Greatest lyricist ever...the nominations.

[Beach Hut]

David Bowie or Neil Young

 

[cheeseroll]

hmmm three people said Bowie ! maybe you should listen again and give us one good lyric.

"see the mice in their million hoards
from ibiza to the norfolk broads"

wtf ?!?

 

[Schrödinger's Toad]

hmmm three people said Bowie ! maybe you should listen again and give us one good lyric.

"see the mice in their million hoards
from ibiza to the norfolk broads"

wtf ?!?

I was contemplating Bowie, but most of his stuff is nonsense poetry well put together. Some great stuff, though.

 

[Icy Gull]

hmmm three people said Bowie ! maybe you should listen again and give us one good lyric.

"see the mice in their million hoards
from ibiza to the norfolk broads"

wtf ?!?

I think this little ditty will change your mind

was walking down the High Street
When I heard footsteps behind me
And there was a little old man (Hello)
In scarlet and grey, shuffling away (laughter)
Well he trotted back to my house
And he sat beside the telly (Oaah..)
With his tiny hands on his tummy
Chuckling away, laughing all day (laughter)

Oh, I ought to report you to the Gnome office
(Gnome Office)
Yes
(Hahahahaha)

CHORUS
Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
"I'm a laughing Gnome and you can't catch me"
Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
"I'm a laughing Gnome and you can't catch me"
Said the laughing Gnome

Well I gave him roasted toadstools and a glass of dandelion wine (Burp, pardon)
Then I put him on a train to Eastbourne
Carried his bag and gave him a fag
(Haven't you got a light boy?)
"Here, where do you come from?"
(Gnome-man's land, hahihihi)
"Oh, really?"

In the morning when I woke up
He was sitting on the edge of my bed
With his brother whose name was Fred
He'd bought him along to sing me a song

Right, let's hear it
Here, what's that clicking noise?
(That's Fred, he's a "metrognome", haha)

Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
"I'm a laughing Gnome and you don't catch me"
Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
"I'm a laughing Gnome and you can't catch me"

(Own up, I'm a gnome, ain't I right, haha)
"Haven't you got an 'ome to go to?"
(No, we're gnomads)
"Didn't they teach you to get your hair cut at school?
you look like a rolling gnome."
(No, not at the London School of Ecognomics)

Now they're staying up the chimney
And we're living on caviar and honey (hooray!)
Cause they're earning me lots of money
Writing comedy prose for radio shows
It's the-er (what?)
It's the Gnome service of course

Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
"I'm a laughing Gnome and you don't catch me"
Ha ha ha, oh, dear me

(Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
"I'm a laughing Gnome and you can't catch me"
Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
"I'm a laughing Gnome and you can't catch me")

(One more time, yeah)

 

[The Large One]

For any Brighton OS&Bs from the 1970s, what were the lyrics to the tune of Laughing Gnome sung in the North Stand?

 

[wadhurstseagull]

Why do you all keep debating this? It's Tom Waits. Greatest Singer/tunesmith/lyricist. No need for any other threads. Enough, no more. It is not as good now as it was before.

 

[The Large One]

Sake.

If you REALLY want a quality lyricist, let me nominate GEOFF SMITH - hammer dulcimer virtuoso, piano re-inventor, and poet. And he's from Brighton. End of.

 

[BUTTERBALL]

Shampoo were the best, no debate:

"Uh oh, were in trouble, somethings come along and it's burst our bubble"

 

[Binney on acid]

Try listening to Jackson Browne or Bruce Cockburn.

 

[Biscuit]

Lord B.

You can't suggest brecht anymore than Stanislavski!

Goonchops.

 

[supaseagull]

Lennon/McCartney - takes the piss out of all of the above...most of them have even covered Beatles songs & still being covered today - 40 years after they have been written.

 

[Dublin_Seagull]

MORRISSEY

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Wheres the shortlist to vote on then Richie ?. Get a move on.

 

[northstandnorth]

Wheres the shortlist to vote on then Richie ?. Get a move on.

and dont forget to put roger waters (fox hunting bastard)in it.you lot aint suggested anyone else for either longievity or album sales


p.s. how DO you spell longievity?

 

[The Large One]

Actually, I am going to put in another nomination, and anyone who has ears and appreciates good music will know this will win.

Tim Hardin

 

[dougdeep]

Actually, I am going to put in another nomination, and anyone who has ears and appreciates good music will know this will win.

Tim Hardin

Good call!

 

[Dover]

Good call TLO, but Gershwin is the one. Everyone knows, or can pretend to sing at least one of their tunes, and they are timeless.

 

[Gwylan]

Good call TLO, but Gershwin is the one. Everyone knows, or can pretend to sing at least one of their tunes, and they are timeless.

George Gershwin didn't write any words: his brother Ira did, but Gershwin also collaborated with other lyricists.

No-one's mentioned Cole Porter, who did write his own words, or Lorenz Hart.

And Biscuit, why couldn't Lord B suggest Brecht? He wrote the words to many songs?

Has anyone named Ray Davies yet?

 

[Yorkie]

If you're going back as far as Gershwin and Porter then you have to bring Noel Coward into the equation.

 

[Gwylan]

If you're going back as far as Gershwin and Porter then you have to bring Noel Coward into the equation.

Quite right, Yorkie, I was going to mention him and forgot. We might as well mention WS Gilbert while we're at it.