neonnurse: One more for tonight

Susan the Neon Nurse (

neonnurse) wrote,
@ 2007-02-07 22:45:00

Current mood:

tired

One more for tonight
A little late for Tune Tunesday again, so here is an extra song. The theme continues to be Valentine's Day!

Click here for Dean Martin - That's Amore

Click here for Wrockers - Oscar Hijuelos - I Want to Eat

Oscar Hijuelos is the first Hispanic American novelist to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his 1989 novel The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, which info I gleaned from the internet. And here is a snippet of an online review by Kevin Quigley, to give you fair warning. "...this song about "the consumptive nature of love" takes a couple of listenings before you get over the "What the hell?" first impression. Then it becomes really fun. Sample lyric: "I want to eat your sister (can't resist her) / I want to eat your map of Arabia." And it gets weirder from there."

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That's Amore

bojojoti
2007-02-08 06:21 am UTC (link)

When the moon hits your eye, Like a big pizza pie, That's amore.

When an eel bites your hand, And that's not what you planned, That's a moray.

When our habits are strange, And our customs deranged, That's our mores.

When your horse munches straw, And the bales total four, That's some more hay.

When Othello's poor wife, Becomes stabbed with a knife, That's a Moor, eh?

When your sheep go to graze, In a damp marshy place, That's a moor, eh?

When you ace your last tests, Like you did all the rest, That's some more "A"s!

A comedian ham, With the name Amsterdam, That's a Morey.

A New Zealander man/With a permanent tan/That's a Maori

When your chocolate graham, Is with marshmallows crammed, That s'more, eh?

When you've had quite enough, Of this dumb rhyming stuff, That's "No more!", eh?

(I can't remember where I picked this up from, but it amused me.)

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Re: That's Amore

padparadscha
2007-02-08 08:02 am UTC (link)

For years I didn’t know any words to that song, so I made up a bunch of my own:

“When! You! Walk through the wall from your room to the hall! That’s a DOORWAY!”

“When! You! Go on outside, and you might take a ride! That’s a FORAY!”

“When! At! Night you dress fine and you drink too much wine! That’s a SOIRÉE!”

“When! The! Fjord has a troll and he demands a toll! You're in NORWAY!”

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	Re: That's Amore neonnurse 2007-02-08 08:31 pm UTC (link)
	I bet you can't guess what song has been in my head all day today. (But I don't mind, these are funny.) I like how you caught the sound of the song with all the ! ! ! ! (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	Re: That's Amore padparadscha 2007-02-09 08:34 am UTC (link)
	My friend started that. She also did a pretty good illustration of the ! ! ! ! in that song here. (She's also the one responsible for my default and h4x0r Hank icons, so I like to pimp her gallery once in a while.) (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	Re: That's Amore neonnurse 2007-02-09 06:36 pm UTC (link)
	She's really good! I had seen the link to the h4x0r Hank before (probably from you) but it's always fun to see again! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: That's Amore bojojoti 2007-02-10 04:58 am UTC (link)
	I love that! May I save it (with credit to padparadscha, of course)? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	Re: That's Amore padparadscha 2007-02-10 04:59 am UTC (link)
	Why, sure! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: That's Amore neonnurse 2007-02-08 08:28 pm UTC (link)
	Are you sure you didn't make those all up yourself, but you are too modest to admit it? I've been chortling all morning over these! (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	Re: That's Amore bojojoti 2007-02-10 04:59 am UTC (link)
	I wish I had, but, no. I wish I had thought to find who had done it and given proper credit. I love a bad pun! (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	Re: That's Amore filkferengi 2007-02-11 07:29 pm UTC (link)
	They show up in Spider Robinson's _The Callahan Touch_, starting on page 122 of the paperback edition [the middle of chapter 7, "The Mick Of Time"]. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	Re: That's Amore bojojoti 2007-02-11 08:20 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you so much. I love to give credit where credit is due. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	Re: That's Amore filkferengi 2007-02-11 09:08 pm UTC (link)
	You're welcome. Thanks for the excuse to reread a favorite book! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	I want to eat your mental ruminations, your "hey hey"s, your "yeah yeah yeah"s primroseburrows 2007-02-08 07:34 am UTC (link)
	That's Amore! snags "I Want To Eat" is one of my three favourite songs by the Remainders. It's so, so random and wonderful. Everyone download it, liek, now. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: I want to eat your mental ruminations, your "hey hey"s, your "yeah yeah yeah"s neonnurse 2007-02-08 08:32 pm UTC (link)
	That's a fabulous icon! (Reply to this) (Parent)

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