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Post by eloneen on Jul 31, 2017 19:17:54 GMT
eloneen , you should post this masterpiece on Jeff's Facebook! BSJ Thanks! You are very kind! I'm not on Facebook, actually, LOL!! I am on Twitter (for professional use only) as of about a year ago, but I think I've exceeded 140 characters (LOL again), and I don't really like Twitter much anyway. (Twitter abuse from high places doesn't improve my feelings about it, either. ) Let me think about this for a while.... Thanks again!
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Post by unomusette on Jul 31, 2017 20:41:49 GMT
Another masterpiece eloneen - I still have a sneaky feeling that Jeff has a presence around here, he's probably admiring your work even as we speak
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Post by eloneen on Jul 31, 2017 21:02:41 GMT
That would be nice!
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Post by Helmut83 on Aug 2, 2017 2:03:43 GMT
I'll add to the congratulations, eloneen. Fantastic "wording", all the lines would work on the original song and their ends rhyme, plus very creative. And "The Bouncer" is one of my favourite songs, so better still.
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Post by eloneen on Aug 2, 2017 2:19:40 GMT
I'll add to the congratulations, eloneen . Fantastic "wording", all the lines would work on the original song and their ends rhyme, plus very creative. "That's what I want!" I'm "so happy" you like it! I love "The Bouncer," too. It's definitely one of the most fun songs to sing, for sure!
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Post by Helmut83 on Aug 2, 2017 2:51:01 GMT
Totally agree on that one. I try not to sing over Jeff Lynne and ruin his songs, but "The Bouncer" is almost inevitable to howl along to.
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Post by vlogdance on Aug 20, 2017 19:14:38 GMT
Since it's still holiday time, here's a reminder of the obligation of every forumhead to fill in the required 75+ pages of forms and submit them to BSJ before we can even think about taking a break. To be sung to the tune of Livin' Thing. Stealing away on your next holiday? Time to panic. Scrawling and writing and clipping and signing, It's frantic. To do - all those sheets required It took me - oh, hours and hours, daily: ChorusIt's a fill-in thing It's a terrible strain to do It's a written thing What a terrible pain to do (I'm going to skive! Skive!)Making believe you've completed the sheaves On the first day: "But gerbils combined and committed a crime! 'Twas the worst case!" To do - all those sheets required To the gerbils: (Don't you chew it...)
It took me - oh, hours and hours, daily... ChorusTaking the car, but they can't get far From the Slipper-stream So, let them go - when they come back, they'll know It's a bad scheme... Chorus
(With thanks to unomusette for inspiration )
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Post by eloneen on Aug 20, 2017 19:38:32 GMT
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Post by vlogdance on Aug 20, 2017 19:42:45 GMT
Thank you eloneen. Uno and I were talking about this thread, and sharing our enjoyment of your lyrics, while we were in the Muse queue. We came up with the idea of a song about the holiday forms, and Uno suggested "It's a fill-in thing".
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Post by BSJ on Aug 20, 2017 20:25:13 GMT
GOLDEN, vlogdance ! And to your "Muse" unomusette , too! So funny and clever. Unbelievable.
'To the gerbils: (Don't you chew it...)'
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Post by eloneen on Aug 21, 2017 2:02:38 GMT
Thank you eloneen . Uno and I were talking about this thread, and sharing our enjoyment of your lyrics, while we were in the Muse queue. Thanks so much! It's great fun, isn't it? Let's get more people contributing their ideas!
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Post by unomusette on Aug 21, 2017 21:25:17 GMT
Well, blimmin' heck what a complete triumph vlogdance! I knew you'd come up with something good but this is just genius, what a clever clogs you are. And it's all your own work, my only contribution was a hyphen and a lot of conspiratorial giggling. Surely Jeff would love to sing this himself instead of the old lyrics, this is much more entertaining
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Post by Helmut83 on Aug 23, 2017 17:08:09 GMT
Haha! Absolutely brilliant, vlogdance! What a gem! I agree with Eloneen, there have been many great ones but this one fits so well both the subject and the original song that it's just fantastic. Laughed with the "don't you chew it". And it's also a good form of protest against the forummasters' bureaucracy. It's a fillin' thing!
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Post by vlogdance on Aug 25, 2017 10:44:43 GMT
Surely Jeff would love to sing this himself instead of the old lyrics, this is much more entertaining I think The Street Next Door's next release should be a cover version of Livin' Thing, using the holiday forms lyrics. * mail swooshes through letterbox* What's this? Legal papers from Jeff's lawyers? Typical, there's never a gerbil around when you need one...
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Post by Helmut83 on Aug 30, 2017 21:49:14 GMT
Typical, there's never a gerbil around when you need one... unomusette seems to be the opposite case. Judging by the amount of forms she failed to hand in for her numerous trips it would seem she always has one around when she needs it, if not a whole family. Maybe she has trained them?
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