Friday night is songs with lyrics you thought were profound...

[slowmotion]

You were lucky! I've got the vinyl... Man...

 

[swee'pea99]

ELP. Kids/teens look just....baffled. "You used to listen to this?"

 

[slowmotion]

One of the funniest aspects is how electronics/synths have moved on. Most of Brian Eno's "ground-breaking stuff" from the early '70s could now be done by a three year old and a £5.99 gizmo from Argos (free P&P).

 

[Rhythm Thief]

All along the Watchtower by Bob Dylan. Probably the Jimi Hendrix version, but it's a close run thing with the original. It's so profound.....I don't even know what it means! How profound is that?

Most Bob Dylan lyrics fall into this category. Deep and Meaningless, I call it.

 

[Kirstie]

Anything by Howard Jones - really, anything.

 

[ufkacbln]

Jethro Tull has some classic lines..

She said she was a dancer has the wonderful

With her phrase book in her silk soft hand
She spoke in riddles while the vodka listened.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

The Jerks - Get your woofing dog off me!

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Woof woof!

 

[yello]

Interesting answers. My immediate thoughts went to lyrics less deliberately obscure (I mean you kind of expect twaddle from ELP, King Crimson, etc). One obviously thinks of such tracks as 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and 'Stairway to Heaven' as having that pretence of profundity but being merely the emperor's backside.

The songs I first thought of where 'Walking on The Moon' (for the surreal line 'I hope my leg don't break') and ALL of 'I Don't Like Mondays' (or is it 'Not Keen on Sundays'? or maybe 'Never Been Particularly Fond of Wednesday Morning'? or perhaps 'Thursday Afternoons Piss Me Off'? .... anyway). That one gets me because Sir Bob STILL thinks it's a classic. Which it is.... classic tripe.

I do like the nomination of the entire Howard Jones collections though. Good call.