FAQ: rec.music.dementia: LYRICS: LIST

Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 11:55:53 +0000 (UTC)
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The files listed here are also available on the World-Wide Web at
http://mypage.iu.edu/~jbmorris/
This document lists the lyrics files available on the rec.music.dementia
FAQ server.
For the list of Frequently Asked Questions, see the previous post entitled
"FAQ: rec.music.dementia: FAQ" or check the Web site or auto-server (see
below).
For the non-lyrics files, see the previous post "FAQ: rec.music.dementia: LIST"
or check the Web site or auto-server (see below).
This file will list all of the subjects you can mail with that will send
you an automatic reply of lyrics to a particular song or songs.
The auto-server address is email-address-deleted
Use that to get these files.
Just mail with one of the following subject lines.
To access files in this directory, the subject line must begin with LYRICS:
To see what non-lyrics files are available, mail with the subject of LIST
instead of LYRICS: LIST
No text is necessary in the body of the letter, and in fact I will not
see it if you put it there anyway.
It is possible to request more than one file at a time using an asterisk
(*) as a wildcard. For example, if you want all the "Weird Al" lyrics files,
your subject line would be LYRICS:AL* or if you wanted everything in the list,
your subject line would be LYRICS:*
Note that this concatenates all the specified files into one mail message,
so it can be quite big if you request a lot. In the future, I might add a
way to be able to request multiple files to be sent as separate mail messages.
It is NOT currently possible to request more than one file if you cannot
specify the multiple files using the standard wildcard (*). That is,
you canNOT have a subject line of LYRICS: DEAD.SKUNK AL.THREE and get an
automatic reply.
To send contributions or corrections to these lists, mail email-address-deleted
Be sure to not use one of the FAQ keywords as a subject line.
THANKS!
By the way, the server is not case sensitive, so you can type these in caps, lowercase, or any combination thereof.
Subjects marked with an asterisk (*) are new since the last posting.
Do NOT include the * in your subject line when requesting them, however.
I finally modified the filter so that it is no longer necessary to put a
space between the directory name and the filename, but is still quite
permissible. For example, both "lyrics:list" and "lyrics: list" as subjects
will be recognized by the server and send back the same response.
Here's the list so far...:
Mail with a
subject of: and you will get:
LYRICS: DIR Directory of files, to see when a file was last updated, how big it is, what files are there, etc.
LYRICS: LIST This list of what lyrics are available so far
LYRICS: 99.DEAD.BABOONS 99 Dead Baboons - Tim Cavanagh
LYRICS: AINT.WE.CRAZY Ain't We Crazy - Haywire Mac
*LYRICS: AL.RARE lyrics to some rare "Weird Al" songs [see below]
LYRICS: AL.1ST the lyrics to "Weird Al" Yankovic's first LP
LYRICS: AL.THREE the lyrics to Al's _In 3-D_ LP
LYRICS: AL.DTBS the lyrics to Al's _Dare To Be Stupid_ LP
LYRICS: AL.POLKA the lyrics to Al's _Polka Party!_ LP
LYRICS: AL.WORSE the lyrics to Al's _Even Worse_ LP
LYRICS: AL.PETER the lyrics to Al's _Peter and the Wolf_ LP
LYRICS: AL.UHF the lyrics to Al's _UHF_ LP
LYRICS: AL.OTDE the lyrics to Al's _Off the Deep End_ LP
LYRICS: ALAPALOOZA the lyrics to Al's _Alapalooza_ LP
LYRICS: AL.HN the lyrics to Al's "Headline News" single
LYRICS: AL.BHD the lyrics to Al's _Bad Hair Day_ album
LYRICS: AL.SCISSORS the lyrics to Al's _Running With Scissors_ album
LYRICS: AL.POLKAMON the lyrics to Al's song from _Pokemon 2000_
LYRICS: ASTRO.BOY Astro Boy - The Cosmic Rangers
LYRICS: BEATLE.RAP Beatle Rap - The Qworymen, with footnotes
LYRICS: BENNY.BELL lyrics to Benny Bell songs + interview [see below]
LYRICS: BIRDHOUSE Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might Be Giants
LYRICS: BONZO.TADPOLES The Bonzo Dog Band's _Tadpoles_ LP
LYRICS: BONZO.KEYNSHAM The Bonzo Dog Band's _Keynsham_ LP
LYRICS: BOOBS.A.LOT Boobs A Lot - The Holy Modal Rounders/The Fugs
LYRICS: BOOT.TO.THE.HEAD Ti Kwan Leep/Boot to the Head - The Frantics
LYRICS: BOUNCE.BOOBIES Bounce Your Boobies - Rusty Warren
LYRICS: BRUCES Bruces' Philosophers sketch and song - Monty Python
LYRICS: BULBOUS.BOUFFANT Bulbous Bouffant - Radio Free Vestibule
LYRICS: CAMELOT The "Camelot" song from Holy Grail - Monty Python
LYRICS: CARROT.JUICE Carrot Juice Is Murder - The Arrogant Worms
LYRICS: CARTOON.INDIVIDUAL I Am The Very Model Of A Cartoon Individual - Animan
iacs
LYRICS: CHICKEN.FAT Chicken Fat (short & long versions) - Robert Preston
LYRICS: COMPUTER.SONGS various computer parody songs [see below]
LYRICS: COWS.WITH.GUNS Cows With Guns - Dana Lyons
LYRICS: DEAD.PUPPIES Dead Puppies - Ogden Edsl
LYRICS: DEAD.SKUNK Dead Skunk - Loudon Wainwright III
LYRICS: DETERIORATA Desiderata - Les Crane & Deteriorata - National Lampoon
LYRICS: DEVIL.JAMAICA The Devil Went To Jamaica - Travis Meyer
LYRICS: DO.THE.PICARD Do The Picard - Rusty Humphries & The Boneheads
LYRICS: DREADFUL.CHILDREN Those Two Dreadful Children - Cruella de Ville
LYRICS: ELVIS.IS.EVERYWHERE Elvis Is Everywhere - Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper
LYRICS: EXIS.BLUES Existential Blues - Tom "T-Bone" Stankus
LYRICS: FISH.HEADS Fish Heads - Barnes & Barnes
LYRICS: 500.MILES 500 Miles - The Complainers
LYRICS: FREBERG.UNDERGROUND _Freberg Underground Show #1_ LP by Stan Freberg
LYRICS: GRANDPA I'm My Own Grandpa - Lonzo & Oscar
LYRICS: HELLO.MUDDUH Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh - Allan Sherman
LYRICS: HEMD Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell And Dean - The CREEP
LYRICS: HIPPO I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas - Gayla Peevey
LYRICS: HOMECOMING.QUEEN The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun - Julie Brown
LYRICS: IRVING The Ballad Of Irving & The Son Of Irving - Frank Gallop
LYRICS: ISTANBUL Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants
LYRICS: I.WANNA.KISS.HER I Wanna Kiss Her - Tim Cavanagh
LYRICS: JUNK.FOOD.JUNKIE Junk Food Junkie - Larry Groce
LYRICS: KANGAROO Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport - Rolf Harris
LYRICS: KOOKAMONGA The Battle Of Kookamonga - Homer & Jethro
LYRICS: LAST.WILL Last Will And Temperament - The Frantics
LYRICS: LEHRER.REVISITED the _Tom Lehrer Revisited_ album
LYRICS: LEHRER.WASTED the _An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer_ album
LYRICS: LEHRER.TW3 the _That Was The Year That Was_ album by Tom Lehrer
LYRICS: LEHRER.MISC Some miscellaneous non-album Tom Lehrer songs
LYRICS: LEHRER.DIFF a detailed list of lyric variations in Tom's songs
LYRICS: LEPROSY Leprosy - Eu-Four-Ia
LYRICS: LIBYAN Libyan On A Jet Plane - Pinkard & Bowden
LYRICS: LIFE.SUCKS Life Sucks, Then You Die - The Fools
LYRICS: LOUIE.LOUIE Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
LYRICS: LYDIA Lydia, The Tattooed Lady - Groucho Marx
LYRICS: MAJOR.GENERAL The Major-General's Song - The Pirates of Penzance (the song that Tom Lehrer's "The Elements" is a parody of)
LYRICS: MIDDLE.OF.THE.HOUSE In The Middle Of The House - Vaughn Monroe
LYRICS: MONSTER.MASH Monster Mash - Bobby (Boris) Pickett
LYRICS: MONSTER.HASH Monster Hash - The Toyes
LYRICS: MY.SON.THE.JOKE the _My Son The Joke_ album by Dickie Goodman
LYRICS: NEGLIGEE parody of Yesterday - Marty Hale-Evans & Melinda Hale
LYRICS: NIPPLE What's So Bad About A Nipple? - The Toyes
LYRICS: NK.REINDEER New Kids Got Run Over by a Reindeer
LYRICS: OPEN.THAT.CAN Open That Can - Nancy White
LYRICS: PARAKEETS The Biggest Parakeets In Town - Jud Strunk
LYRICS: PARTICLE Particle Man - They Might Be Giants
LYRICS: PENCIL.NECK.GEEK Pencil Neck Geek - Freddie Blassie
LYRICS: PLASTIC.JESUS Plastic Jesus - The Goldcoast Singers
LYRICS: POLKA.DOT.UNDIES Polka Dot Undies - Bowser & Blue
LYRICS: REAL.WORLD It's A Real World (After All) - Duck Logic
LYRICS: SCOTSMAN The Scotsman - Bryan Bowers
LYRICS: SHAKESPEARE.RAP The Shakespeare Rap - Open Season
LYRICS: SHAVING.CREAM Shaving Cream - Benny Bell & Dr. Demento
LYRICS: SHEL.SONGS.STORIES Shel Silverstein's _Songs And Stories_ LP
LYRICS: SHERMAN.FOLKSINGER Allan Sherman's _My Son, The Folk Singer_ (1st WB LP
)
LYRICS: SHERMAN.CELEBRITY Allan Sherman's _My Son, The Celebrity_ (2nd WB LP)
LYRICS: SHERMAN.NUT Allan Sherman's _My Son, The Nut_ (3rd WB LP)
LYRICS: SHERMAN.WONDERLAND Allan Sherman's _Allan In Wonderland_ (4th WB LP)
LYRICS: SHERMAN.SWINGIN Allan Sherman's _For Swingin' Livers Only!_ (5th WB LP)
LYRICS: SHERMAN.NAME Allan Sherman's _My Name Is Allan_ (6th WB LP)
LYRICS: SHERMAN.LIVE Allan Sherman's _Allan Sherman - Live!!!_ (7th WB LP)
LYRICS: SHERMAN.TOGETHERNESS Allan Sherman's _Togetherness_ (8th WB LP)
LYRICS: SHERMAN.FIGLEAVES Allan Sherman's unreleased _Fig Leaves Are Falling_
LYRICS: SHORT.PEOPLE Short People - Randy Newman, plus Chevy Chase's version and "Tall People" by Wee Willie Small
LYRICS: SLAW.LANE Life in the Slaw Lane - Kip Addotta
LYRICS: SMOKE.OFF The Smoke-Off - Shel Silverstein
LYRICS: SMOKE.TWO.JOINTS Smoke Two Joints - The Toyes
LYRICS: SPAZCHOW the _Spazchow_ album - Barnes & Barnes
LYRICS: SPIKE.JONES A few Spike Jones classics: "The Nutcracker Suite", "Ya Wanna Buy A Bunny?", "Pal-Yat-Chee", "All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)", and "It Never Rains In Sunny California"
LYRICS: SQUIRRELS Squirrels - The Beastly Boys
LYRICS: STAR.TREKKIN Star Trekkin' - The Firm
LYRICS: STINKY.BREATH Stinky Breath - Doctor Badbreath
LYRICS: STRESS Stress - Jim Infantino
LYRICS: TAKE.ME.AWAY They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV
LYRICS: THE.THING The Thing - Phil Harris, plus "The Chandler's Wife"
LYRICS: TRUCKER Trucker - Corky & The Juice Pigs
LYRICS: VOOBAHA the _Voobaha_ album - Barnes & Barnes
LYRICS: WE.ARE.THE.WORMS We Are the Worms - Johnson & Toftee
LYRICS: WERECOW Werecow - Flippy T. Fishead
LYRICS: WET.DREAM Wet Dream - Kip Addotta
LYRICS: WHOS.ON.FIRST Who's On First? - Abbott & Costello
Thanks to Dean Myers (email-address-deleted) for sending the Al lyrics, Bill
Kinnersley (email-address-deleted) for sending the Allan Sherman album lyrics, and
Bill Gasarch (email-address-deleted) for sending many of the others, and many more
which I am still putting in!
Thanks,
Jeff
Here is the contents of the AL.RARE file:
Belvedere Cruising - home tape, 1976
School Cafeteria - home tape, 1976
Take Me Down - submission on local San Luis Obispo (SLO) LP
Leisure Suit Serenade - home tape, 1979
Cheerios, Apple Jacks, Cheerios - home tape, 1979
Nobody Here But Us Frogs - home tape, 1979
American Slob - home tape, 1978?
Hit Me With A Rock - home tape, 1979?
Dead Car Battery Blues - home tape, 1979?
Never Met A Person As Wonderful As Me - home tape, 1979?
Born To Be Mild - live recording, 1979
School Cafeteria - single B-side, 1979
Baby Likes Burping - bathroom recording, 1979
You Don't Take Your Showers - live on The Dr. Demento Show, around 1979
Crampton Comes Alive/Throw Gravy On You/Take Me To The Liver/I'm Fatter - food medley live on The Dr. Demento Show, around 1979
If I Could Make Love To A Bottle - live, circa 1980-1984
Won't Eat Prunes Again - demo, 1980?
It's Still Billy Joel to Me - home tape, 1980
Pac-Man - band demo, 1981
I Love Rocky Road (demo) - demo tape, 1981?
Stop Draggin' My Car Around (demo) - band demo, 1982
We Got The Beef - part of food medley, 1983-1984
Flatbush Avenue - part of food medley, 1983-1984
Sometimes You Feel Like A Nut - part of food medley, 1984
Take The L Out Of Liver - part of food medley, 1984
food medley as performed in 1985
Anniversary Song - w/ Barnes & Barnes for Dr. D's 15 anniversary show, 1985
Holiday Greetings - radio station promo record, 1987
Holiday Greetings - radio station promo record, 1988
Polka Patterns - Square One TV, 1991
Chicken Pot Pie - part of food medley since 1992
Snack All Night - part of food medley in 1992
Green Eggs And Ham - part of food medley since 1994
I'll Repair For You - from Bad Hair Day tour
Laundry Day - part of medley since 1996
Gee, I'm A Nerd - part of medley since 1996
The Weird Al Show theme song - theme to the CBS Saturday morning TV series
Other songs from "The Weird Al Show"
The Ballad Of Kent Marlow - from "Safety Patrol", ABC, 3-29-98
*Homer & Marge - from "The Simpsons" episode EABF12, FOX, 4-13-03
Here is the contents of the BENNY.BELL file:
The Automobile Song
Everybody Likes My Fanny
The Tattooed Lady
Humoresque in C Major
Take A Ship For Yourself
The Farewell Song
Wading In The Water
Jack Of All Trades
A Goose For My Girl
There Ain't No Santa Claus
A Disgusted Millionaire
Did You Ever Hear That Song
Dopey John
Gelt, Gelt, Gelt (in Yiddish)
Gelt, Gelt, Gelt (English translation of above)
A Freileche Lidl (in Yiddish)
Jolly Jingles (English translation of above)
Fancy Definitions
Go To Work You Jerk
I'll Never Get Drunk Again
McCarthy & McGinnis
Meet Me On The Corner
Noses Run In My Family
interview with Benny Bell by Dr. Demento from late 1982, including the songs: Ikey & Mikey Sweet Violets Pincus The Peddler
Here is the contents of the COMPUTER.SONGS file, and what the songs are
parodies of:
"Computer Man" - "Piano Man" by Billy Joel
"I've Built a Better Model Than the One at Data General" - "The Major-General's Song" from _The Pirates of Penzance_
"Fifty Ways To Hose Your Code" - "Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover" by Paul Simon
"The Longest Path" - "The Longest Time" by Billy Joel
"UNIX" - "Money" by Pink Floyd
"The Boys of HP" - "The Boys of Summer" by Don Henley
"Cycles for Nothing" - "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits
"UNIX Man" - "Nowhere Man" by The Beatles
"The Swapper" - "The Seeker" by The Who
"Waiting for the Sun" - "Waiting for the Sun" by The Doors
"Programmer" - "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel
"Silicon Valley Guy" - "Valley Girl" by Frank Zappa
"Superpolylogarithmic Subexponential Functions" - "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"
"White Collar Holler" - "Workin' on the Railway Line" by Leadbelly (Huddy Leadbetter's) [thanks to email-address-deleted for pointing this out!]
"I Want an RT" - "I Want a New Drug" by Huey Lewis
"My Favorite Computer Things" - "My Favorite Things" from _The Sound of Music_
"Write in C" - "Let It Be" by The Beatles
"I Love You a Function and a Set" - "A Bushel and a Peck"
"Do-It Yourself" - "McNamara's Band"
"The Program Of (Our) Dreams" - "River Of Dreams" by Billy Joel
"Microsoft Word" - "Wild World" by Cat Stevens
"Where's The Service?" - not a parody