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Monday, April 12, 2010

ALL THE HITS AND MORE…

For The NaiSaiKu Challenge?
And The American Sandwich
And Monday Poetry Train Revisited










NaiSaiKu - PHSS














Post-historic stress
Man kind just became extinct
Thanks to unkind deeds
POST HISTORIC STRESS SYNDROME
Thanks to unkind deeds
Man kind just became extinct
Historic stress syndrome


‘FOUND’ AMERICAN SENTENCES

“You better watch your step, she’s going to break your heart in two; it’s true.”
From the song FEMME FATALE by THE VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO
From the Album THE VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO

“Some get married and settle down; others they leave for a foreign town.”
From the song WHERE HAVE ALL THE BOOT-BOYS GONE? By SLAUGHTER AND THE DOGS
From the Album DO IT DOGGY STYLE

“I never wanted the love that you showed me; it started to choke me.”
From the song SHOOT YOU DOWN by THE STONE ROSES
From the Album THE STONE ROSES

“When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me.”
From the song LET IT BE by THE BEATLES
From the Album LET IT BE

“As the seasons changed, and all the reasons changed, and people came and went.”
From the song QUIET MEN by ULTRAVOX!
From the Album SYSTEMS OF ROMANCE

“There is a man in a shiny suit; he’s saying get them off the streets.”
AND
“I’m going to push my Telecaster through the television screen”
From the song TELEVISION SCREEN by THE RADIATORS FROM SPACE
From the album TV TUBE HEART

“Nothing much for you to do, and those winds sure can blow cold, way out there.”
From the song FOUR STRONG WINDS by NEIL YOUNG
From the Album COMES A TIME

“Are you going to Scarborough Fair; parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.”
From the song SCARBOROUGH FAIR (version) by SIMON AND GARFUNKEL

“Don’t push me, cos I’m close to the edge; I’m trying not to lose my head.”
From the song THE MESSAGE by GRAND MASTER FLASH

“You may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife.”
From the song ONCE IN A LIFETIME by TALKING HEADS
From the Album REMAIN IN LIGHT

“It’s hard to imagine that nothing ever could be so exciting.”
From the song HEAVEN by TALKING HEADS
From the Album FEAR OF MUSIC

“Oh, thinking about all our younger years, there was only you and me.”
From the song HEAVEN by BRYAN ADAMS
From the Album RECKLESS

“Oh my lover, we are opening windows; we see all that we’ve seen.”
From the song MY MIND AIN’T SO OPEN by MAGAZINE

“Nothin’ I do don’t seem to work; it only seems to make matters worse.”
From the song 19th NERVOUS BREAKDOWN by THE ROLLING STONES

“You dare to look me in the eye; those crocodile tears are what you cry.”
From the song SUBSTITUTE by THE WHO
From the Album MEATY, BEATY, BIG AND BOUNCY

“Oh June, like the mountains I’m blue, like the pine, I am lonesome for you."
From the song LONESOME PINE by LAUREL AND HARDY
From the film WAY OUT WEST

“You’d better shape up, cause I need a man, and my heart is set on you.”
From the song YOU’RE THE ONE THAT I WANT by JOHN TRAVOLTA AND OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
From the Album and Movie GREASE


‘FOUND’ AMERICAN SENTENCE PLUS SANDWICH

“Well everybody’s saying that punk is dead, it’s time to close the shop”

“I’m sorry, but we mean it man, we’re never ever going to stop.
And we don’t care what the papers say, we’re gonna pogo till we drop.
Even though you try to tell us everybody’s into Power Pop.”
From the song THANK YOU by ALBERTO Y LOS TRIOS PARANOIAS

9 comments:

  1. What a feast! My favorite of your found American sentences is:

    'Oh June, like the mountains I’m blue, like the pine, I am lonesome for you.'

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  2. I loved it,very interesting ,though many except a few like that from 'let it be' by Beatles are new to me.Thank you for the classic!

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  3. Thanks to:
    AnAestheticBaed; Many of them not main stream, but all genuine.
    Gautami; Plenty more where they came from.

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  4. Nicely Stan, you must be listening to a lot of music. I like the NaiSaiKu badge, talk to you later!

    Thank you!

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  5. Thanks Andy. I wish it would listen to me...
    Sorted!

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  6. Lots to consider today. Bet you had fun putting it together. Enjoyed reading it. Thanks.

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  7. Thanks Yousei; Put another dime in the jukebox!

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