Birds Birds Birds

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 4:44 pm

Ok, here's some kind of game...in my reckoning there are 17 songs on actual EC albums in which birds are mentioned....

one is a bit cheeky though, but valid. ''punishing his secretary''bird and ''I just wanna hear Gulls talk'' will not be accepted however!

Name those 17 songs!

miss buenos aires · Post by **miss buenos aires** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 4:48 pm

'Well, it was a powerful day
And there were black crows in the road"

--Sleep of the Just

Watching_Detectives · Post by **Watching_Detectives** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 5:14 pm

''I just wanna hear Gulls talk'' will not be accepted however!

pip_52 · Post by **pip_52** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 5:20 pm

Does it count if its in the title?

Battered Old Bird (obviously)

"Never said I was a stool pigeon . . ."
- Green Shirt

"And in that black flamingo chair . . ."
- Clown Strike

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 5:23 pm

Battered old bird....oops

, I left that out of the 17 cos it was on the other side of my bit of paper...ok it's 18 total...

14 left!

Pip..you're on the ball tonight gal! Flamingo chair I thought might be a stumper!

Goody2Shoes · Post by **Goody2Shoes** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 6:03 pm

Does this mean actual types of birds, or just the word 'bird'?

If so,

'And she carries a bird-purse, with all of her womanly ways'
--Pads, Paws and Claws

'But with a bird in his hand, and two on a string'
--You Little Fool

The Birds Will Still Be Singing

If not, well, then, never mind.

Jackson Doofster · Post by **Jackson Doofster** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 7:51 pm

I'm assuming that the cheeky one is 'Pidgin English'

Toy Soldier-Scaremonger · Tue Feb 17, 2004 8:00 pm

I have a Congo African Grey Parrot who I love as if he's my only child and as God as my witness, every single time I play 'The Birds Will Still Be Singing' he goes berserk! He's done this for the ten years that I've had him. The strange thing is that he really doesn't do a thing throughout all of 'The Juliet Letters' probably cuz of the somber nature of the music but when it comes to the last track..............................it's whistling city!

I wonder how a cat would react to 'Pads Paws & Claws'?

DrJ · Post by **DrJ** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 8:46 pm

"Now there's a bird at my window, he feeds upon the pain" (after checking the lyrics online)

The Bridge I Burned

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 12:45 am

Yeah all those count....I did go for the word 'bird' as well as specific names, just to bulk it up....ha ha, I did count pidgin in pidgin english yes! There is one other that may be a bit difficult for non-birdy types though...

only 9 more.

PS..Toy Soldier...those parrotts are great, my friend had one that use to verbally abuse his in-laws!

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 5:17 am

Hmm...

1. Peace Dove & Understanding
2. Getting Mighty Crow-ded
3. It's Starling To Come To Me
4. Swallow Grave
5. I Swan-t You.

Do I win a prize?

PlaythingOrPet · Post by **PlaythingOrPet** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 5:36 am

I love you, VG.

All bow to the pun-meister! You should work for The Sun.

Goody2Shoes · Post by **Goody2Shoes** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 9:19 am

"Well I'm the lucky goon who composed this tune from birds arranged on the high wire"
--Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4

VG, you are a genius.

Jackson Doofster · Post by **Jackson Doofster** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 9:27 am

How about:

Robin Horse Road
Night(jar) Rally
I'll Wear Tit Proudly
Finch by Finch
Wren I was Cruel

Ok...so I'm just being silly (and stealing VGs idea)

Thought of one....

"Bluebird singing in the tree, seems to sympathise with me...."

Colour of the Blues (interesting that he uses the UK English Spelling there)

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 9:46 am

There's nothing as sexy as a guy who can come up with good puns off the top of his head. Unless it's my brother (sorry, Paul).

"He was a playboy, charmed the birds right out of the trees..."

PlaythingOrPet · Post by **PlaythingOrPet** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 11:19 am

"Weeping over some tiny broken bird"

Almost Ideal Eyes

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 11:49 am

Jackson Doofster wrote:Finch by Finch
Wren I was Cruel

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 12:53 pm

For LC:

http://www.fotolog.net/jvoves/?photo_id=6166036

pip_52 · Post by **pip_52** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 1:01 pm

"You can pray to your uncle
Only get that chicken out of here"
- Night Rally

"All the vultures tuning in to Glitter Gulch"
- Glitter Gulch

(Does it count if the song was actually an instrumental? Because in the words to Stalin Malone, even though they werent used, there's this line:

"Yes, horse's heads up hung in the trees after
the bird had flown"

If not, then nevermind . . .)

Goody2Shoes · Post by **Goody2Shoes** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 2:15 pm

"How he wanted to smash her skull when she parroted back, tell mommy, tell poppy, you need this little dolly"
--A Town Called Big Nothing

which song, by the way, has been haunting me and very much growing on me lately. Really nice guitar and trumpet, Sy Richardson's verrrry sexy voice, and imagery that is keeping me warm this winter.

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 5:19 am

Hi, Im back from sunny Loch Lomond...now officially a field first-aider! Who's first for mouth-to-mouth and heart massage???

Selfmademug gets the award for finding one I missed from 'The Element within her'...well done! PS..that is a great pic of your parrot!

Pip, I can't tell a cuckoo clock from the squeals of saxaphones, so I did count that one!

Everyone else a very well done to you....special mention to the mighty VoibalGym and Doof for the funnies.

still 3 more though...one's a real ornithologist geek one, one is in a song that's already been mentioned, and then there's the other. (bonus points also for the extra one from an EC album that he never sang on)

Anyway, must fly...

Watching_Detectives · Post by **Watching_Detectives** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 6:30 am

Has "and the birds all fly from the branches in a panic" been said?

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 9:43 am

Does "Goose step dancing, can't hear myself speak" from Radio Sweetheart count as being on an actual album?

Similarly "The seabirds diving down into black water" from Rope on For The Stars?

Also from Dissolve "Can I spit out the truth or would you rather just swallow a lie?"

Or am I stretching it a bit?

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 10:04 am

Crow, how were those bonny, bonny banks? I had a nice walk along the length of 'em (on the eastern shore) last May... PS, that is not my parrot, but I loved the pic.

legman open to offers · Fri Feb 20, 2004 12:08 pm

Blame It On Crane.