standing in the station which isn’t too cool.
He’s afraid to pick up the tickets for the trip.
He’s a real nervous kitty. Yea, he’s hip to Mr. Peter Porter calling,
“All aboard! All aboard for the moon satellite!
All aboard for the new world!”
But, he’s got the first time to hear the cat
Announce the arrival of the same train.
Hangs his wig. Makes a swamp cat cuddle his firefly.
He digs it’s better than no moon at all.
And, oh, yes, oh, yes, there’s that number one inside kitty,
Mr. Inside Me. Talk to him too much and he’ll slam your goldbrakes on.
Why every cat likes to show on the hero line.
Comes time to take the winner’s seat,
Cat’s like to have something to sit on beside his tailbone.
And so our cat wigs and wigs, a pool full of fools saying,
“He’s going to do it, he’s going to do it. I’ll do it.
How’m I going to get it? Get there. Send the money.
Make the phone call. Get the money. Get the money.
First thing in the morning.”
Maybe “someday soon” could be tomorrow
But no groove turns. Cat’s spinning his wheels,
Pushing his turbines, string the lights of fancy,
Open this door, knock down the door, push up the score!
But, it’s like Vegas where the wheels groove . . . no action.
Yea, I must cool now. Here comes the number one chick
seven-ply gasser, Ophelia, Lora in neon.
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strannikovApr 09, 11:15pm
--and if you don't find enough offbeat mothers there, you can clear your head with The Mothers' "Who Are the Brain Police?" (sorry, folks, no link, but it's there, I just cleaned my head with it).
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Samuel Derrick RosenApr 09, 11:19pm
Macavity: The Mystery Cat
Macavity's a Mystery Cat: he's called the Hidden Paw—
For he's the master criminal who can defy the Law.
He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad's despair:
For when they reach the scene of crime—Macavity's not there!Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity,
He's broken every human law, he breaks the law of gravity.
His powers of levitation would make a fakir stare,
And when you reach the scene of crime—Macavity's not there!
You may seek him in the basement, you may look up in the air—
But I tell you once and once again, Macavity's not there!Macavity's a ginger cat, he's very tall and thin;
You would know him if you saw him, for his eyes are sunken in.
His brow is deeply lined with thought, his head is highly domed;
His coat is dusty from neglect, his whiskers are uncombed.
He sways his head from side to side, with movements like a snake;
And when you think he's half asleep, he's always wide awake.Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity,
For he's a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity.
You may meet him in a by-street, you may see him in the square—
But when a crime's discovered, then Macavity's not there!He's outwardly respectable. (They say he cheats at cards.)
And his footprints are not found in any file of Scotland Yard's
And when the larder's looted, or the jewel-case is rifled,
Or when the milk is missing, or another Peke's been stifled,
Or the greenhouse glass is broken, and the trellis past repair
Ay, there's the wonder of the thing! Macavity's not there!And when the Foreign Office find a Treaty's gone astray,
Or the Admiralty lose some plans and drawings by the way,
There may be a scrap of paper in the hall or on the stair—
But it's useless to investigate—Macavity's not there!
And when the loss has been disclosed, the Secret Service say:
It must have been Macavity!'—but he's a mile away.
You'll be sure to find him resting, or a-licking of his thumb;
Or engaged in doing complicated long division sums.Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity,
There never was a Cat of such deceitfulness and suavity.
He always has an alibi, and one or two to spare:
At whatever time the deed took place—MACAVITY WASN'T THERE !
And they say that all the Cats whose wicked deeds are widely known
(I might mention Mungojerrie, I might mention Griddlebone)
Are nothing more than agents for the Cat who all the time
Just controls their operations: the Napoleon of Crime! -
strannikovApr 09, 11:34pm
Thanx, SDR, for "The Nazz", that was a winner.
Has to make me think that the Jaime Brockett classic "Legend of the USS Titanic" owed a bit to Lord B. there. (Sir Paul McC. might also have borrowed a phrase to my hearing.)
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Samuel Derrick RosenApr 09, 11:35pm
Did you like my juxtaposing the brain police with the Eliot?
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strannikovApr 09, 11:51pm
Now that's a mix worth mixing!
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Samuel Derrick RosenApr 10, 06:06pm
I love these weird connections, how different writers pick up unconsciously from other writers, not even unconsciously but through the mystery of synchronicity.
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