Kendrix Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 Building on the momentum we have going here... A couplet in a a Joni song always tickled me cause of the unusual rhyme. Thinking about it challenges me to find some of my own. Perhaps we can generate a list of existing/original ones to get each others juices flowing. From Joni: " Take all the trees put em in a tree museum Charge all the people a dollar and a quarter just ro see 'em." Museum... See 'em. For some reason I just love that one. Its not one that I'd have easily thought of - yet the lyric sounds perfectly natural. Others? Check out some tunes here: http://www.garageband.com/artist/KenFava Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george costanza Posted October 26, 2003 Share Posted October 26, 2003 While I ponder any actual rhymes to proffer, I'm reminded of the alledged impossibility of rhyming the word "orange"...that attempt might yeild some stretches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¾ Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 this was from an old cowboy song from the 1930's rain cold and grey under sunset orange cows old just graze grazing our old poor range the only good signature is the one on a cheque or a confession Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george costanza Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 That's hip, 3/4! What song is that? The best I'd heard before (from a song about this "difficulty") was orange/porridge. [We must note, however, that "legally" the short "a" of orange & the long "a" of range are not "true" rhymes... but still better than porridge!] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george costanza Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 Originally posted by Kendrix: A couplet in a a Joni song always tickled me cause of the unusual rhyme. From Joni: " Take all the trees put em in a tree museum Charge all the people a dollar and a quarter just ro see 'em." It's come to my Halloween-holiday-oriented attention that this rhyme is also used in the theme song to TV's Addams Family, which preceded Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi" rhyme (at least in published form) by several years. "...their house is a museum where people come to see 'em..." I suspect this could be an accident but, given the nature of our pop culture, that Ms. Mitchell spent some TV watching time herself & may have picked up this one while relaxing in David Crosby's hot tub (Crosby being an early, pre-contract contact of JM's). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-berger Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 Kind of unrelated question but what is the title of that Joni Mitchell song? I assume it's the "paved paradise/put up a parking lot" song? My ex a while back gave me a mix CD with that song at the end of it (right before we broke up incidentally), and I've always been rather enchanted by it, but don't know the song name! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george costanza Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 As mentioned in my comment earlier, it's called "Big Yellow Taxi". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipclone 1 Posted November 11, 2003 Share Posted November 11, 2003 kinda like the recent remake of that one, by Counting Crows. Same old surprises, brand new cliches- Skipsounds on Soundclick: www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandid=602491 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djwayne Posted November 11, 2003 Share Posted November 11, 2003 Haven't you ever seen an orange door hinge ?? Living' in the shadow, of someone else's dream.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I I mjrn Posted November 11, 2003 Share Posted November 11, 2003 Here's one from today's newpaper comics [bC by Johnny Hart]: "When I tried to find a word that rhymed with the selfless love of a veteran all I could come up with was: there's no one they ain't better'n!" BTW, in reference to thread icon "Big Yeller Taxi", if you like the song, forget Counting Crows; check out the version Bob Dylan cut for his immortal Self Portrait record! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 NONE of them could top Dr. Seuss! Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barandine Vondenger Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 Originally posted by whitefang: NONE of them could top Dr. Seuss! Whitefangtruer words have never been spoken. QUICK! what rhymes with "Oranges) and I need a rhyme for "laxative". HURRY! Frank Ranklin and the Ranktones WARP SPEED ONLY STREAM FRANKIE RANKLIN (Stanky Franks) <<< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djwayne Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 I'll have to take it to the maxitive. Guess you've never heard of store hinges, those are the hinges on the door, down at the store, need I say more ?? Living' in the shadow, of someone else's dream.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 Originally posted by djwayne: I'll have to take it to the maxitive. Guess you've never heard of store hinges, those are the hinges on the door, down at the store, need I say more ??HE'S a poet! Don't you know it? Hope he don't blow it! Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedly Nightshade Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 Every time I hear that Addams Family/Joni rhyme, it strikes me as very self-conscious and cutesy. Fits better with the Addams Family. I love abused and misfit rhymes though. A WOP BOP A LU BOP, A LOP BAM BOOM! "There is nothing I regret so much as my good behavior. What demon possessed me that I behaved so well?" -Henry David Thoreau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jre_productions Posted December 5, 2003 Share Posted December 5, 2003 How about a rhyme for PURPLE? Besides Rodger's "Maple surple" line? Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platy Posted December 6, 2003 Share Posted December 6, 2003 Originally posted by jre_productions: How about a rhyme for PURPLE? Besides Rodger's "Maple surple" line? Joenurple, duh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strat0124 Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 How bout ole Arlo Guthrie's: "naw, I don't wanna die, just wanna ride my motor cy......cle." Down like a dollar comin up against a yen, doin pretty good for the shape I'm in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendrix Posted December 10, 2003 Author Share Posted December 10, 2003 Originally posted by Geenard: How bout ole Arlo Guthrie's: "naw, I don't wanna die, just wanna ride my motor cy......cle."Good one. Man I haent heard that in years. It reminds me that WNEW in NYC used to play the full lenghth version of Alices restaraunt every thanksgiving day. Its been a while though. Check out some tunes here: http://www.garageband.com/artist/KenFava Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLsound Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 Originally posted by Geenard: How bout ole Arlo Guthrie's: "naw, I don't wanna die, just wanna ride my motor cy......cle."How about another Arlo Guthrie rhyme: Flying into Los Angelees, bringin' in a couple o' Kee's (not sure what the right abreviation for Kilos is) Jim http://www.artistlaunch.com/artist4.asp?artistid=3633 http://www.myspace.com/jlockmusic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougsthang Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 "He wore pants that were colored orange & purple something you might see being worn by Urkle his coat was worst only purple and orange missing an "n" he found it in storage he sold chocolate that was actually laxative rather than call please just fax it in" hey if REM can write nonsense why can't we? overheard street personality on Venice Beach "Man, that Bullshit is Bulllshhittt...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihategarybettman Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 What about one of the worst couplets, courtesy of the Steve Miller Band: "Billy Mack is a detective down in Texas/You know he knows just exactly what the facts is" (from "Take the Money and Run")? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Strat Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Originally posted by ihategarybettman: What about one of the worst couplets, courtesy of the Steve Miller Band: "Billy Mack is a detective down in Texas/You know he knows just exactly what the facts is" (from "Take the Money and Run")?I think that the "facts is" part rhymes with the "taxes" part in the fourth line: Billy Mack is a detective down in Texas, You know he knows just exactly what the facts is; He ain't gonna let those two escape justice, He makes his living off other peoples taxes. BlueStrat a.k.a. "El Guapo" ...Better fuzz through science... http://geocities.com/teleman28056/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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