Post by byrdsmaniac on Jun 28, 2005 19:07:36 GMT
Maybe I'm stating the obvious, but after listening to the song "3 Legs" on the RAM album by Faul,
I got to thinking that the "dog" in the song couldn't be the "woof woof" kind.
Then I thought of how someone had noticed that the Bonzo Dog Band was made up of Beatle look-alikes. The bonzo DOG band.
So then I started thinking about references to "dogs" as "doubles".
Now look at this David Bowie song Sister Mary Abbey posted on the first page of the
"Paul Is Found...Where?" thread:
'87 And Cry - The Song
Words and music by David Bowie.
Lyrics
It's just a one dollar secret
A lover's secrets in the UK
Torn apart in the UK
In the dribble of May-Day
'87 and Cry
'87 and Cry
And there's nothing inside
And there's nothing in mind
And only you
Rocket on thru the sky
It couldn't be done without dogs
It couldn't be once without us
'87 and Cry
'87 and Cry
When the days were the days were the days boys
When blue ties were for the biggy guys
Frannie dressing down for the enemy
You saw him hangin' on the enemy
And there's no one in love
And there's nowhere to scream
And only you
Race on to wonder where
It couldn't be done without dogs
It couldn't be once without us
'87 and Cry
'87 and Cry
You can't make love with money
You can't make mistakes with babies
Nothing looked good on you
That's how I liked you best
Now you're ready for the real McCoy
Deep in the heart of Cupid
Murders on the heels of love
Just the ghost of a story
Just a one dollar secret
Baby these were the sounds
Baby these were the sounds
And only you
Whisper these things aren't true
It couldn't be done with dogs
It couldn't be once without us
'87 and Cry
'87 and Cry
"It couldn't be done without dogs"
and "It couldn't be done with dogs"
Diamond Dogs?
DIAMOND DOGS
As they pulled you out of the oxygen tent
you asked for the latest party
With your silicon hump and your ten inch stump
Dressed like a priest you was,
Todd Browning streak he was
Crawling down the alley on your hands and knee,
I'm sure you're not protected, for its plain to see
Diamond Dogs are poachers, and they hide behind trees
Hunt you to the ground they will,
mannequins with kill appeal
*chorus*
Will they come?
I keep a friend serene
Will they come?
Oh, baby, come unto me
Will they come?
Well, she's come, been, and gone
Come out of the garden, baby
You'll catch a death in the fog
Young girl, they call them the Diamond Dogs
Young girl, they call them the Diamond Dogs
The Halloween Jack is a real cool cat,
and he lives on top of Manhattan Chase
The elevators broke, so he slides down a rope
onto the street below, oh Tarzie, go man, go
Meets his little hussy with his ghost-town approach
Her face is sans feature, but she wears a Dali broach
Sweetly reminiscent, something mother used to bake
Wrecked up and paralyzed, Diamond Dogs are sable-ized
*chorus*
Who-who-who
Call them the Diamond Dogs
Who-who-who
Call them the Diamond Dogs
Ahhh-whooo, ah
Ah-owwww
wuf-wuf
In the year of the scavenger, season of the bitch
Sashay on the board-walk, scurry to the ditch
Just another future song, lonely little Keats
There's gonna be sorrow, try and wake up tomorrow
*chorus*
Who-who-who
Call them the Diamond Dogs
Who-who-who
Call them the Diamond Dogs
Bow-wow, woof woof, bow-wow, wow
Call them the Diamond Dogs
Dogs
Call them the Diamond Dogs
Call them, call them
Call them the Diamond Dogs
Call them, call them, ooooo
Call them the Diamond Dogs
Keep cool
Diamond Dogs, OK
Hey-hey-hey-hey
Beware of the Diamond Dogs
Beware of the Diamond Dogs
Beware of the Diamond Dog
Beware of the Diamond Dog
Dog, dog, dog
Beware of the Diamond Dog
And for reference, "My dog he has 3 legs" lyrics:
Three Legs
Well when i walk, when i walk
On my horse upon the hill (when i walk the horse upon a hill)
Well when i walk, walk walk walk
On my horse upon the hill (when i walk the horse upon a hill)
And i lay me down
Will my lover love me still
A dog is here, (a dog is here), a dog is there (a dog is there)
My dog he got three leg
But he can't run
Well when i thought, well i thought
When i thought you was my friend (when i thought i could call you my friend)
When i thought, when i thought
When i thought you was my friend (when i thought i could call you my friend)
But you laid me down, put my heart around the bend
A fly flies in (a fly flies in), a fly flies out (a fly flies out)
Most flies they got three leg, but mine got one.
Well when i fly when i fly when i fly,when i fly above the cloud
(when i fly above the man in the crowd)
Well when i fly when i fly when i fly,when i fly above the crowd
(when i fly above the man in the crowd)
You can knock me down with a feather, yes you could
But you know it's not allowed (but you know it's not allowed)
A dog is here, (a dog is here), a dog is there (a dog is there)
My dog he got three leg
But he can't run
My dog he got three leg
Your dog he got none
My dog he got three leg
Your dog he got none
My dog he got three leg
Your dog he got none
So, Bowie was a "dog" once, eh?
In any case, dogs as doubles, and flies as spies.
And I guess "dogs" would also include those Pink Floyd
said were "riding the gravy train." (And btw, "Gravy Train" is a brand of DOG food in the USA.)
I'm guessing the term "dog" originates from the Bible story where a woman asks Jesus for a healing, and He says (shockingly) that he isn't sent to the "dogs", whereupon the woman says, "Yes, but the dogs eat the scraps from the master's table."
The "dogs" live off the fame of the star, in this case.
"Season of the bitch" in "Diamond Dogs" an allusion to Donovan's "Season of the Witch" single.
Many other dreadful clues, I'm sure. I REALLY don't like
what I'm reading in some of those lyrics.
Comments?
I got to thinking that the "dog" in the song couldn't be the "woof woof" kind.
Then I thought of how someone had noticed that the Bonzo Dog Band was made up of Beatle look-alikes. The bonzo DOG band.
So then I started thinking about references to "dogs" as "doubles".
Now look at this David Bowie song Sister Mary Abbey posted on the first page of the
"Paul Is Found...Where?" thread:
'87 And Cry - The Song
Words and music by David Bowie.
Lyrics
It's just a one dollar secret
A lover's secrets in the UK
Torn apart in the UK
In the dribble of May-Day
'87 and Cry
'87 and Cry
And there's nothing inside
And there's nothing in mind
And only you
Rocket on thru the sky
It couldn't be done without dogs
It couldn't be once without us
'87 and Cry
'87 and Cry
When the days were the days were the days boys
When blue ties were for the biggy guys
Frannie dressing down for the enemy
You saw him hangin' on the enemy
And there's no one in love
And there's nowhere to scream
And only you
Race on to wonder where
It couldn't be done without dogs
It couldn't be once without us
'87 and Cry
'87 and Cry
You can't make love with money
You can't make mistakes with babies
Nothing looked good on you
That's how I liked you best
Now you're ready for the real McCoy
Deep in the heart of Cupid
Murders on the heels of love
Just the ghost of a story
Just a one dollar secret
Baby these were the sounds
Baby these were the sounds
And only you
Whisper these things aren't true
It couldn't be done with dogs
It couldn't be once without us
'87 and Cry
'87 and Cry
"It couldn't be done without dogs"
and "It couldn't be done with dogs"
Diamond Dogs?
DIAMOND DOGS
As they pulled you out of the oxygen tent
you asked for the latest party
With your silicon hump and your ten inch stump
Dressed like a priest you was,
Todd Browning streak he was
Crawling down the alley on your hands and knee,
I'm sure you're not protected, for its plain to see
Diamond Dogs are poachers, and they hide behind trees
Hunt you to the ground they will,
mannequins with kill appeal
*chorus*
Will they come?
I keep a friend serene
Will they come?
Oh, baby, come unto me
Will they come?
Well, she's come, been, and gone
Come out of the garden, baby
You'll catch a death in the fog
Young girl, they call them the Diamond Dogs
Young girl, they call them the Diamond Dogs
The Halloween Jack is a real cool cat,
and he lives on top of Manhattan Chase
The elevators broke, so he slides down a rope
onto the street below, oh Tarzie, go man, go
Meets his little hussy with his ghost-town approach
Her face is sans feature, but she wears a Dali broach
Sweetly reminiscent, something mother used to bake
Wrecked up and paralyzed, Diamond Dogs are sable-ized
*chorus*
Who-who-who
Call them the Diamond Dogs
Who-who-who
Call them the Diamond Dogs
Ahhh-whooo, ah
Ah-owwww
wuf-wuf
In the year of the scavenger, season of the bitch
Sashay on the board-walk, scurry to the ditch
Just another future song, lonely little Keats
There's gonna be sorrow, try and wake up tomorrow
*chorus*
Who-who-who
Call them the Diamond Dogs
Who-who-who
Call them the Diamond Dogs
Bow-wow, woof woof, bow-wow, wow
Call them the Diamond Dogs
Dogs
Call them the Diamond Dogs
Call them, call them
Call them the Diamond Dogs
Call them, call them, ooooo
Call them the Diamond Dogs
Keep cool
Diamond Dogs, OK
Hey-hey-hey-hey
Beware of the Diamond Dogs
Beware of the Diamond Dogs
Beware of the Diamond Dog
Beware of the Diamond Dog
Dog, dog, dog
Beware of the Diamond Dog
And for reference, "My dog he has 3 legs" lyrics:
Three Legs
Well when i walk, when i walk
On my horse upon the hill (when i walk the horse upon a hill)
Well when i walk, walk walk walk
On my horse upon the hill (when i walk the horse upon a hill)
And i lay me down
Will my lover love me still
A dog is here, (a dog is here), a dog is there (a dog is there)
My dog he got three leg
But he can't run
Well when i thought, well i thought
When i thought you was my friend (when i thought i could call you my friend)
When i thought, when i thought
When i thought you was my friend (when i thought i could call you my friend)
But you laid me down, put my heart around the bend
A fly flies in (a fly flies in), a fly flies out (a fly flies out)
Most flies they got three leg, but mine got one.
Well when i fly when i fly when i fly,when i fly above the cloud
(when i fly above the man in the crowd)
Well when i fly when i fly when i fly,when i fly above the crowd
(when i fly above the man in the crowd)
You can knock me down with a feather, yes you could
But you know it's not allowed (but you know it's not allowed)
A dog is here, (a dog is here), a dog is there (a dog is there)
My dog he got three leg
But he can't run
My dog he got three leg
Your dog he got none
My dog he got three leg
Your dog he got none
My dog he got three leg
Your dog he got none
So, Bowie was a "dog" once, eh?
In any case, dogs as doubles, and flies as spies.
And I guess "dogs" would also include those Pink Floyd
said were "riding the gravy train." (And btw, "Gravy Train" is a brand of DOG food in the USA.)
I'm guessing the term "dog" originates from the Bible story where a woman asks Jesus for a healing, and He says (shockingly) that he isn't sent to the "dogs", whereupon the woman says, "Yes, but the dogs eat the scraps from the master's table."
The "dogs" live off the fame of the star, in this case.
"Season of the bitch" in "Diamond Dogs" an allusion to Donovan's "Season of the Witch" single.
Many other dreadful clues, I'm sure. I REALLY don't like
what I'm reading in some of those lyrics.
Comments?