Wed 23 Nov 2005
Whatever happened to Neneh Cherry?
Who’s that gigolo on the street
with his hands in his pockets
and his crocodile feet
hanging off the curb
looking all absurd
(watermelon watermelon watermelon watermelon)*
sucking beer through straws
where did you get yours?
I remember reciting this in the halls of my junior high. WAY better than “We like the cars, the cars that go boom.” I mean, the sneer inherent in “crocodile feet”! The near-rhyme of “curb” and “absurd”! Followed by girls drinking beer with straws! Good stuff. I recommend singing it in the supermarket or when approached by sleazy people. What junior high song sticks with you to this day?
*What they tell you to say if you are in choir and forget the words.
November 23rd, 2005 at 2:45 pm
When I was in junior high, we used to run around singing “Punk Rock Girl” by the Dead Milkmen. Also, Andrew Cooke, who all the girls had a crush on, once serenaded a few of us in science class with his rendition of Def Leppard’s “Love Bites.” It was dreamy.
November 28th, 2005 at 4:30 pm
I had “Punk Rock Girl” in my head for way too long one time.
In high school I memorized such immmortal lyrics as “Ice Ice Baby” but all I remember from jr. high is,
I am the Master Rapper and I’m here to SAY
I love Fruity Pebbles in a major major WAY
Bedrock orange purple yellow and RED
but to get the fruity taste, I’ve gotta TRICK FRED!
November 30th, 2005 at 2:59 pm
Lately it’s been “Buffalo Dance,” though that’s definitely a good bit after junior high.
November 30th, 2005 at 3:03 pm
Sadly, I can provide you with the missing lyrics…and not because I checked lyrics.com. I didn’t. I actually know them. It’s something like…
“When the boys from home, they all come runnin’
They were makin’ noise, manhandlin’ toys
(watermelon watermelon) nasty girls
Wearing padded bras, sucking beer through straws
droppin’ down their drawers, but did you get yours?”
Yeah.
November 30th, 2005 at 3:15 pm
Sarah–
Wow, if my mom knew I was listening to lyrics like that in jr. high she would have burned up the cassette tapes or somethin. Merciful memory, editing out the worst stuff.