This is another review originally posted to this very cool music list I’m on.

 

 

Rank & Defiled Rock Classics, volume 19

The Five-Seven-Five Review

 

                I’ve held off posting this for several reasons, one of them

                being that even I’m embarassed by how silly it is.

                There’s nothing novel, I know, about using haiku–

                I was “inspired” by this one:

 

                kenny g is like

                an old bowl of cheerios;

                vast zeroes for mush

               

                Anyway, long live R&D!

 

 

Ohio State Marching Band: Hang On Sloopy

Ha – ang on Sloopy

Ohio State college band

marches past the point

 

U.S. Air Force Falconaires: White Room

In a white room with

lots of planes and bombs

Paint it black, damn you!

 

Doodle Town Pipers: Blowin’ In The Wind

It’s blowin’, all right!

Something in the wind smells like

ripe doggie doodle

 

Doodle Town Pipers: Yesterday

Yesterday, all my–

Yipes! What in the world is this?

Nothing sudden here

 

Maynard Ferguson: Move Over

Fergie ain’t Joplin

Maynard vent your spit valve now

Horn of plenty–NOT!

 

Maynard Ferguson: Living In The Past

Five/four time–now dance!

Living in a cardboard box

without this record

 

Four King Cousins: God Only Knows

Four king cousins, huh?

A joke about royalty

inbreeding punchline

Eviscerating

Brian Wilson masterpiece

It’s too four king bad

 

Harry Belafonte: Down on the Corner

Tally this ‘nanner!

CCR and Harry-NO!

Limbo on THIS, bud!

 

Lena Horne: In My Life

Last name not “Horny”

In my life, I loathe this song

Last train to lameville

 

Si Zentner: Walk-Don’t Run

Si has a cool name

Here, Si, take this wad of cash

Buy a freaking clue

 

Jan Peerce: And I Love Her

And I love her, huh?

Not enough to spare this song

Beatles get reamed again

 

Rudy Vallee: Winchester Cathedral

Geezer, take a tip–

Trade megaphone for tailpipe

Breathe deeply, Rudy

 

Rudy Vallee: Michelle

Lecherous love song

Cuddle up to your bedpan!

Michelle, my sore ears!

 

Martin Denny: Blowin’ In The Wind

New Christy Minstrals: Blowin’ In The Wind

How many times must

A lamb fall down before they

Carve it for gyros?

 

New Christy Minstrals: These Boots Are Made for Walkin’

Wimpy folkie nerds

Nancy could kick your asses

I’d pay to see it

 

Arthur Lyman: Hang On Sloopy

Cover band chestnut

I have played this one for years

Mallet it to death!

 

Living Trio: Hitchin’ A Ride

Hitchin’ a ride with

a psychopathic trio

You call this living?

 

Martin Denny: Judy’s Turn To Cry

Judy’s not alone

Tropical breezes blow foul

We will all cry now

 

The Sunset Strings: Oh! Pretty Woman

Beauty is skin deep

Sunset Strings prove old adage

Ugly to the core

 

Sunset Strings: Dream Baby

The sun sets too soon

Roy Orbison spins in grave

Dream baby-nightmare

 

Harvey Averne Dozen: The Word

Breezy cover tune

Will the torture never end?

Say the word, it’s AAARRRGGH!

 

David Bowie: Knock On Wood

The thin white duke, huh?

David stick to diamond dogs

Leave soul to the Yanks

 

Steve & Eydie: Turn Down Day

Merv Griffin Show guests

Are you trying to “rock out”?

Turn this down right now!

 

Tony Mottola: Love Child

Tony, why did you

pimp-slap this bastard like a

red-headed stepchild?

 

Ricky Nelson: I Shall Be Released

Poor Harriet’s kid

Released from mortality

Fly like a brick, man!

 

 

 

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Oh, enough! Take me HOME, dirty back roads!