35 sweet goodbyes: the Fetchland proper music wire

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GregP
GregP
Oct 2023
10:23am, 25 Oct 2023
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Arguably not "proper music", but I've just realised that the line in Blink-182's What's My Age Again? is

I wore cologne to get the feeling right


not

I walk alone to get the feeling right


as I'd thought for the last 20-odd years.
swittle
swittle
Oct 2023
1:01pm, 25 Oct 2023
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swittle
Following the theme of perfume in lyrics, 'Carey' (Joni Mitchell) includes these lines:

And I miss my clean white linen
And my fancy French cologne
GregP
GregP
Oct 2023
1:56pm, 25 Oct 2023
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She dabs her skin
With pretty smells
Concealing to appeal
GlennR
GlennR
Oct 2023
9:15pm, 25 Oct 2023
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GlennR
Her perfume was unspeakable
It lingered in the air
Like her artificial laughter
Her mementos of affairs

Brilliant Mistake, Elvis Costello.
swittle
swittle
Oct 2023
11:27pm, 25 Oct 2023
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swittle
Open up the window, let some air into this room
I think I'm almost chokin' from the smell of stale perfume
And that cigarette you're smokin' 'bout scare me half to death
Open up the window, sucker, let me catch my breath

Mama Told Me (Not To Come), Three Dog Night
GregP
GregP
Oct 2023
6:49am, 26 Oct 2023
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GregP
ICYMI, mine was Cinema Show by Genesis
swittle
swittle
Oct 2023
11:24am, 26 Oct 2023
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swittle
Thanks, Grep. A short Google put me right :)
GregP
GregP
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11:29am, 26 Oct 2023
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GregP
I'm assuming nobody's posted this because it's too obvious. I haven't because it's only just popped into my head:

Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
While the sergeants played a marching tune
swittle
swittle
Oct 2023
11:34am, 26 Oct 2023
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swittle
^ The song is a veritable mini-thesaurus!
GregP
GregP
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11:36am, 26 Oct 2023
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GregP
I've never really loved it. This probably makes me a bad person.

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The original prog wire, now incorporating "Moldy Fig: The Fetchland Jazz Wire" and "Dais of Future Passed: Dai's Proper Music Wire".

Ninety minutes from New York to Paris.

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