whatever happened to the squirrel nut zippers?

[lauralh]

"Plenty More"

They may walk hand in hand
Like lovers through the market square
Selecting leather goods,
Pretending that they just don't care
They say all the boys are monsters
All the girls are whores
So when you lose the one you love
There's always plenty more

They may be in a club
All dressed up waiting to meet you
Or in some garret bleak
Despairing over what to do
All the girls are monsters
All the boys are whores
So when you lose the one you love
There's always plenty more.

Comments

HELL

[monstrosity.livejournal.com]

People listen attentively
I mean about future calamity
I used to think the idea was obsolete
Until I heard the old man stamping his feet
This is a place where eternally
Fire is applied to the body
Teeth are extruded and bones are ground
And baked into cakes which are passed around
In the afterlife
You could be headed for the serious strife
Now you make the scene all day
But tomorrow there'll be Hell to pay
Beauty, talent, fame, money, refinement , job skill and brain
And all the things you try to hide
Will be revealed on the other side.
Now the D and A and the M and the N and the A
And the T and the I-O-N
Loose your face
Loose your name
And get fitted for a suit of flames.

Re: HELL

[herbaliser.livejournal.com]

Ah, there you go T. remember it?

[moleque.livejournal.com]

now i have "blue angel" stuck in my head.

most definately my favorite zippers song.

::nods::

[herbaliser.livejournal.com]

My roommate in college would put that one on repeat for like hours...

Re: ::nods::

[(Anonymous)]

yes i would!
-roommate from college


also, remember how i used to fuck up the lyrics to lovers lane, and piss you off all the time?
"the moon is high the sky is bright", how does it go again?

dammit

[herbaliser.livejournal.com]

the sun is down
the moon is bright
lovers gonna stroll all night

you could click on the link up there actually to verify :)

Re: HELL

[greywanderer.livejournal.com]

nope

[herbaliser.livejournal.com]

well, fuck you then.

[greywanderer.livejournal.com]

yo mama.

[akadashi.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure what they've done since 2000's Bedlam Ballroom (which has a nice energy that the other stuff after their first two albums kinda missed), but Katharine Whalen put out an album in 1999 I think called "Katharine Whalen's Jazz Squad" and it's really good. All covers aside from one new instrumental, and highly recommended, both for the vocals and the backing band (which only features one or two of the Zippers).

[herbaliser.livejournal.com]

Cool. I have Samsara but didn't know about this.