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  1. EwanMcGregorsLibido

    EwanMcGregorsLibido Jedi Youngling star 2

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    Feb 4, 2002
    Following in the tradition of the dozens of ****ey jukebox threads to be found all over the JC boards, I hereby install our own personal musical entertainment system, in the confident knowledge that it will be a jukebox of taste and distinction by comparison... :D

    Please feel free to add your favourite songs as and when the mood takes you.........
     
  2. MrDankDonk

    MrDankDonk Jedi Master star 4

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    Mar 28, 2001
    :: drops 50pence into the slot ::

    THE POGUES â?? The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn
    (Shane MacGowan)


    McCormack and Richard Tauber are singing by the bed
    There's a glass of punch below your feet and an angel at your head
    There's devils on each side of you with bottles in their hands
    You need one more drop of poison and you'll dream of foreign lands

    When you pissed yourself in Frankfurt and got sick down in Cologne
    And you heard the rattling death trains as you lay there all alone
    Frank Ryan brought you whiskey in a brothel in Madrid
    And you decked some ****ing blackshirt who was cursing all the Yids
    At the sick bed of Cuchulainn we'll kneel and say a prayer
    And the ghosts are rattling at the door and the devil's in the chair

    And in the Euston Tavern you screamed it was your shout
    But they wouldn't give you service so you kicked the windows out
    They took you out into the street and kicked you in the brains
    So you walked back in through a bolted door and did it all again
    At the sick bed of Cuchulainn we'll kneel and say a prayer
    And the ghosts are rattling at the door and the devil's in the chair

    You remember that foul evening when you heard the banshees howl
    There was lousy drunken bastards singing Billy is in the bowl
    They took you up to midnight mass and left you in the lurch
    So you dropped a button in the plate and spewed up in the church

    Now you'll sing a song of liberty for blacks and paks and jocks
    And they'll take you from this dump you're in and stick you in a box
    Then they'll take you to Cloughprior and shove you in the ground
    But you'll stick your head back out and shout "we'll have another round"
    At the graveside of Cuchulainn we'll kneel around and pray
    And God is in his heaven, and Billy's down by the bay
     
  3. MrDankDonk

    MrDankDonk Jedi Master star 4

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    Mar 28, 2001
    50 pence gets me two songs :D

    Steve Harley - Come Up and See Me, Make Me Smile

    You've done it all, you've broken every code
    And pulled the rebel to the floor
    You spoilt the game, no matter what you say
    For only metal - what a bore!
    Blue eyes, blue eyes, how come you tell so many lies?

    Come up and see me, make me smile
    Or do what you want, run on wild

    There's nothing left, all gone and run away
    Maybe you'll tarry for a while
    It's just a test, a game for us to play
    Win or lose, it's hard to smile
    Resist, resist, it's from yourself you have to hide

    Come up and see me, make me smile
    Or do what you want, run on wild

    There ain't no more, you've taken everything
    From my belief in Mother Earth
    How can you ignore my faith in everything
    When I know what Faith is and what it's worth
    Away, away, and don't say maybe you'll try

    Come up and see me, make me smile
    Or do what you want, run on wild

     
  4. MOTs_Minx

    MOTs_Minx Jedi Knight star 6

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    Oct 26, 2000
    First time I heard that, it was the Duran Duran cover version.

     
  5. MrDankDonk

    MrDankDonk Jedi Master star 4

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    Mar 28, 2001
    ha...... sacrilege. The brummie mullet-men will pay for that in the afterlife....

    But did you see Suggs doing it on Chris Evan "Dont Forget your Toothbrush" show....?

    Much as I love old Suggsy, the blitthering cockney dipso barely hit one note in tune, and blatantly forgot the words at several points.....

    Truly, he is the king of karaoke.

    C'mon Minxy, lets have a song from you......

     
  6. MOTs_Minx

    MOTs_Minx Jedi Knight star 6

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    Oct 26, 2000
    I'm not at my desk this week so I'll have to search for my songs LOL
     
  7. MOTs_Minx

    MOTs_Minx Jedi Knight star 6

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    Oct 26, 2000
    I don't know if you can see,
    The changes that have come over me.
    In these last few days I've been afraid,
    That I might drift away . . .

    So I've been telling old stories, singing songs
    That make me think about where I came from,
    And that's the reason why I seem
    So far away today . . .

    Oh, but let me tell you that I love you,
    That I think about you all the time,
    Caledonia you're calling me
    And now I'm going home . . .

    If I should become a stranger, you know
    that it would make me more than sad,
    Caledonia has been everything
    I've ever had . . .

    But I'm steady thinking my way is clear,
    And I know what I will do tomorrow
    When hands are shaken, and kisses flow,
    Then I will disappear . . .

     
  8. MrDankDonk

    MrDankDonk Jedi Master star 4

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    Mar 28, 2001
    Edit: removed because of language
     
  9. MrDankDonk

    MrDankDonk Jedi Master star 4

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    Mar 28, 2001
    ehh... I know its a bit late to add it to yir post, Minxy, but could you no tell us who that song was by? We are on a mission to educate the heathens here you know :D

    anyway, this one has been bouncing about my head this morning â?? more Pogues, I'm afraid, but a stoater of a drinking song nonetheless...

    BOYS FROM THE COUNTY HELL

    (Shane MacGowan)

    On the first day of March it was raining
    It was raining worse than anything that I have ever seen
    I drank ten pints of beer and I cursed all the people there
    And I wish that all this rain would stop falling down on me

    And it's lend me ten pounds and I'll buy you a drink
    And mother wake me early in the morning

    At the time I was working for a landlord
    And he was the meanest bastard that you have ever seen
    And to lose a single penny would grieve him awful sore
    And he was a miserable bollocks and a bitch's bastard's whore

    I recall we took care of him one Sunday
    We got him out the back and we broke his ****ing balls
    And maybe that was dreaming and maybe that was real
    But all I know is I left that place without a penny or **** all

    And it's lend me ten pounds and I'll buy you a drink
    And mother wake me early in the morning

    And now I've the most charming of verandas
    I sit and watch the junkies, the drunks, the pimps, the whores
    Five green bottles sitting on the floor
    And I wish to Christ, I wish to Christ
    That I had fifteen more

    The boys and me are drunk and looking for you
    We'll eat your frigging entrails and we won't give a damn
    Me daddy was a blue shirt and my mother a madam
    And my brother earned his medals at Mai Lai in Vietnam

    And it's lend me ten pounds and I'll buy you a drink
    And mother wake me early in the morning

    On the first day of March it was raining
    It was raining worse than anything that I have ever seen
    Stay on the other side of the road
    'Cause you can never tell
    We've a thirst like a gang of devils
    We're the boys of the county hell
     
  10. WastedWendy

    WastedWendy Jedi Youngling

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    Jul 9, 2002
    best drinking song ever... and you can sing it regardless of how sloshed you are

    Tom Waits .. just rocks.

    Innocent When You Dream

    The bats are in the belfry
    the dew is on the moor
    where are the arms that held me
    and pledged her love before
    and pledged her love before


    It's such a sad old feeling
    the fields are soft and green
    it's memories that I'm stealing
    but you're innocent when you dream
    when you dream
    you're innocent when you dream

    Running through the graveyard
    we laughed my friends and I
    we swore we'd be together
    until the day we died
    until the day we died

    I made a golden promise
    that we would never part
    I gave my love a locket
    and then I broke her heart
    and then I broke her heart


     
  11. Gav Daragon

    Gav Daragon Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Mar 25, 2000
    From my current favourite car CD:

    Always The Last to Know by Del Amitri

    So you're in love with someone else
    Someone who burns within your soul
    And it looks like I'm the last to know
    I hear you've never felt so alive
    So much desire beyond control
    And as usual I am the last to know

    The last to know how you're feeling
    The last to know where you are
    The last to know if you're happy now
    Or if he's treating you like I treated you
    Or if he's cruel I'll be the last to know

    We spent summers up beyond the bay
    And you said these are such perfect days
    That if the bomb drops baby, I want to be the last to know
    But now you're living up behind the hill
    And though we share the same city and feel the same sun
    When your winter comes
    I'll be the last to know

    Always the last to know how you're feeling
    The last to know where you are
    The last to know if you're happy now
    Or if he's pleading with you like I pleaded with you
    If you go don't let me be the last to know
    Don't let me be the last
    To know

    Creation's gone crazy, the TV's gone mad
    Now you're the only sane thing that I have

    The last to know how you're feeling
    The last to know where you are
    The last to know if you're happy now
    Or if he's cheating on you like I cheated on you
    And you were the last to know
     
  12. MrDankDonk

    MrDankDonk Jedi Master star 4

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    Mar 28, 2001
    For Minxy...

    The Proclaimers - I'm gonna be (500 miles)

    When I wake up, well I know im gonna be
    Im gonna be the man who wakes up with you.
    when I go out, yeah I know im gonna be
    Im gonnna be the man who goes along with you.

    When I get drunk, well I know im gonna be
    Im gonna be the man who gets drunk next to you.
    If I haver, yeah I know im gonna be
    Im gonna be the man whos havering to you.

    But I would walk 500 miles
    An' I would walk 500 more
    Just to be that man who walks a thousand miles
    To fall down at your door.

    When im working, yes I know im gonna be
    Im gonna be the man whos working hard for you.
    When the money, comes in for the work I do
    Ill pass on almost every penny on to you.

    When I come home, oh I know im gonna be
    Im gonna be the man who comes back home to you.
    If I grow old, well I know im gonna be
    Im gonna be the man whos growing old with you.

    But I would walk 500 miles
    An' I would walk 500 more
    Just to be that man who walks a thousand miles
    To fall down at your door.


    When im lonely, yeah I know im gonna be
    Im gonna be the man whos lonely without you.
    An' when im dreaming, well I know im gonna dream
    Im gonna dream about the time when im with you.

    When I go out, well I know im gonna be
    Im gonna be the man who goes along with you.
    An' when I come home, yes I know im gonna be
    Im gonna be the man who comes back home with you.

    Im gonna be the man whos coming home.. with you!

    But I would walk 500 miles
    An' I would walk 500 more
    Just to be that man who walks a thousand miles
    To fall down at your door.

    An' I would walk 500 miles
    An' I would walk 500 more
    Just to be that man who walks a thousand miles
    To fall down at your door.
     
  13. MOTs_Minx

    MOTs_Minx Jedi Knight star 6

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    Oct 26, 2000
    :_| :_| :_|

    Don't...!!!

    I'll greet!
     
  14. MrDankDonk

    MrDankDonk Jedi Master star 4

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    Mar 28, 2001
    Donald, Where's Yer Troosers? (Andy Stewart}

    Just got in from the Isle of Skye
    I'm not very big and I'm awfully shy
    The ladies shout as I go by
    Donald where's your troosers?

    Let the winds blow high,
    Let the winds blow low,
    Down the street in my kilt I go
    And all the ladies say hello
    Donald where's your troosers?

    A lady took me to a ball
    And it was slippery in the hall
    I was afraid that I would fall
    'Cause I didn'y have on my troosers

    They'd like to wed me everyone
    Just let them catch me if they can
    You canna put the brakes on a highland man
    Who doesny like wearing troosers.

    To wear the kilt is my delight,
    It isn't wrong, I know it's right.
    The highlanders would get a fright
    If they saw me in my troosers.

    Let the winds blow high,
    Let the winds blow low,
    Down the street in my kilt I go
    And all the ladies say hello
    Donald where's your troosers?

    Well I caught a cold and me nose was raw
    I had no handkerchief at all
    So I hiked up my kilt and I gave it a blow,
    Now you can't do that with troosers.

    Let the winds blow high,
    Let the winds blow low,
    Down the street in my kilt I go
    And all the ladies say hello
    Donald where's your troosers?

     
  15. Shara

    Shara Jedi Padawan star 4

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    Dec 4, 2000
    Speaking of Del Amitri, do you by anychance have "Tell Her" or at least the words to that song. I love that song.

    *chuckles at the trousers song*
     
  16. TK_Four_Two_One

    TK_Four_Two_One Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Jun 17, 2002
    are these the lyrics, Shara? :)

    Tell Her This


    Tell her not to go
    I ain't holding on no more
    Tell her something in my mind freezes up from time to time

    Tell her not to cry
    I just got scared that's all
    Tell her I'll be by her side, all she has to do is call

    Tell her the chips are down
    I drank too much and shouted it aloud
    Tell her something in my heart
    Needs her more than even clowns need the laughter of the crowd

    Tell her what was wrong
    I sometimes think to much
    But say nothing at all
    And tell her from this high terrain, I am ready now to fall

    Tell her not to go
    I ain't holding on no more
    Tell her nothing if not this; all I want to do is kiss her

    Tell her something in my mind
    Freezes up from time to time.

     
  17. Shara

    Shara Jedi Padawan star 4

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    Dec 4, 2000
    *sighs*

    Yes, that was it. Thank you much. I haven't heard that song in a few years and can't ever seem to find it online.

    :)
     
  18. SCOTSSITHLORD

    SCOTSSITHLORD Jedi Master star 2

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    May 19, 2002
    For a bit of light relief, I'll pop on a tune by East Kilbride's finest, The Jesus and Mary chain

    We're moving 'round and 'round
    Can't hear a single sound
    And when I hit the ground
    I heard a ringing sound
    UH UH UH
    I heard a ringing sound
    And my head hit the ground
    Inside I'm upside down

    You live with so much carelessness
    Cos no-one takes you serious
    That makes you feel so dangerous
    You wish that you never was
    But you can't see

    And if you feel there's no one else
    You're alone, you're by yourself
    Your life is like a broken shell
    It doesn't really matter to me
    Doesn't matter to me
    Doesn't matter to me
    Knowing you can't see

    Inside I feel so bad
    So low I feel so sad
    Feels like I'm going mad
    Best friend I've ever had
    UH UH UH
    Best friend I've ever had
    UH UH UH
    So low I feel so sad

    You live with so much carelessness
    Cos no one takes you serious
    And now you think you're dangerous
    You never was but you can't see
    And if you feel there's no one else
    You're all alone and by yourself
    Your life is like a broken shell
    It doesn't really matter to me
    Doesn't matter to me
    Doesn't matter to me
    But you can't see

    Upside down
     
  19. EwanMcGregorsLibido

    EwanMcGregorsLibido Jedi Youngling star 2

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    Feb 4, 2002
    Edit: removed because of language
     
  20. MrDankDonk

    MrDankDonk Jedi Master star 4

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    Mar 28, 2001
    here's one for they daft English guys an' gals....

    Thick as Thieves - The Jam

    Times were so tough, but not as tough as they are now
    We were so close and nothing came between us, or the world, no personal situations.

     Thick as thieves us, we'd stick together for all time
    And we meant it, but it turns out just for a while, we stole the friendship that bound us together.

     We stole from the schools and their libraries
    We stole from the drugs that sent us to sleep
    We stole from the drink that made us sick
    We stole anything that we couldn't keep

    And it was enough, we didn't have to spoil anything
    And always be as thick as thieves.

     Like a perfect stranger, you came into my life
    Then like the perfect lone ranger, you rode away, rode away, rode away, rode away.

     We stole the love from young girls in ivory towers
    We stole autumn leaves and summer showers
    We stole the silent wind that says you are free
    We stole everything that we could see

    But it wasn't enough, and now we've gone and spoiled everthing
    Now we're no longer as thick as thieves.

     You came into my life
    Then like a perfect stranger you walked away, walked away, walked away, walked away.

     Thick as thieves us, we'd stick together for all time,
    and we meant it but it turns out just for awhile,
    we stole the friendship that bound us together.

     We stole the burning sun in the open sky,
    We stole the twinkling stars in the black night,
    We stole the green belt fields that made us believe,
    We stole everything that we could see.

     But something came along that changes our minds,
    I don't know what and I don't know why,
    But we seemed to grow up in a flash of time,
    While we watched our ideals helplessly unwind.

     No, we're no longer as thick as thieves, no
    We're not as thick as we used to be, no
    We're no longer as thick as thieves, no
    We're not as thick as we used to be

     No it wasn't enough, and now we've gone and spoiled everything
    Now we're no longer as thick as thieves.

     
     
  21. MrDankDonk

    MrDankDonk Jedi Master star 4

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    Mar 28, 2001
    one of the magnificent seven's most famours musings on home and family....

    'Our House' by MADNESS

    Father wears his Sunday best
    Mother's tired she needs a rest
    The kids are playing up downstairs
    Sister's sighing in her sleep
    Brother's got a date to keep
    He can't hang around
    Our house, in the middle of our street
    Our house, in the middle of our ...

    Our house it has a crowd
    There's always something happening
    And it's usually quite loud
    Our mum she's so house-proud
    Nothing ever slows her down
    And a mess is not allowed
    Our house, in the middle of our street
    Our house, in the middle of our ...
    Our house, in the middle of our street
    Our house, in the middle of our ...
    Something tells you that you've got to get away from it

    Father gets up late for work
    Mother has to iron his shirt
    Then she sends the kids to school
    Sees them off with a small kiss
    She's the one they're going to miss
    In lots of ways
    Our house, in the middle of our street
    Our house, in the middle of our ...

    I remember way back then when everything was true and when
    We would have such a very good time such a fine time
    Such a happy time
    And I remember how we'd play simply waste the day away
    Then we'd say nothing would come between us two dreamers

    Father wears his Sunday best
    Mother's tired she needs a rest
    The kids are playing up downstairs
    Sister's sighing in her sleep
    Brother's got a date to keep
    He can't hang around
    Our house, in the middle of our street
    Our house, in the middle of our street
    Our house, in the middle of our street
    Our house, in the middle of our ...
    Our house, was our castle and our keep
    Our house, in the middle of our street
    Our house, that was where we used to sleep
    Our house, in the middle of our street
    Our house, in the middle of our street
     
  22. MrDankDonk

    MrDankDonk Jedi Master star 4

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    Mar 28, 2001
    BOW DOWN - The Housemartins

    "Mother, Father, I think that I would rather
    Stay at home with you for another year
    That building's so tall and it makes me feel so small
    That I might get lost and simply disappear

    Evil smiles won't change my mind
    I'm worried and I'm not the worrying kind
    Why's that man rubbing his hands
    Looking at me writing down his plans?

    Today I have been moulding plasticine
    and I made a little man who looked just like me
    His limbs were so weak and he couldn't move his mouth to speak
    And I could bend him into any shape I wanted him to be

    Evil smiles won't change my mind
    I'm worried and I'm not the worrying kind
    Why's that man rubbing his hands
    Looking at me writing down his plans?

    those kids with the blazers on
    They went in with names on their elbows
    Came home with medals on
    Spit it out that's the way the story goes

    A flying start for the briefcase crew

    Oh, you didn't have to teach me like you did
    But you did
    And you didn't have to beat me like you did
    But you did
    But you did
    You did
    You did
     
  23. MrDankDonk

    MrDankDonk Jedi Master star 4

    Registered:
    Mar 28, 2001
    Belle+Sebastian - The State I Am In
    I was surprised, I was happy for a day in 1975
    I was puzzled by a dream, stayed with me all day in 1995
    My brother had confessed that he was gay
    It took the heat off me for a while
    He stood up with a sailor friend
    Made it known upon my sisters wedding day

    I got married in a rush to save a kid from being deported
    Now she's in love
    I was so touched, I was moved to kick the crutches
    From my crippled friend
    She was not impressed that I cured her on the Sabbath
    So I went to confess
    When she saw the funny side, we introduced my child bride
    To whisky and gin

    The priest in the booth had a photographic memory
    For all he had heard
    He took all of my sins and he wrote a pocket novel called
    "The State I Am In"
    So I gave myself to God
    There was a pregnant pause before he said ok
    Now I spend my day turning tables round In Marks & Spencer's
    They don't seem to mind

    I gave myself to sin
    And I've been there and back again
    I gave myself to Providence
    The state that I am in

    Oh love of mine, would you condescend to help me
    I am stupid and blind
    Desperation is the Devil's work, it is the folly of a boys empty mind
    Now I'm feeling dangerous, riding on city buses for a hobby is sad
    Lead me to a living end
    I promised that I'd entertain my crippled friend
    My crippled friend
     
  24. Darth_Asabrush

    Darth_Asabrush Jedi Grand Master star 5

    Registered:
    May 21, 2000
    Belle & Sebastian
    If You're Feeling Sinister (1996)
    Get Me Away From Here I'm Dying

    Ooh! Get me away from here I'm dying
    Play me a song to set me free
    Nobody writes them like they used to
    So it may as well be me
    Here on my own now after hours
    Here on my own now on a bus
    Think of it this way
    You could either be successful or be us
    With our winning smiles, and us
    With our catchy tunes, and us
    Now we're photogenic
    You know, we don't stand a chance

    Oh, I'll settle down with some old story
    About a boy who's just like me
    Thought there was love in everything and everyone
    You're so naive!
    After a while they always get it
    They always reach a sorry end
    Still it was worth it as I turned the pages solemnly, and then
    With a winning smile, the boy
    With naivety succeeds
    At the final moment, I cried
    I always cry at endings

    Oh, that wasn't what I meant to say at all
    From where I'm sitting, rain
    Washing against the lonely tenement
    Has set my mind to wander
    Into the windows of my lovers
    They never know unless I write
    'This is no declaration, I just thought I'd let you know goodbye'
    Said the hero in the story
    'It is mightier than swords
    I could kill you sure
    But I could only make you cry with these words'
     
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