Well done, but i reckon you cheated and used the intanurd.

I never said it was Floyd.

OK who sung

'Alan Shearers illegimate,
he has got no birth certificate,
he's got aids and wouldn't admit,
dirty black and white basket.'

A load of Makams at any Tyne/Wear derby?? :D :D

Yes I cheated - I said I was off to look it up!

I'm not surprised though, Genesis never really floated my boat - I was too young ;)

Very entertaining indeed knowing that there are still loads of us listening to classic rock - but I dont like being reminded of how old I am by youngozwhippersnappers.
I've recently been buying cd versions of vinyl that I havnt been able to play for decades too !
Heres some more to get you going !
'All around my hat I will wear the green willow ...'
and
'Sitting on a park bench - eying little girls with bad intent ...'
and
'Long distance runaround ...'

Ha!!!

How about this Shaun, while you were listening to Genesis I was listening to an album called - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables.

Name me the band, and for extra points and comedic value tell me what the lead singers name was!

:D

The Dead Kennedys !








of course I cheated !

the track listings from their albums do make them look very intriguing tho - must have a lime for them soon :)

Are you going for the bonus points?

The same band who almost had a hiyt with Holiday in Cambodia and also sang such charming songs as i kill children.

And not i didn't use the internet.



















I asked our resident office nurd.:lol: coz i was clueless.



Spot on Gizmo with the answer to my other question

Ha!!

That song was on the Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables album, well done.

They *may* have had a few issues, check out the lyrics!

HOLIDAY IN CAMBODIA
So you been to school for a year or two / And you know you’ve seen it all / In daddy’s car, thinkin’ you’ll go far / Back east your type don’t crawl / Play ethnincky jazz to parade you snazz / On your five grand stereo / Braggin’ that you know how the ******s feel the cold / And the slum’s got so much soul / It’s time to taste what you most fear / Right Guard will not help you here / Brace yourself, my dear… / It’s a holiday in Cambodia / It’s tough, kid, but it’s life / It’s a holiday in Cambodia / Don’t forget to pack a wife / You’re a star-belly sneech, you suck like a leech / You want everyone to act like you / Kiss ass while you bitch so you can get rich / While your boss gets richer off you / Well you’ll work harder with a gun in your back / For a bowl of rice a day / Slave for soldiers ‘til you starve / Then your head is skewered on a stake / Now you can go where people are one / Now you go where they get things done / What you need, my son… / Is a holiday in Cambodia / Where people dress in black / A holiday in Cambodia / Where you’ll kiss ass or crack / Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot, etc…. / And it’s a holiday in Cambodia / Where you’ll do what you’re told / A holiday in Cambodia / Where the slums got so much soul

Jello Biafra :o


They've really really got me interested now !


Amazon.co.uk Review
Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death is an essential collection of odds, sods, classic singles and non-album rarities from the Dead Kennedys. Heavily socio-political punk forerunners of the 1980's US Hardcore scene, San Francisco's notorious anarcho-satirists The Dead Kennedys were probably the most comic and influential troupe of insurrectionists in the history of American popular music--just ask the pro-censorship lobby. As evidenced by such songs as "Holiday In Cambodia" and "California Uber Alles"--both included here--nobody could beat them for shock value. And although it all ended in tears--and in court, several times--the righteously rabid diatribes of singer Jello Biafra still continue to pack a punch. For anyone unfamiliar as to why certain institutions kept files on them (the DK's were no friends of organised religion, big business, racial intolerance and American high school sports coaches) well, it's all right here. For sheer prescience, for example, how about the early LAPD inspired b-side "Police Truck" (all together now, "Going downtown gonna beat up drunks") which tackled the subject of lawlessly thuggish, baton-happy cops years before the controversy--and riots--surrounding the Rodney King incident. --Kevin Maidment
Description
If you could only own a single Dead Kennedys' album, your best bet would be 1987's 17-track compilation GIVE ME CONVENIENCE OR GIVE ME DEATH. Collecting the controversial quartet's best-known tracks as well as scattered oddities, CONVENIENCE is the ultimate Dead Kennedys set. The Dead Kennedys are categorised by singer/activist Jello Biafra's biting political commentary, the group's unwillingness to takes themselvestoo seriously, and some of the most memorable punk-pop of all-time (music that influenced such future chart-toppers as Green Day and the Offspring). Highlights include such punk anthems as "Police Truck", "Too Drunk to ****", "California Uber Alles", and "Holiday in Cambodia", plus the hilarious stage improv "Night of the Living Rednecks".