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Some bands don't wait around for Weird Al to parody one of their songs, and take a pre-emptive strike and write a silly song of their own.
Entries Beginning with C
"CaliFORE Tour ," Huey Lewis and the News
The first time I saw the band it was at the Lacuna Seca Raceway near Monterey and Salinas. They were on the "Cali-FORE" Tour of May-June 1987 to promote the "FORE!" album that was released the year before. This mini-tour consisted of FOUR/FORE shows in CaliFOREnia - Petaluma, Angels Camp, Lacuna Seca, and Marin County (Bay Area).
I Chase California Girls!
"CD tray picture," Men At Work
CDs sometimes have artwork in the CD trays if the plastic holder is clear. The 'extra' artwork can be interesting, provocative, so many things. it could be a painting or a photo. For instance, the picture 'underneath' the clear CD tray of an MC5 greatest hits CD shows a band member mooning 'you' the viewer. Basically ALL the CD trays from the juvenile uncouth ill-mannered KID Rock has a picture of a hand flipping the bird (oooh, so macho! NOT.). And then there's the pleasant, nice guys of the Aussie band Men at Work. I have a Japanese remastered CD of their legendary debut 'Business As Usual' which spent an amazing 15 weeks on top of the US album charts alone. The CD tray shows the five 'new wave' mates in a photo op together but if you look closely the bassist John Rees has his hand down the left leg of his jeans and he's flipping the 'bird'! Strange that is, that gesture is not used in the land Down Under. Australians use a different gesture to denote 'F.U..'. The.middle finger IS an obscene gesture in the US and Canada but not in Australia (or Japan) so this is a case of a 'hidden message' for Canadian and American listeners. Naughty Aussies!
Underground Listener
"Chump," Green Day
I don't know you but I think I hate you... You're the reason for my misery...
Optimus Lime
"Cobwebs & Strange," The Who
One of Keith Moon's few compositions with the band, it's an instrumental that sounds very much like a demented circus parade. Each member of the band contributes on trombone, penny whistle and ukelele.
Agrimorfee
"Coincidence, maybe?," Paul Revere & the Raiders
the band's singer and organist Paul Revere (real name, originally "Paul Revere Dick") passed away over the weekend. The band was notorious for wearing American Revolutionary Era costumes at their performances. Paul Revere died at the unique and ironic age of 76! That's right, as in 1776 = year of Declaration of Independence. Geddit?
Spiritwalker of 76
"Cover of the Rolling Stone," Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show
This entire song is about wishing to be on Rolling Stone Magazine and there's a lot of satire in this song.
Paul Warren
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