Kalo Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 I got it right away. That song was Huge when I was in college. Then, as I read further into the thread, I thought "am I missing something here?" So, Jim, when are you joining Rupert's band? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 As soon as Dean Friedman lets me go. (glad a few people got it, btw!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man with the Golden Arm Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 I swore you were a Tom T. Hall fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 (edited) Actually, Rupert Holmes probably doesn't tour anymore. However, I'm pretty sure that I read somewhere a while ago that he has some project slated for Broadway. (I'm not joking, either.) Anyone ready for ""Pina Colada: The Musical"? Edited February 23, 2006 by Kalo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontooneous Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Reminds me of the time I tried to get that chick to come to Boston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 I just Googled Rupert Holmes, and it's even weirder than I could ever have imagined. He's a mystery writer now, it seems. And 20 years ago he wrote a musical based on Dickens's unfinished novel "The Mystery of Edwin Drood." Not only that, but Canadian/Armenian film auteur Atom Egoyan's last film was based on a Holmes novel that was in turn based on the story of Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin. I hadn't the heart to Google further. Truth is surely much stranger than fiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Reminds me of the time I tried to get that chick to come to Boston. After you made love in your Chevy van? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 I just Googled Rupert Holmes, and it's even weirder than I could ever have imagined. He's a mystery writer now, it seems. And 20 years ago he wrote a musical based on Dickens's unfinished novel "The Mystery of Edwin Drood." Not only that, but Canadian/Armenian film auteur Atom Egoyan's last film was based on a Holmes novel that was in turn based on the story of Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin. I hadn't the heart to Google further. Truth is surely much stranger than fiction. WHOA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Actually, while I don't much care for 'Pina Colada', Rupert Holmes did write some pretty decent songs, at least a couple of which have been recorded by jazz vocalists: Partners In Crime - Claire Martin The People That You Never Get To Love - Susannah McCorkle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 I still think this sucked. And I never got that email. I'm sure some of us have enough problems of our own, we don't need faux problems of others. Sorry if I wasn't hip enough to get the joke but for me it sucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 I swore you were a Tom T. Hall fan. Now there's a guy who, at his best, wrote great "story songs." If you think I'm joking, check out his amazing "Turn It On, Turn It On, Turn It On," about a WWII 4-F who became a mass-murderer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 On deck: Gonna find my baby, gonna hold her tight gonna grab some afternoon delight. My motto's always been; when it's right, it's right. Why wait until the middle of a cold dark night. When everything's a little clearer in the light of day. And you know the night is always gonna be there any way. Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Afternoon delight. Thinkin' of you's workin' up my appetite looking forward to a little afternoon delight. Rubbin' sticks and stones together makes the sparks ingite and the thought of rubbin' you is getting so exciting. Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Afternoon delight. Started out this morning feeling so polite I always though a fish could not be caught who wouldn't bite But you've got some bait a waitin' and I think I might try nibbling a little afternoon delight. Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Afternoon delight. Please be waiting for me baby when I come around. We could make a lot of lovin' 'for the sun goes down. Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Afternoon delight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontooneous Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 P.S., Jim: It never rains in Southern California. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Sorry, Chuck. I was responding to your e-mail while you were posting. Full explanation included. Hey, now I know I'm old. I like to occasionally play a game of taking really bad song lyrics and presenting them at face value as real-life situations, and then go about crackin' on them in the same way. I just assumed that most everybody would recognize the opening post as a goof on Rupert Holmes' 70s cheese classic "The Pina Colada Song" and start cracking wise. Didn't expect anybody to take it seriously. My bad, and sincerest apologies to all who did. Rest assured, LTB & I are doing great! If it makes it any better, though, I've long had Seattle & Chicago on my short list of places to move to should Texas become truly unliveable. Again, sorry for the mixup. SEE, I TOLD YOU, we didn't know what you were talking about. I recognized the song lyrics, just didn't know what you were getting at. "I was tired of my lady, we'd been together too long" is one of the best opening lines in all of lyricdom! Cracks me up everytime I hear it. Too bad about Seattle, though. Now you'll never experience geoduck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Free For All, ah yes, 'Afternoon Delight' by the Starland Vocal Band. The memories come flooding back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 "Partners in Crime" is a great song. I may have to go put that record on. I had no idea it was written by the Pina Colada dude. I just Googled Rupert Holmes, and it's even weirder than I could ever have imagined. He's a mystery writer now, it seems. And 20 years ago he wrote a musical based on Dickens's unfinished novel "The Mystery of Edwin Drood." Not only that, but Canadian/Armenian film auteur Atom Egoyan's last film was based on a Holmes novel that was in turn based on the story of Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin. I hadn't the heart to Google further. Truth is surely much stranger than fiction. WHOA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 (edited) I have to admit that Holmes was pretty literate for a 70s/80s top 40 songwriter. I still prefer Warren Zevon. Edited February 23, 2006 by Kalo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 And of course the classic: She comes down from Yellow Mountain On a dark, flat land she rides On a pony she named Wildfire With a whirlwind by her side On a cold Nebraska night Oh, they say she died one winter When there came a killing frost And the pony she named Wildfire Busted down its stall In a blizzard he was lost She ran calling Wildfire By the dark of the moon I planted But there came an early snow There's been a hoot-owl howling by my window now For six nights in a row She's coming for me, I know And on Wildfire we're both gonna go We'll be riding Wildfire On Wildfire we're gonna ride Gonna leave sodbustin' behind Get these hard times right on out of our minds Riding Wildfire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Thanks, Free For All, It took me twenty years to forget that song, and you had to go and plant it in my mind Again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 (edited) I'm so sorry. I'll stop now. Edited February 23, 2006 by Free For All Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Johnson Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Man, in that case... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Damn, Sangrey, you should've learned your lesson from this thread: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=11613 I bet you'll never leave that cake out in the rain again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe G Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Damn, Sangrey, you should've learned your lesson from this thread: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=11613 I bet you'll never leave that cake out in the rain again. Forgot about that! Chuck's been taken twice now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 "Stupid Chuck" time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 A long time ago, when the Earth was green There was more kinds of animals than you've ever seen They'd run around free while the Earth was being born And the loveliest of all was the unicorn There was green alligators and long-necked geese Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born The loveliest of all was the unicorn The Lord seen some sinning and it gave Him pain And He says, "Stand back, I'm going to make it rain" He says, "Hey Noah, I'll tell you what to do Build me a floating zoo, and take some of those... Green alligators and long-necked geese Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born Don't you forget My unicorns Old Noah was there to answer the call He finished up making the ark just as the rain started to fall He marched the animals two by two And he called out as they came through Hey Lord, I've got green alligators and long-necked geese Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees Some cats and rats and elephants, but Lord, I'm so forlorn I just can't find no unicorns" And Noah looked out through the driving rain Them unicorns were hiding, playing silly games Kicking and splashing while the rain was falling Oh, them silly unicorns There was green alligators and long-necked geese Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees Noah cried, "Close the door because the rain is falling And we just can't wait for no unicorns" The ark started moving, it drifted with the tide The unicorns looked up from the rocks and they cried And the waters came down and sort of floated them away That's why you never see unicorns to this very day You'll see green alligators and long-necked geese Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born You're never gonna see no unicorns Now you might think this is the ending to the song, But I'll have to tell you friends that in fact you're wrong You see, Unicorns are magical, so when the rain started pouring, They grew themselves some wings and they took to soaring. You'll see green alligators and long-necked geese Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees But if you're looking for the unicorns, don't be forlorn, The second star to the right and straight on until morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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