Kung Fu Fighting? Just the mention of that song reminds me, for some reason, of Rubberband Man. Remember that little ditty?
fredhead, you’re right. Bob is a great writer. My children always give me this look when Bob’s on the radio. One of these looks that says, “Who’s choking the duck?”
reagan_fanatic, how do these people come up with such songs? Do they all congregate at the Mediocre Songwriters Convention and try to figure out ways to dull our minds with this stuff?
How about Da Do Run Run Run by Shawn Cassidy? On second thought, any song by Shawn Cassidy. Make that ANY song by ANY Cassidy (except Eva, of course). A few decades back, I had the great misfortune of attending a, no, chaperoning my younger sibling to a Shawn Cassidy concert. This is what I heard the entire evening (imagine the decibel levels reaching maximum output):
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
*faint*AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here’s one from my teenage years, for some reason it stuck in my head....
David Geddes
Run Joey Run lyrics
(Chorus- woman’s voice)
Daddy please don’t
It wasn’t his fault
He means so much to me
Daddy please don’t
We’re gonna get married
Just you wait and see
Every night, the same old dream
I hate to close my eyes
I can’t erase the memory
The sound of Julie’s cry
She called me up, late that night
She said, “Joe, don’t come over,
But Dad and I just had a fight
And he stormed out the door!
I’ve never seen him act this way,
My God, he’s goin’ crazy
He said he’s gonna make you pay
For what we done— he’s got a GUN!
So run, Joey run, Joey run!”
(Chorus- woman’s voice)
Daddy please don’t
It wasn’t his fault
He means so much to me
Daddy please don’t
We’re gonna get married
Just you wait and see
Got in my car, and I drove like mad
‘Til I reached Julie’s place
She ran to me, with tear-filled eyes
And bruises on her face!
All at once I saw him there,
Sneaking up behind me (Woman’s voice: Watch out!)
Then Julie yelled, “He’s got a gun!”
And she stepped in front of me
Suddenly, a shot rang out
And I saw Julie falling!
I ran to her, I held her close
When I looked down, my hands were red
And here’s the last words Julie said...
(Woman’s voice)
Daddy please don’t
It wasn’t his fault
He means so much to me
Daddy please don’t
We’re gon...na get... mar...ried......
Run, Joey run, Joey run, Joey run, Joey run, Joey run, Joey ruuuuuunn!!!
A friend of mine took her daughter and some other teens to a Vanilla Ice concert when he was in his heyday. She begged me to come with but I was a terrible friend and let her suffer on her own.