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1968 (Forty years later...)
MaineWriter:
So I am sleeping away, happily, and then for no known reason I wake up at 3:30 am with this running through my head:
So there's green alligators
And long-necked geese
And humpy-backed camels and some chimpanzees
And cats and rats and elephants and sure as you're born
You're never gonna see a unicorn
I didn't even watch the video posted here. Those lyrics are from the depth of the useless filing cabinet known as "my brain." I wonder how close I am to correct?
(Leslie scurries off to find a song lyric site).
EDIT TO ADD: I just listened to the song and I'd say I was pretty damn close! Maybe they say humpty-backed camels with a T (like humpty-dumpty, I guess) but I had the rest right (for the final verse, that is).
I forgot all about Noah and the poor drowning unicorns. What a sad song! LOL
LHN
jstephens9:
--- Quote from: southendmd on August 18, 2008, 05:22:42 pm ---Wow, that was fun, Jack. Thanks.
I turned 5 in 1968, but I know most of those songs. In fact, #76 holds a special place in my heart, as it was the first 45 I ever owned (and I still have it!): The Unicorn by the Irish Rovers. It kinda stands out as an odd duck amongst all the other rock and pop hits.
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What a great song Paul!!! Thanks for sharing that. I do remember the song, but I have not heard it in ages. You are right it does stand out as an odd duck among the others. And here is something that is funny I remember hearing that song when I was little and I thought it was a true story of why there were no unicorns :laugh: I really did! I also used to think that songs that had the word "baby" in them were talking about real babies as in infants. For example, songs like "Since I Lost My Baby" meant that someone had lost their baby, their child :laugh:
Katie77:
--- Quote from: jstephens9 on August 19, 2008, 09:04:29 am --- And here is something that is funny I remember hearing that song when I was little and I thought it was a true story of why there were no unicorns :laugh: I really did! I also used to think that songs that had the word "baby" in them were talking about real babies as in infants. For example, songs like "Since I Lost My Baby" meant that someone had lost their baby, their child :laugh:
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Jack, that is funny.........we were all pretty naeive then eh?
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: Katie77 on August 19, 2008, 09:08:57 am ---Jack, that is funny.........we were all pretty naeive then eh?
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Naive and oblivious, I think. I listen to some of these old songs and say to myself, how I did I miss all these references to sex and drugs? Robert Plant singing, "I want to be your back door man" (c'mon, quick, what song? what group? what year? I am sure 90% of the people here know.) but back then I just thought it was a catchy lyric. LOL.
I mean, heck, we can even turn those missing unicorns into something dirty if we felt like it! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
L
jstephens9:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on August 18, 2008, 06:21:01 pm ---Thank you so much for sharing your and Meryl's Hairy experience with us, John. Those are totally wonderful pictures! And thanks for the Top 100 list of 1968. These days, are there still 100 songs that are published in one year? I wonder! So many of those made the memories rush back!!
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Yes Lee there are still lists of the top 100 songs of a year; however, the songs in my opinion do not match up to music such as this. For one thing most of the Billboard Hot 100 which is what used to be and still is the main Billboard chart consists of urban rap songs. I just never have been able to bring myself to like many of the rap songs although some are ok. For one thing I don't like the messages they have such as hate, killing, and the like. That is quite an odd message compared to these songs of the 60s that were mainly associated with making the world a more peaceful place. We could use a lot of these messages today if we look at the state of the world we now live in. However, there are still good songs coming out. They are just fewer and further inbetween. Also, there are now so many different Billboard charts. There is even one for the top Ringtones.
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