This series will include as many of my all-time
favorite (ATF) tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak). Now, each one included in each edition will
have some connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination,
but they will not be numbered. For I
just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others. So, this will not be a countdown, but if you
are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter. Besides, with no countdown, this could go on
forever and ever! Oh, and despite the
fact that there is absolutely no way your musical tastes could be as exquisite
as mine, I welcome any suggestions you might dare to make. For I am, after all, quite magnanimous by
nature.
Signs
Five Man Electrical Band
And the sign said
Long-haired freaky people
Need not apply
So I tucked my hair up under my hat
And I went in to ask him why
He said
You look like a fine upstanding young man
I think you'll do
So I took off my hat
I said
Imagine that
Huh
Me workin' for you
Whoa oh oh
Sign sign
Everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery
Breakin' my mind
Do this
Don't do that
Can't you read the sign
And the sign said
Anybody caught trespassin'
Would be shot on sight
So I jumped on the fence
And-a yelled at the house
Hey
What gives you the right
To put up a fence to keep me out
Or to keep mother nature in
If God was here
He'd tell you to your face
Man
You're some kinda sinner
Sign sign
Everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery
Breakin' my mind
Do this
Don't do that
Can't you read the sign
Now
Hey you Mister
Can't you read
You've got to have a shirt
And tie to get a seat
You can't even watch
No you can't eat
You ain't supposed to be here
The sign said
You got to have a membership card to get inside
Ugh
And the sign said
Everybody welcome
Come in
Kneel down
And pray
But when they passed around the plate
At the end of it all
I didn't have a penny to pay
So I got me a pen and a paper
And I made up my own little sign
I said
Thank you Lord
For thinkin' 'bout me
I'm alive
And doin' fine
Woo
Sign sign
Everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery
Breakin' my mind
Do this
Don't do that
Can't you read the sign
Sign sign
Everywhere a sign
Sign
Sign sign
Link: [April Wine]
Sign of the Gypsy Queen
April Wine
Lightning smokes on the hill rise
Brought the man with the warning light
Shouting loud
You had better fly
While the darkness can help you hide
Trouble's coming without control
No one's staying that's got a hope
Hurricane at the very least
In the words of the gypsy queen
Sign of the gypsy queen
Pack your things and leave
Word of a woman who knows
Take all your gold and you go
Get my saddle and tie it on
Western wind
Who is fast and strong
Jump on back
He's good and long
We’ll resist ‘til we reach the dawn
Running seems like the best offense
Staying just don't make any sense
No one could ever stop it now
Show the cards of the gypsy town
Sign of the gypsy queen
Pack your things and leave
Word of a woman who knows
Take all your gold and you go
Shadows moving without a sound
From the hold of the sleepless town
Evil seems to be everywhere
Heed the spirit that brought despair
Trouble's coming without control
No one's staying that’s got a hope
Hurricane at the very least
In the words of the gypsy queen
Sign of the gypsy queen
Pack your things and leave
Word of a woman who knows
Take all your gold and you go
Sign of the gypsy queen
Pack your things and leave
Word of a woman who knows
Take all your gold and you go
Sign of the gypsy queen
Pack your things and leave
Word of a woman who knows…
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The notices were better than the music.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Adullamite!!! Your punk years are lasting way too long.
DeleteSigns is a song that frequently pops in my head for some reason
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Ann!!! A curious thought popped into my head during the editing process of Signs concerning whether or not there were any signs up to keep unnecessary people out of the studio during the official recording of the sign.
DeleteI haven't heard of the band. When I get home I will have to look them up....I will remember..
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Whiteangel? Which one? Both made fairly big splashes here in America over 30 years ago.
DeleteHaven't heard of either of them in Australia, but no doubt someone would have. Maybe at that time I was doing something else.
DeleteThanks for stopping by again, my dear Whiteangel!!! Yeah, that has happened to me in the past, and it seems to be happening much more often these days. I seldom have any idea what else I was doing at the time, though. Sigh.
DeleteI've not heard of either before now. If I had to make a choice...I prefer April Wine to the first band....maybe it's the wine...any month will do. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Lee!!! I became acquainted with April Wine long after they were a pretty big deal. I don't think the Five-Man band did much after that one big smash.
DeleteI'm not familiar with tyhese guys, but the lyrics are intriguing.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Stephen!!! I am assuming that you are talking about April Wine. For you could not have been anywhere near a radio playing rock music for more more than a few minutes at a time back in the day without hearing Signs at least a dozen times.
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